Chapter 21 Part 1: "Guangzhou's No. 1 Case" is full of dangers

In 1965, the second year after Wang Weiyi directed two opera short films of Hunan Flower Drum Opera, "Beat the Gong" and "Tinding the Pot", the storm of the "Cultural Revolution" came overwhelmingly and relentlessly.Pearl Shadow drifted hard in the storm of the "Cultural Revolution". Wang Weiyi lost the opportunity to direct the film, and also lost his beloved film art career.It is conceivable that once a person who loves film art is artificially deprived of his profession, how painful he will be in his heart. During the "Cultural Revolution", all of Wang Weiyi's proud history of acting in the film industry became a major crime. The endless censorship, criticism, reformation, learning, and soul-touching criticism meetings day after day all made him feel guilty. Like invisible whips, they were violently whipping Wang Weiyi's bleeding chest.The nightmare in Xinjiang, the purgatory of life, repeated reincarnation on Wang Weiyi like the stars shifting.

Rafting in the sea of ​​bitterness, and the rest of his life after the catastrophe, Wang Weiyi finally survived the crushing of the "Gang of Four" at the end of 1976.After he directed the stage art documentary "Song and Dance" of the Guangdong Song and Dance Show in 1977, he directed non-stop the anti-special feature film "Blue Sky Defense Line", which was based on the political needs of the time and reflected our South China Sea civilians fighting against Taiwan's invading enemy. A movie episode - "We must liberate Taiwan" was very popular at the time because of the premise of the political climate.When he accepted the directing task again in 1980, together with the film’s deputy director Wang Yi, he co-directed a film based on the true story of the Chinese military and civilian rescue of American pilot Epstein when the Allied forces came to China to help the war in 1944. It was published by Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House The feature film "An American Pilot" written by Fan Ruoyou.

In 1982, for Wang Weiyi, it was a new achievement of his "Southern Characteristics" film scored five times.He and Zeng Wei adapted and wrote a movie literary script based on the famous novel "Three Houses Alley" by the famous Guangdong writer Ouyang Shan. Huang Guliu and Ouyang Shan's "Big Three" artistic cooperation full of friendship. The story of "Three Alleys" is based on the three historical events of the Shaji tragedy in Guangzhou in the 1930s, the provincial and Hong Kong strikes, and the Guangzhou Uprising. The class contradictions in the novel are used to deduce their choices and directions on their different life paths.Wang Weiyi never forgets his former mentor Shi Dongshan to discover his kindness, inherits and carries forward the bole spirit of his mentor who knows talents widely, and once again supports and develops new stars. Sun Qixin, a young actor from the Shanghai Youth Art Theater, played the leading role in Wang Weiyi. After Bing, he rose to fame and became popular in the film industry for a while.In addition, Wang Weiyi also recruited talented young people from the field of drama, folk art, music and even non-professional actors to join in the filming of this film. Up-and-coming stars such as Ye Yayi, Rui Xuhua, Li Yajun, Xu Ruiping, Li Shulan, Xue Bai, etc. This time, he stepped onto the screen and formed the first echelon of "Three Family Alley", jointly interpreting a generation of young people with different personalities and various characters in different environments, and better expressing the essence of the original work through the artistic creation of films. .

In 1984, Wang Weiyi set foot in the world of comedy again. After his success in directing "Seventy-Two Tenants" 21 years ago, he directed the comedy "The New Biography of Ah Hun" adapted from a Shanghai satirical drama. A comedy film that won the Golden Rooster Award Special Award, and then directed the comedy film "Extreme Joy" reflecting the rural family planning, and won the "Golden Goblet Award" for the first prize of China's excellent family planning film.Wang Weiyi, who has entered an octogenarian age, is really ambitious and ambitious.In the last autumn of the 20th century, together with screenwriter Huang Tongrong, he co-directed the comedy "Five Blessings".

When the dawn of the new millennium entered Wang Weiyi's new house, the China Film Association awarded him a plaque with the honorary title of "Chinese Filmmaker" at the beginning of the new century. The highest accolade for centuries.