In 1981, Yuan Weimin led the Chinese women's volleyball team to participate in the third World Cup volleyball tournament as the Asian champion. After 7 rounds of 28 fierce competitions, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the World Cup championship for the first time with a good result of 7 complete victories. In 1982, at the World Championships held in Peru, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the championship again. At the 23rd Olympic Games in 1984, the Chinese women's volleyball team realized the dream of three consecutive championships. Probably from this time on, the words "women's volleyball spirit" have become the spiritual strength of all Chinese.
And today's young people, if there is no deeper understanding of the words "women's volleyball spirit", then I suggest that you can go to see an old movie, that is, "Sand Gull" directed by Zhang Nunxin in 1981.
Zhang Nunxin graduated from the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1962 and entered the Shanghai Film Studio in 1974, working as an assistant with the famous directors Sang Arc and Xie Jin. During this period, he created the film literary script "Li Siguang", which was later put on the screen by the North Film Studio. In 1978, Zhang Nunxin, who had been a member of the volleyball team of the Renmin University Affiliated Middle School, and Li Tuo, a screenwriter, began to write the script "Sand Gull". During this period, they went to the Longtan Lake Gymnasium where the national team trained, and lived with the athletes for many months. And was deeply infected by the tenacious spirit of the women's volleyball players. In 1981, Zhang Nunxin completed the filming of the movie "Sand Gull", which quickly generated a huge response across the country.
The biggest feeling that this movie gives the audience is that it is not fancy at all, and it seems particularly real. And the shaping of several women's volleyball players is also very successful. In particular, the heroine Sha Ou is a very three-dimensional character, not only the hard work that can give up everything for honor, but also the innocent and cute side of being a young girl, which is very unforgettable.
And the actor's performance is also very simple and natural, so that people can't see the traces of acting. I think this is first of all due to Zhang Nunxin's choice of actors. From the beginning, she planned to use real women's volleyball players to play the role in the film, and even wanted Yuan Weimin to make a cameo role as a coach, but because Yuan Weimin was responsible at that time, she could not participate in the shooting, so she had to give up. As for the actor of the heroine Sha Ou in the play, Zhang Nunxin originally thought that the best candidate was the women's volleyball player Zhou Xiaolan. She is very beautiful, tall, and skilled, known as the "Gong Xue of volleyball", can be said to be the best candidate to play the sand gull. But because she was the main player of the national team at the time, training and competition were very tense, so she could not participate in the creation.
After that, it was Lang Ping who recommended his good friend, Chang Shanshan of the Beijing women's volleyball team, who finally solved Zhang Nunxin's urgent need. Although Chang Shanshan was not as beautiful as Zhou Xiaolan, she looked very ordinary. But also big eyes, good looks, and most importantly, her body has a tenacious and resolute temperament unique to women's volleyball players, which makes her appear particularly simple and natural when playing the role of Sand Gull, without any sense of pretense.
After the release of the movie "Sand Gull", Chang Shanshan became famous overnight and became a movie star like Chen Chong, Zhang Yu, Liu Xiaoqing, Zhang Jinling, Li Xiuming and others.
I think that fans and audiences who have seen the movie "Sand Gull" will not forget the character of Sha Ou, and they will certainly not forget Chang Shanshan, the actor, right?
Chang Shanshan is not a professional film actress. She had no acting experience before starring in Sand Gull. However, she relied on her "true color to act", and vividly reflected the spirit of firm persistence, perseverance and "fighting for honor" in Sha Ou. I think if you change an actor, you really can't achieve such a strong impact effect.
I distinctly remember a scene in the film where, in order to participate in a competition that had been waiting for more than a decade, Sha Ou, who was seriously ill, endured severe pain and risked paralysis, and must insist on playing. Because "how many times can you have a bow in life?" Why have we sweated so much and suffered so much? Is it really time to go to battle, and this last attempt cannot be sustained? "As long as I can win, I am willing to pay any price and sacrifice!" But in the end, the game was lost by one point, and the sand gulls wept. Seeing this, many viewers also shed sad tears. During the filming of this scene, Shanshan did not have any distractions such as "whether it looks good" or "whether it is beautiful or not" like some actors, but was completely immersed in the emotions of the characters, and all the emotional expressions were from the heart, so it made the audience feel more empathy.
There is also a scene where the Chinese women's volleyball team finally defeated the Japanese team in an important competition to win the championship. At this time, the sand gull was already paralyzed in the lower limbs. She watched the game in the hospital's activity room through a 12-inch black-and-white television set. When he saw that the Chinese athletes finally stood on the highest podium, the sand gull hiding behind the crowd once again burst into tears. In this scene, Chang Shanshan's performance is very accurate, and the character's heart is also vividly reflected, which makes the audience in the theater also burst into tears.
In this way, Chang Shanshan entered the hearts of thousands of viewers and became a national idol representing the "spirit of the women's volleyball team". I remember that many film magazines at the time had large pictures of her. We all thought she would be like many non-professional actors, and she would continue to work hard from now on, make more good movies, and play more good roles. However, it did not.
She also only appeared in front of the public when the film "Sand Gull" won consecutive awards, and then chose to stop the film. For many years, many viewers did not know where she went. Many fans often leave messages to us through the backstage of our self-media to ask about her development.
Yes, Chang Shanshan did not continue to be an actress. Instead, he chose to study, and later became a reporter for Science and Technology Daily, engaged in reporting on education, with remarkable achievements.
Some time ago, we saw her at the scene of a movie event, a proper black professional dress, making her tall and tall, look particularly beautiful and capable. I personally think that she is more beautiful than when she starred in "Sand Gull", it is simply too beautiful, and her temperament and appearance are no less than those of professional actor Cong Shan around her.
Recently, we saw a recent photo of her, from the photo, her temperament is dignified and elegant, appearing gentle and calm, vaguely showing the appearance of the staring in "Sand Gull".
When it comes to the old movie "Sand Gull", I don't know how many people have evoked good memories. Although so many years have passed, many scenes in the film are still fresh in our minds. Especially the spirit of the sand gull, I don't know how many young people's hearts were inspired and shaken. So friends who have seen this movie back then, do you remember those scenes and bridges in the film? Remember the actors who starred in the movie? Go to the message area and interact with more netizens. I am Yaqing, thank you again for your attention and tips, we will meet again at the same time tomorrow.
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