The Paper's reporter Chen Chen
On the evening of July 6th, the magnificent melody of "Ode to the Red Flag" was played in the Shangyin Concert Hall under the baton of conductor Tang Muhai, and the familiar themes were played by the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra with different rhythms and emotions, sometimes exciting and progressive, sometimes tragic and vicissitudes. After that, one film music works of different periods were staged one after another, and one by one old artists of Shanghai films took the stage, intertwining light and shadow, resonating with sound and painting, and "Ode to Light and Shadow - Filmmakers Always Follow the Party" Film concert to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, paying tribute to the party and the times with rich art forms.
The scene of the performance
Great times, movies are never absent
2021 marks the centenary of the birth of the Communist Party of China, and Shanghai cinema has gone through a century of glory.
The film concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China through the six chapters of "Breaking New Ground", "Magnificent Years", "New Voices of the People", "Surging Spring Tide", "Dream Building Dreams of Light and Shadow", and "Always Following the Party", integrates the major events, great achievements and influential advanced model figures in the history of the Party in the past century with the film fragments of the past hundred years and the film music that the audience is familiar with, and looks back at the glorious course in the red light, shadow and melody. And from the films and musical works that reflect different eras and are eventually handed down, so that today's audiences are still familiar with, there is also a kind of sigh, in this turbulent wave of the times, filmmakers have always adhered to the forefront of creation, recorded the times, and have never been absent.
After "Ode to the Red Flag" kicked off the whole concert, actors Zhu Xijuan and Liang Polo jointly brought a poem recitation of "The Birth of the National Anthem", and the melody of the "March of the Volunteer Army" that followed instantly pulled people back to the stormy era; and when Zhu Xijuan wore a Red Army hat and sang with the children of the Little Yingxing Art Troupe, "The Red Women's Army Song" made the signature action of the Girl Scout Army that year, and the memories of the audience were ignited. The poet Xi Meijuan, an actor, and Qiao Hazel, a dubbing artist from the Translation Factory, recited "The New Life of a Filmmaker", recounting the revival of all things and the vigorous atmosphere of the sun after the founding of New China; the poetry recitation of "Spring Tide" by actors Wang Shihuai and Yu Hui told the filmmakers' heroic generosity facing the stage of the times...
Zhu Xijuan made the signature move of the Girl Scout Army that year
In addition to the classic red films, the music of the classic works of Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio and Shanghai Translation Studio was also staged at the concert.
The pictures of childhood memories such as "The Haunting of the Heavenly Palace", "Three Monks", "Hulu Brothers" and "Baolian Lantern" are matched with the soundtrack that complements the picture and does not lose the spirit of pioneering and experimental exploration, which is both nostalgic and vivid under the interpretation of the live band. At that time, the spirit of "not imitating others and not repeating oneself" of the old Film Studio was intuitively presented in the works staged in the relay.
"I'm not a master, let's see the real master!" Liu Feng, director of the Shanghai Film Translation Factory, dubbed the "Kung Fu Panda" Ah Bao on the spot, so the picture on the big screen turned, "Lenin in 1918", "The Prince's Revenge", "Yesenia", "Jane Eyre", "The Massacre on the Nile" and other classic translations and productions of the translation factory appeared one after another, taking everyone to relive the voices of the masters.
At the concert, this ingenious "screen sound" program opened a "cross-time dialogue". Through the screen, the voices of Qiu Yuefeng, Bi Ke, Li Zi, Qiao Hazel, Liu Guangning, Cao Lei, Tong Zirong, Ding Jianhua and other artists of the older generation of the translation factory are connected with the voices of the young voice actors in the translation factory. It is not only the voice that spans time and space, but also the spirit of excellence, pioneering and innovative.
"Since it carries the glorious past, let this moment play a new melody." Since it is destined to run to that future, let this time open up the past and open up the future..." Da Shichang, Zhu Manfang, Liu Feng, Zhao Jing, Wang Yanan, Sun Qing, Chen Long, Tang Yan, representatives of the three generations of Shangying, the old, middle-aged and young generations stepped onto the stage together, bringing a poem to recite "To the Film to the Future", jointly telling the original intention and inheritance, love and ideals of the Shangying people.
It is the common original intention of the old, middle-aged and young filmmakers to get together and create for the people
This concert is also a gathering of Shanghai filmmakers. Standing on the stage of the Shangyin Opera House, the 91-year-old Lu Qiming looked back fondly on his creative career along the way, "At the flick of a finger, when I entered Shanghai, I was still a 19-year-old literary and artistic soldier, and now I am an old filmmaker in my 90s." In the more than seventy spring and autumn seasons of shangying, my music creation and screen have formed an indissoluble relationship, and I have realized my ideals and life values here. Speaking of the experience of being awarded the July 1st Medal on June 29, Lu Qiming said, "I am very excited and sincerely afraid, and this honor is the party's encouragement to me to persist in serving the people wholeheartedly throughout my life." As always, I will not forget my original intention, keep my mission firmly in mind, and continue to write for the party and the people with the spirit that revolutionaries are always young. ”
Lu Qiming (right) looks back on his creative career
Niu Ben, a film actor who joined the party at an advanced age, said: "I have a special feeling for film work, no matter how the times change, I always adhere to one thing, 'act in good movies and serve the people'. As a filmmaker, I feel that the responsibility is on my shoulders, and I must more adhere to the pursuit of 'creating for the people' life. ”
As a representative of the backbone of the film, He Zizhuang, the screenwriter of the movie "Wangdao", said: "Taking history as a mirror and reflecting the future, today we must strengthen our ideals and beliefs and remember the history of struggle." Xie Mingxiao, the director of the movie "Big City Building", said: "We have inherited the inheritance of our predecessors in the film, with a mission, to create a fine product for the people to record the times." ”
Tang Yan, a young actress of the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe, said after attending the concert: "The atmosphere of the scene is exciting, and I will also carry forward the glorious tradition of the teachers of the predecessors of the Shanghai Film Troupe and strive to present more good works to everyone." Also as a representative of the young generation of Shangying, Chen Long said that as a member of the Shanghai Film family, he felt proud at the concert site and also felt a heavy sense of mission: "We will shoulder the responsibility of Shangying people, continue the red tradition, base ourselves on our own duties, and create the future." ”
From left-wing film interludes all the way to the new era, the music of the two new films "1921" and "Ayutthaya Tower" represents the present tense of Shangying. The prospect of future film productions was also told in the feature film "Forever Follow the Party and Build a New Journey of Dreams" at the end of the concert.
Since the launch of the "14th Five-Year Plan" strategy, Shanghai Film Group has strived to open a new situation, seek a new chapter and innovate achievements. In July last year, the former site of the Shanghai Film and Literature Department at No. 52 Yongfu Road was reopened, and the golden signboard of the Shanghai Film Studio was also re-polished, becoming a gathering place for new excellent works and talents. This year, Shangying has successively launched three new mainstream blockbusters of "1921", "Ayutthaya Tower" and "Wangdao", as well as a large number of key projects covering animation, online movies, sound dramas, radio dramas and other categories. The theme melody of these new works was played at the concert site, invisibly telling the story of today's Shangying people inheriting the "kung fu" of their predecessors, carrying forward the red tradition, inheriting the red gene, spreading the red culture, and making every effort to cast fine products for the people, and showing the innovation and progress of the Shangying people in the new era.
Wang Jian'er, secretary of the party committee and chairman of the board of directors of Shangying Group, said that standing at the historical intersection of the "two hundred years", Shangying people have the determination, confidence and ability to fulfill the responsibilities entrusted by the party and the people, live up to the times, live up to Shaohua, carry forward the great spirit of party building, and bravely move forward for the film cause of the party and the people. Raising the banner, gathering people's hearts, cultivating new talents, revitalizing culture, and displaying the image, the mission of shangying is glorious and the responsibility is unshirkable. The filmmakers will always follow the party and create for the people.
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