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Chapter 605: What’s so difficult about opposing the war?

"The two-hour one-shot of "1951", the speed of life and death of two soldiers, Chen Jingxing's crazy stunts!"

""1951": The messenger who runs with his life."

"Quiet movies have the power to shock people! Chen Jingxing brings an immersive war movie!"

"When "1951" was screened, Zhang Yimou did not hesitate to praise it: breathtakingly beautiful, unimaginably cool, a magical marathon!"

"The pre-sales of "1951" are booming, with pre-sales exceeding 20 million on the first day! It may become the second "Li Yannian""

""1951" became popular before it was released. Is it just flashy or does it have a hidden secret?"

"One shot to the end, an extraordinary experience, "1951" is a hit, a war blockbuster that will shock you to the point where you can't breathe!"

"DreamWorks once again innovated a new chapter in war movies after "Li Yannian", an immersive war movie, a must-see on the big screen!"

"The king of science fiction has made a unique war movie!"

"One shot to the end..."

For example, regarding "Inception," the highest-rated movie on Douban in the past two decades, he believed that the structure and creativity of the movie were indeed amazing, but the story itself was actually not that great.

This shocking movie-watching experience adds too much to the narrative, and it is full of commercial potential.

The essence is to save the lives of 1,900 fellow soldiers who may be in danger.

But it was achieved via a completely different path.

It also unabashedly reveals the desolation along the way, the hordes of dead corpses of enemy soldiers and Korean people, the powerlessness of the two protagonists and the difficulty of the journey.

Some directors may not understand this truth. They regard themselves as artists, and even if they make commercial films, they still can't let go of their persistence.

This kind of movie is simply made for movie theaters, and it will definitely make ordinary audiences love it and even become obsessed with it.

In "1951", he was even more surprised to the point where he could not control himself.

Although Zhu Wenjiu came forward to defend "King Kong River" online, he also really loves movies. He is a scholar in the film industry. He has worked on many classic works of Beijing Film Studio in the past.

Hearing these words, Zhu Wenjiu could also understand the other party's inner thoughts. He was silent for a moment and sighed: "Chen Jingxing's storytelling ability has not deteriorated..."

We acknowledge his ability to make commercial films, but we don’t think Chen Jingxing is a film master.

Therefore, usually long shots or one shot serve the purpose of light, shadow and imagery, and do not add much to the narrative of commercial films.

This simply goes against Zhu Wenjiu's long-held understanding.

"Are you so optimistic about the commercial prospects of "1951"?"

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a master level.

Not using the expression technique of "Jinling! Jinling!", nor using the "Eight Hundred Revelation" that strives to show cruelty and even fictionalizes a kind-hearted Japanese reporter who was hanged by the irrational Chinese people - although this scene is in

After repeated deliberation during the long review process, it was still deleted, which made him very regretful as a producer.

The whole movie is like Bai Yu, the scout's awakening and reshaping of the painful knowledge of war and his belief in victory during his journey to the battlefield.

Zhu Wenjiu, a senior producer of Beijing Film Academy, shook his head, as if he was still thinking about the two screenings he watched yesterday: "I had heard that this movie was very difficult to shoot, but I really didn't expect it to be a fake one.

Mirror to the bottom.”

Rather than tossing and turning between the two, the two merge into one.

"No!"

He and many filmmakers have been tossing and frothing between the concepts they truly believe in and the propositions they have to follow, trying to take care of both sides.

Because the communication of the anti-war theme is not accompanied by the depth of tragedy, nor the sobering reflection and heaviness, but the coming of hope and the firmness of belief.

The story is not only fluently told, but also extremely interesting.

The key is that it was successful.

Because he always believed that these two things were completely opposite.

At best, he can be regarded as a high-end version of Chen Sicheng. He is instinctively disgusted and disdainful of the public opinion and ordinary audiences praising this young man as a film master.

"It's not really one shot. It should be made up of at least ten or twenty shots. There are already people on the Internet discussing and analyzing the editing points in "1951."

He has seen the shadow of the film master.

Liang Jing snorted: "So what if it's one shot? I've never heard that box office can be achieved by one shot or a long shot. That's a matter for art films."

In his opinion, the war film genre is currently a bit thankless to be honest, not to mention the restrictions of censorship and red lines. What Chen Jingxing is doing is simply refurbishing a classic car and thinking about it.

It goes to the track and competes with supercars.

This is also what he and many filmmakers have tried hard to break through various constraints and achieve in domestic war films.

As the producer of "King Kong River" and Guan Hu's wife, she still has a glimmer of hope that "Assault on the White Tigers" will be released on next year's Spring Festival, and she is also secretly resisting the possibility that the first part of "1951" will be released.

Harvest success.

But this kind of anti-war is completely different from the anti-war that Zhu Wenjiu has always believed.

The connection between the various long shots and the meticulous scene scheduling of the pseudo-one shot make "1951" almost reach the ultimate in light and shadow aesthetics in terms of war themes.

This is a viewing experience that he has never had in any previous war movies at home and abroad. In almost every minute and every second, he truly breathes and shares the fate of the protagonist.

There is even a tendency to reach the state of enlightenment.

So although I am dissatisfied with DreamWorks and Chen Jingxing's "smear" tactics in the National Day release, I am indeed somewhat impressed by the quality of the movie "1951".

Someone responded cautiously.

Or he accidentally fell into the pit and there was a dead body lying next to him.

Regarding his high Douban score, we can only say that Chen Jingxing is a skilled craftsman who is good at pleasing the public, but he is still far from a true master.

The more ambitious "Eight Hundred Revelations" that he was once proud of was simply clumsy in the extreme.

Especially for intellectuals in the literary and art circles, anti-war ideas are the highest achievement of a war movie.

But perhaps because of his instinctive rejection of this most ferocious back wave as a senior, perhaps because of the competition between the two companies, or perhaps because of his scholarly temperament, Zhu Wenjiu's opinion of Chen Jingxing has been intentionally or unintentionally lowered.

In addition, the main background of the movie is that two soldiers are searching for the 1,900 soldiers of the 91st Regiment who have lost contact and were intercepted by the enemy, and delivered information and communication equipment.

As an art, the story is actually not the most fundamental thing about movies. In the final analysis, movies are the art of light and shadow, not the art of stories.

This is why Zhu Wenjiu feels so sad about the attacks on "Eight Hundred Revelation" and "King Kong River" by netizens. Only he knows how difficult it is for many filmmakers like him to present anti-war themes under heavy shackles. , and the audience didn’t understand.

Zhu Wenjiu seemed to know what Liang Jing wanted to say, and without hesitation, he immediately put an end to her idea of ​​being lucky: "This movie is so... so smart, almost impeccable, and it actually stands on two... two kinds of politics at the same time. On the right mountain."

This is a movie where structure trumps story, like a computer maze game that has nothing to do with it and has nothing to say except structure.

Whether it was in the enemy's abandoned camp, the mouse accidentally touched the mine line, and the hidden mine almost buried the protagonist in the tunnel.

The movie does not shy away from showing the fear, hesitation and trepidation of the protagonist.

The horror and horror of war are vividly depicted.

There is no doubt that "1951" has reached this monument, and it has reached this monument at a very high standard.

In comparison, "King Kong River", in which the company invested all its efforts and more than doubled its investment, seemed too incompetent and mediocre.

It is the rebirth of an ordinary yet extraordinary warrior.

One is the political correctness of universal value that he considers himself a literary and artistic worker, and the other is the political correctness shaped by the main theme.

With only two protagonists and not even a large war scene, he was able to almost perfectly express the reality and cruelty of war that he and many people have always wanted to express.

The only remaining male protagonist, who lost his comrade and was immersed in grief and anger, handed over his remaining dry food and collected fruits to the girl of the Chao clan, then refused to stay and resolutely embarked on the search for the 91st Regiment. , the journey to save those 1,900 fellow soldiers.

Liang Jing frowned, still a little unwilling: "How about treating others in their own way, is there any..."

Because that meant the complete failure of her and her husband's hard work, and the last chance for a comeback had collapsed.

But in his mind, the ability to tell stories is Chen Jingxing’s trump card.

Zhu Wenji couldn't find any excuse to refute the fact that this was an art film.

It's not as showy as "Inception", and the narrative is more restrained and calm.

Chen Jingxing has always been known to the public for his creativity and imagination.

He is one of the protagonists. A fledgling, inexperienced, and quite kind-hearted communications soldier tried to rescue the crashed US pilot, but was stabbed to death by the US pilot.

"1951" uses a one-shot method to create an unprecedented sense of immersion and following, allowing the cruelty of war to be presented almost 200% through audio-visual language.

The anti-war thoughts were expressed vividly.

"Of course it can't be true. First of all, it's unrealistic. Secondly, if it was true, we would have known about it a long time ago."

The highest achievement of war movies has always been anti-war. This is an artistic monument conveyed and shaped by classic Western war movies, and even an ideological stamp.

But when you treat it as a commodity and look at it from the perspective of a commercial film, the importance of the story is beyond the reach of other elements.

I hid in a ruined village and met a young Korean girl in the house holding a baby. The baby's parents had been killed by the Southern Dynasty army and she became an orphan.

I just heard that there will be some long shots in it - this is a fact in itself, "1951" is indeed composed of dozens of long shots.

But what surprised him most about "1951" was that the film almost perfectly integrated this avant-garde approach that had previously been reserved for art films with mature commercial narratives.

This was also the point where he was most shocked and even felt a little powerless.

The next scene may be the death of the protagonist, or it may be survival, like preparing to open the box of "Schrödinger's Cat". Life and death are in a quantum state.

It even somewhat subverts his long-standing philosophy.

But at this moment, Chen Jingxing's movie seems to be a mockery of the grievances he has been feeling.

This bold one-shot format also creates an unprecedented sense of urgency and immersion.

Or maybe he fell into the river during a chase with the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty and escaped, then swam to the shore and found the corpses of the enemy soldiers within reach.

This is the top quality for commercial film directors.

But no one could imagine that these so-called long lenses create a one-shot-to-shot effect.

Long shots or one shot are usually unique challenges for literary films, and they have a distinct artistic avant-garde flavor.

The production team of "1951" gathered the elites of DreamWorks and National Film Group. This circle is not that big, so even if DreamWorks' confidentiality measures are very mature, the industry will still get some information.

But "Interstellar" changed him a lot.

The audience is always wrapped in the fear of the behemoth "war", and they are looking forward to and afraid of what will happen in the next scene of the movie.

But Zhu Wenjiu naturally understands that although he has the reserve and self-awareness of a literary and artistic worker, he is not an art director after all. As the biggest producer of Beijing Film Academy, it is impossible for him not to understand this truth.

I can't do this position.

It is precisely because the structure and logic are too strict and sophisticated, and the playing with the narrative structure is almost like showing off skills, so it is a bit overwhelming. In layman's terms, it is too craftsmanship.

Even the one-shot format makes the story even more stunning.

In an office of Jingying Film Company, head Fu Sheng's face was calm, but anyone with a discerning eye could sense the anger and a bit of disappointment hidden beneath his calm surface.

The theme of anti-war and respect for life, the pursuit of hope, the desire for victory, and the belief in the justice of this war are like two sides of the same coin, which Chen Jingxing tossed out with ease.

And this also made Zhu Wenjiu's reserved arrogance as a literary and artistic worker and his dissatisfaction with the audience's hatred for the audience collapse in an instant when he faced the criticism of thousands of people in Beijing.

This was the hardest blow to him.

This young man who had caused great harm to everyone at Jingying seemed to be murdering them.

It seems to be saying that you people have been awkward all these years, thinking that you are Don Quixote, full of the biggest private thing you want to convey that is not understood by others and want to educate the people - anti-war, what's the matter?

Difficult?

I will teach you now what anti-war is!

(End of chapter)