Chapter 5 Part I: The Dangerous "No. 1 Case in Guangzhou" Anti-Special Film Model

During August and September in the second half of 1957, Shanghai Haiyan Film Studio started shooting this anti-special feature film "Yangcheng Dark Whistle".Lu Jue, the director of the film, chose among many actors, and always believed that Feng was very, very suitable to play the leading actor Wang Lian in the film, regardless of his image, temperament, and more importantly, his acting skills. A courageous young public security investigator. In 1948, Lu Jue went to Hong Kong with a large number of famous actors such as Feng to develop Hong Kong's progressive film industry.He knows Feng's character very well, and he is very familiar with Feng's acting and appreciates his acting skills.Therefore, the male protagonist Wang Lian, of course, must be him.

"Yangcheng Dark Whistle" is a thrilling anti-special story film with great influence and high artistic value in the Chinese film industry. It is the most prominent and representative three film works of anti-special story films in New China since the founding of the People's Republic of China.The first two "anti-special" feature films with a high reputation happened to be directed by the same person - Lu Jue.This famous director who has been engaged in the film industry all his life, although his works are very limited, can be described as "a sword that has been sharpened in ten years", but the two famous anti-special films "Yangcheng Dark Whistle" and "Tracking Chase" are his proud achievements in his life .

As a form of feature film, anti-feature film is very popular and loved by the audience because of its tense, thrilling and suspenseful plots, and has a wide range of topics and comments among the audience. It has long become one of the most popular types of feature films. one.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Shanghai Film Studio had filmed anti-special films such as "The Net of Heaven and Earth" and "Broken Claws", but due to the lack of artistic expression skills, the impact was very small.Changying Studio has filmed "The Invisible Front", "Tracking the Tiger's Nest", "Silent Forest", "National Day at Ten O'Clock", "The Case of Xu Qiuying", "Mysterious Travel Companion", "Bianzhai Beacon", "Outpost"; Bayi Factory has filmed anti-special films such as "The Eve of the Battle" and "Secret Drawings", all of which have achieved certain success.This "Yangcheng Dark Whistle" represents the highest achievement of the new Chinese film "anti-specialty film" genre.After the film was made and released, it quickly became popular all over the country. It was also translated into 5 languages ​​and screened in many places abroad.

The film mainly tells the story of Wang Lian, my heroic, witty and handsome public security scout, disguised as agent 209 who died of serious injuries after being captured by our border guards. , lived in the house of the female spy "Bagu", looking for the spy leader "Aunt Mei", and thus detected the hidden spy group, which is actively putting together a so-called "Chinese People's Representative Indictment Group" in an attempt to sneak across the border and create a conspiracy. A criminal act of appalling counter-revolutionary events.The public security scouts who penetrated into the enemy's agents went through hardships and struggled with the boss of the enemy's horse, Ba Gu, and the spy leader "Aunt Mei" behind the scenes, and finally joined forces with the police inside and outside to wipe out the enemy agents.

Chen Canyun, who enjoys the reputation of "the number one playwright in southern China", re-creates this real case artistically, using the framework of two real cases as the blueprint, and using both real and fictional public security investigators to break into the enemy's interior as the main The clues show a thrilling, tense, tortuous, and complicated plot that is more in line with the plot of an anti-specialty film. In particular, the spy leader "Aunt Mei" showed up at the last moment, and she was actually a kind-hearted maid of Bagu's family. The unexpected effect effectively exposed the cunning and insidiousness of the enemy agents.

In the film, Feng starred in the scout Wang Lian, an anti-special warrior, from the anti-fraud at the joint in the park, to the trust gained by living in Bagu's house; Knowing that Dr. Chen Bozhi was kidnapped, he went to the cabin to bravely capture the enemy decisively; and finally found the time bomb that was about to explode from the ship, and threw himself into the river; The performance style of psychological changes has made every effort to create an image of a public security investigator who is witty, brave, quick thinking, judgmental, and adaptable.The main actors supporting him include Di Fan, Xia Tian, ​​Liang Ming, Han Tao, Ling Yun from Shanghai Film Studio, as well as Hong Xia, Yu Fei, Li Huanqing, Lan Gu, Zhang Qingfen, and Yang Weiru.Since the main plot of this film is a contest between a public security investigator and all the spies, the actors who play the several spies in the film have a lot of drama and a lot of drama, which is very worth mentioning.

Di Fan, who played the role of the female spy Bagu, meticulously portrayed the image of "Bagu" as a female spy. Her "Eight Aunt" image.Because Di Fan didn't simply follow the villain's performance routine to simplify or even uglify this character with a "facial makeup". The love that Lian hides in his heart from time to time and wants to pour out, as well as the cunning and stupid character who pretends to be smart but is misunderstood by cleverness, are performed very well and in place.Although the behavior of this character in the film is only to the point, and he does not dare to use the film to elaborately render and express it too much, but Di Fan relied on his in-depth and detailed understanding of the character in this limited role. , truly showing the seven emotions and six desires of Ba Gu and the mentality of the character, and is unique in shaping the role of similar female spies.Di Fan's "Eight Aunt", as one of the more successful female spy roles, is precisely because of the right script and the director's skill that an actress can truly display a good creative space and adaptable play path for the role .

Liang Ming, a well-known actress from the Shanghai Film Studio, plays the role of "Aunt Mei", the spy leader who uses the identity of the maid Liu Ma as a cover in this film.For two-thirds of the film, she appears as a respectful, soft-spoken maid, until the film's final boat scene, where she does not reveal her true colors.Liang Ming performed the same character and the strong contrast formed by the two roles in an orderly and clear-cut manner, and finally achieved an unexpected effect, showing the actor's performance talent and penetrating power to the role. Amazing.Xia Tian, ​​a well-known actor from Shanghai Film Studio, has always been known for playing villains, and this film is no exception. His main role, Boss Ma, is a sinister, vicious, and cunning spy leader.Xia Tian endowed this character with both a ferocious face on the outside and a fierce heart on the inside.Han Tao, a well-known actor from the Shanghai Film Studio, plays the main character in this film, Dr. Chen Baizhi, who is full of pain and contradictions because he was forcibly recruited by the enemy agents because he was a Kuomintang military doctor.In the film, the "crew" agent is played by Lan Gu from Shanghai Film Studio; the agent "Little God" played by Ling Yun has met Feng three times after "Reunion in Victory" and "Huaishang Family".In addition to these secret agents who play a large role in the film, three other well-known actors from Shanghai Film Studio, Hong Xia, Yu Fei, and Li Huanqing, respectively played the roles of public security investigator Liang Ying, the director of investigation, and Dr. Chen Baizhi. Lover Lee Soo Young's role.

The film was shot on location in Guangzhou.The visit to Guangzhou this time reminded Feng Ziran of the end of 1948 when he transferred to Hong Kong. In the second half of 1949, he returned to Shanghai from Guangzhou and visited the PLA in Guangzhou.At this time, the return of the old place is really amazing.