In the history of domestic film, there was once such a movie, which rarely concentrated almost all the elite actors at home and abroad, Li Xuejian, Chen Daoming, Fan Wei, Zhang Guoguo, Duan Yihong, and even the foreign film emperor Adrian Brody, the male protagonist of "Shawshank Redemption", Tim Robbins, all joined this big production, and it is no exaggeration to say that such a lineup is difficult to reproduce even now, not to mention that his director is still the domestic director Feng Xiaogang
But you can hardly imagine, is such a strong group from the actors to the crew, the film made is almost broken by the audience after the release of the domestic theater, Douban Film and Television in 2012 score fell to 6.5 points, known as the only failure in Feng Xiaogang's film career, after the film was released, Feng Xiaogang's box office was not even enough to pay the actor, the loss was a mess
And this movie is the film "1942" that truly reflects the historical disaster of our country.
What is the specific story of "Nineteen Forty-Two"? So much so that so many domestic audiences can't accept it? In fact, everything was printed on this poster, locusts, painful figures, blindfolded eyes and the cries of the skinny heads
The good thing is that classic works will never be buried by time, when after 2015, the chinese people's appreciation of the level of movies increased, so that "1942" has received attention again, and so far, its Douban score has soared to 7.9
1. What is the story of "Nineteen Forty-Two"?
The story of "Nineteen Forty-Two" is like Feng Xiaogang's line at the beginning of the movie: "Some eating problems occurred in Henan that year, and at the same time there were many other things happening in the world, Stalingrad, Gandhi hunger strikes and Churchill's cold" This sentence sounds full of humor, but it can be brought into real history, and you will find out how high Feng Xiaogang's irony skills are
These historical battles of Stalingrad and Mahatma Gandhi hunger strike are familiar to each of us, but few people know that along with their events were the disasters in Henan, the Japanese army slaughtered 300,000 Nanjing compatriots during the War of Resistance, the German army killed hundreds of thousands of Jews on the battlefield, and for the Henan disaster that we are not familiar with, more than 3 million compatriots' lives are hidden
Bringing it into the present, Feng Xiaogang's metaphor is also very appropriate, entertainment stars send a microblog, change a girlfriend, cut a hairstyle can be on the hot search, and the real disaster in the city and place, how many people can pay attention?
2. The main story line of "Nineteen Forty-Two"
Overall, Feng Xiaogang only used two main plot plots in this movie, one is the Henan rich man starring Zhang Guoguo, at the time of famine, Zhang Guoguo's family was robbed by bandits, forced to become a member of the refugees, and witnessed the refugees living around one by one to leave, from the movie point of view, if you have to say that Zhang Guoguo's role is different from others, that is, his conscience is not lost, even on the way to escape, you can think of sharing a bowl of porridge for the surrounding refugees to drink
The second main line of the story is the ruling institution at that time, that is, the way the National Government handled this matter, although Feng Xiaogang did not write a line to complain about the national institution in the refugee role, on the screen, Feng Xiaogang has scolded the other party a dog bloody head, for example, in the previous paragraph, there are refugees starving to death in the process of fleeing the wilderness, and the next second the camera switches between local officials eating big fish and meat
The most ironic line is: "The chairman of the committee subtracts two dishes from each meal from the last prayer vessel to support the great cause of the War of Resistance."
It can be called the current version: "Zhumen wine smells of flesh, and the road has frozen bones"
A similar scene also shows that on the way to escape, the refugees starring Zhang Guoguo are fleeing with the team, and the Japanese army at this time is just passing by, so they bombard the ground indiscriminately, killing and injuring countless victims, and at this time in the city of Nanjing. Senior officials are rehearsing in red to bid farewell to officials in the US peace talks
The first official to learn of the disaster in Henan was Li Peiji, a number one official in Henan Province played by Li Xuejian, who arrived in Nanjing with the report, but did not choose to continue to report the disaster situation, on the grounds that: "Everything that the chairman of the CPPCC Committee talks about is bigger than my affairs, and it is either international exchanges or war situations, which makes me look a little small."
In the end, Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the national organs, learned that the famine in Henan was so serious under the visit of a foreign reporter that the reporter risked death to enter the disaster area and took a bloody picture of passers-by who starved to death, children who did not look like faces, and humans who were eaten by wild dogs
In the end, Chiang Kai-shek, played by Chen Daoming, immediately summoned Li Peiji to inquire about the casualties of the Henan disaster, and this dialogue and camera were impressive, And Chiang Kai-shek asked: How many people are counted by the Henan Disaster and Famine National Organization?
Li Peiji: One thousand and sixty-two people
Chiang Kai-shek: What about the real number?
Li Peiji: About ~~three million people
Even so, when Li Peiji asked Chiang Ching-kuo to reduce Henan's tens of millions of tons of grain and taxes on the grounds of famine, Chiang Ching-kuo still chose to refuse, on the grounds that: "If we have to choose between the deserters and the army, then starve to death a disaster victim, China is still China, and if we starve the army, we will perish." These words made Li Peiji dumbfounded, and when he left the Gate of Nanjing, he came with the sentence "This code is not the right code."
3. A vignette in the movie
In the movie "Nineteen Forty-Two", there are several side plots that are worth pondering, among which Zhang Hanyu plays a foreign priest who is impressive, as a member of the fleeing team, Zhang Hanyu was very religious and Catholic at first, and he believed that the reason why Henan caused the famine was that the people did not believe in God, and the disaster that fell, and when he officially entered the fleeing team, the foreign priest's faith was shaken
Especially when the Japanese plane passed, Zhang Hanyu found a little girl who was injured by the explosion, he first recited the Bible prayer next to the other party, and then used his hands to help the girl stop the bleeding, and finally put the Bible on the girl's wound and prayed for God to appear
God has it happened? Of course not, the girl left, Zhang Hanyu's faith collapsed, so he asked his master such a sentence: "If God can't fight the devil, then what is the use of us believing in him?" ”
Although this dialogue is regarded by many people as a chicken rib, the author feels that he is Feng Xiaogang's best inner monologue, borrowing the lines of the movie character to express the director's inner thoughts: No matter what kind of identity you are, civilians, high-ranking officials, rich people or loyal believers, in the face of natural and man-made disasters, often become a role, that is, "refugees"
4. The influence of "Nineteen Forty-Two" on Feng Xiaogang
After the release of this movie, Feng Xiaogang was forced to start shooting another movie "Private Order" due to box office losses, and the result was a big profit at the box office, making up for the deficit caused by "1942", which shows that Feng Xiaogang knew before making this movie that "1942" will be box office hit the street, but why shoot it? To quote a sentence at the end of the movie: "I don't remember this, why do you have to write it?" ”
Personally, it is precisely because you don't remember, so Feng Xiao just wanted to shoot it, a country and a nation, to know more about the suffering we have suffered, in order to cherish the hard-won life of the moment, but it is precisely because of this movie, Feng Xiao just understood that in the domestic film and television industry, there is no way out for making documentary films, so since then, Feng Xiaogang has not made similar works, which is also a pity
I don't know what everyone here thinks of this movie?