Chapter 29 Part 2: Life and death of "A Thousand Miles Against the Wind" dark night is difficult

"Big Waves Washing Sands" has been set as a "counter-revolutionary" film that "seriously distorts the historical facts of the revolution" and one of the "Ten Poisonous Weeds" films.Director Yilin was exposed and criticized by some style figures in the crew. In fact, this film has nothing to do with Tao Zhu himself, but it is said to be a tribute to Tao Zhu and a monument.The director was forced to say that he was an insider who Tao Zhu secretly gave the opportunity, and he was severely criticized. After the "Cultural Revolution" movement started vigorously and with great fanfare, Yilin, who was thin and weak, was bedridden. The severe blow he received at that time caused great damage to his health, and his weight was less than 100 catties.However, the leaders in power and the rebels ignored it completely, and ruthlessly drove the scrawny Yilin to the Yingde labor reform tea farm to undergo heavy physical labor reform.It was not until the autumn of 1972 that Yilin was able to return to the factory, but the factory firmly refused to accept the organizational relationship, and her files had to be temporarily placed in the Provincial Department of Culture.After the situation improved, Yilin strongly expressed her desire to work in the factory, and personally directed the scripts such as "The White Horse General" and "Revolutionary Mother Li Liying" and "Born Out" about Ye Ting. , but failed to move to the screen.But he was still ambitious, and helped director Liu Xin film the children's feature film "Little Conch" adapted from "The Son of Fishing Island", directed Yu Deshui to direct the Cantonese opera film "Shajiabang", etc. In 1979, Cai Hui, director of the factory, conveyed the order from his superiors and appointed Yilin as the deputy director of Zhuying Film Studio. When Changqian went to visit Yilin, who was seriously ill in bed, he excitedly grabbed Director Luo's hand and said: "We once went to Shanghai to find Zhu Daonan and Yu Bingkun to revise the script of "The Big Wave Washing the Sand". Let’s work together again and make another feature film.” This is the natural outburst of Erin’s passion for work, and it is also his dying wish.On November 27 of that year, the emaciated Yilin passed away. The belated appointment finally made Yilin leave with regret.

A "Big Wave Washing the Sand", a tortuous history of Chinese films in the cruel age.However, the pace of film art is always so hasty and progressive! Seven remakes from the time of the wild In the film industry, whether it is abroad or at home, the main reason for the repeated reshoots of the same theme or the same film is that the film is adapted from a famous work handed down from generation to generation and has enduring vitality, so it is often shot. Always new. However, in the late period of the "Cultural Revolution" in the Chinese film industry, during that absurd period that cannot be recalled, there were 7 films that were remade again. The strange things were unprecedented and unheard of...

As early as the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution", in order to achieve his personal ambitions, Jiang Qing aggressively attacked on the literary front. On the one hand, he completely denied the prosperity and brilliant achievements of the film industry in the 17 years before the "Cultural Revolution", and on the other hand, in order to set a so-called model , Stealing fame and reputation, the modern Peking opera and ballet dramas that have been created by many opera and drama artists, have been formed and performed for several years, have passed strict political review and careful selection, and spared no effort to produce "The Story of the Red Lantern" and "Shadow". Jiabang", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Outsmart", "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment", 5 Peking operas and 2 ballets "The Red Detachment of Women" and "The White-haired Girl".The other included in the first batch of "model operas" is a stage art film consisting of three sections: symphony "Shajiabang", piano accompaniment "Red Lantern", and piano concerto "Yellow River". ", and "Six Beijings and Two Dances", namely "Ode to the Longjiang River", "Red Detachment of Women", "Cuckoo Mountain", "Plain Warfare", "Panshiwan", "Red Cloud Hill" 6 Peking operas and "Ode to Yimeng", "Prairie Children" 2 ballets.

In the later period of the "Cultural Revolution", the "Gang of Four" stepped up the pace of usurping the party and power, and continued to release some works such as "Joyful Little Lianghe", "Spring Seedlings", "Counterattack", "Rupture", "The Whistle of January", " A batch of story films, such as "A Thousand Years of Industry", "A Grand Festival", and "The Everlasting Ringing of the Admiralty", have elaborated artificial illustrations for their political needs, and preached to the people.In this kind of film industry under the shadow of political high pressure and terror, seven re-shot feature films continued to appear, they are "Southern Expedition and Northern War", "Crossing the River Reconnaissance", "Plain Guerrillas", "Thousands of Waters and Thousand Mountains". ", "The Younger Generation", "Green Pine Ridge", and "War to Flood", these films were filmed and released 17 years before the "Cultural Revolution", and they were re-released when the "Four Plagues" were rampant. Except for the three films "The Younger Generation", "Green Pine Ridge", and "The Flood of War", which are contemporary realistic themes and are exploited by the political climate and forcibly linked to politics, the remaining four films are far from The times are the themes of different revolutionary war periods.The reshoots of these films, in which a lot of manpower, financial resources and material resources are wasted, the editors, directors, creative personnel and film crews are forced to repeat labor and exhaustion, and there are various discussions and dissatisfaction among the audience for repeated filming, which is not ugly. It is because of the political needs of the "Gang of Four" and the like, the kind of wolfish ambitions that are beyond the reach of donkeys.

When it comes to "Southern Expedition and Northern War", everyone knows the black-and-white feature film shot by Shanghai Film Studio in 1952 and the color feature film shot by Beijing Film Studio in 1974.This film uses the contest between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the War of Liberation to enthusiastically praise the greatness of Mao Zedong's military thought, the great power of the people's war and the invincibility of the people's army.The screenwriters of the old film, Shen Ximeng, Shen Mojun, and Gu Baozhang, and the directors, Cheng Yin and Tang Xiaodan, will remain the same for the new version, and Tang Xiaodan, one of the directors, will be replaced by Wang Yan, the assistant director of the old film.In the former starring role, the division commander is played by Chen Ge, the battalion commander Gao is played by Feng, Zhao Yumin is played by Zhang Ruifang, the enemy commander Zhang is played by Xiang, and the enemy chief of staff is played by Bai Mu.In the latter's starring role, the teacher commander is played by Wang Shangxin, the battalion commander Gao is played by Zhang Yongshou, Zhao Yumin is played by Yu Ping, the enemy commander Zhang is played by Wang Pei, and the enemy chief of staff is played by Ge Cunzhuang.What we are talking about here is the person who plays the enemy Zhang Junchang who people are very impressed with. The old version of Xiang is famous for playing villains and senior Kuomintang officers; But there is more than enough cowardice and elegance, but not enough fierceness.Of course, the creative tendency of "facial makeup" and the psychological factors of the audience's clear love and dislike at that time, as well as the perception effect produced by the simple class emotion, were integrated into it.

The film "Plain Guerrillas" was made into a black-and-white feature film by Changchun Film Studio as early as 1955. The film mainly describes the heroic battle between our guerrillas behind enemy lines and the Japanese invaders during the Anti-Japanese War.This film was written by Xing Ye and Yu Shan, and directed by Su Li and Wu Zhaodi. Until now, people still remember very clearly the two characters and actors in the film who are pros and cons. That is Guo Zhenqing. Li Xiangyang, the captain of the guerrillas, and Fang Hua, the Japanese devil Matsui. In 1974, Changying Film Studio followed the will of Jiang Qing, the "literary standard bearer", to reshoot the film of the same name. The screenwriter and director were still the same crew, but the old director Wu Zhaodi brought in a new apprentice Chang Zhenhua, and Su Li withdrew. , The role of Li Xiangyang was widely recruited across the country, and there were as many as 96 candidates, and it was finally determined that Li Tiejun from Shandong Qingdao Repertory Theater would play the role, but the impression given was that the appearance was more handsome than the inner simplicity.What's interesting is that Matsui played the role, and I don't know how many actors were chosen. In the end, no one could replace Fang Hua, so he had no choice but to score twice.Among them, in addition to the pros and cons of the new version following "Double Guns Li Xiangyang" and "Devil King" Matsui, it uses the old version of the famous "Devil Entering the Village" music composed by Che Ming and Li Xiangyang's mouth. Some of the classic lines.

Coincidentally, the black-and-white feature film "Reconnaissance of Crossing the River" filmed by Shanghai Film Studio in 1954 was put on the screen again in 1974 by the same factory.The film captures the thrilling story of our army's squadron conducting reconnaissance behind enemy lines before the Battle of Crossing the River in the War of Liberation.The original screenwriter Shen Mojun and the original director Tang Xiaodan remained unchanged, the latter just added the names of three more adaptors "Ji Guanwu, Gao Xing, and Meng Senhui". The director Tang Xiaodan brought Tang Huada, and the other staff came " In the original film, Sun Daolin's Li Lianchang was played by Wang Hui, and Li Lingjun's Fourth Sister Liu was played by Zhang Jinling, but the enemy's intelligence chief was also played by Matsui in the same way, but in the end, the statement continued.Other roles are easy to cast.

"A Thousand Rivers and Thousand Mountains" adapted from Chen Qitong's famous drama, originally called "Long Live the Red Army", mainly describes the epic stories that happened during the 25,000-mile Long March of our Red Army soldiers. In 1959 and 1976, it was shot twice by Bayi Film Studio as a color story film.The old film was adapted by Sun Qian and Cheng Yin, directed by Cheng Yin and Hua Chun, and starring Li Youguo, the instructor of the Blue Horse Performance Camp. This is the first time this famous movie star has played the image of a "soldier" after joining the General Political Drama Troupe. , and the performance was very successful, which shows his profound artistic attainments.The film was also listed by the Ministry of Culture as one of the 18 gift films for the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.The new version, which was released nationwide in June 1976, was written by the original author Chen Qitong, and the director was changed to Yan Jizhou. Coincidentally, Huang Kai, who played the former political commissar Zhao Zhifang, now plays the camp instructor Li Youguo.Interestingly, since Huang Kai looks exactly like the beloved Premier Zhou, many viewers will naturally think that this film is a tribute to Premier Zhou's glorious deeds during the Long March.Later, because of his appearance, Huang Kai really played the image of Premier Zhou in different periods in many films, and his origin came from the new version of "A Thousand Rivers and Thousand Mountains".The new version is a feature film filmed on the original location, and changed to a stage drama art film, which is still performed by the Zongzheng Repertory Troupe, but it lacks the brutality and realism of the Long March, its artistic appeal is greatly reduced, and its limitations are also obvious.However, the film was re-shot to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March. At the same time, the stage musical film "Songs of the Long March-The Red Army Is Not Afraid of Difficulties in the Expedition" was released at the same time. After smashing the "Gang of Four", it can still be screened nationwide.

Following the popular song "Running Forward Along the Avenue of Socialism", people's minds will naturally think of a movie "Pine Ridge".This is a story that describes the resolute struggle of the peasants against the class enemies who took the capitalist road in the period when class struggle was the key link in rural Hebei.Changchun Film Studio had already shot this film in 1965, and it was still shot by Changying as a color feature film in 1973, but in the new version, it puts more emphasis on class struggle education.This film is adapted from a drama performed by the Hebei Chengde Regional Drama Troupe. The screenwriter Zhang Zhongpeng, the director Liu Guoquan, and the main actors Li Rentang, Liu Xiaomei, and Li Shunan played Zhang Wanyou, Sun Xiumei, and Qian Guang. Jiang Shusen, the deputy director of the original film, was added. Zhang Wanyou's name in the play was later changed to the more famous Zhang Wanshan, and the character of Fang Jiyun was changed from the original Yan Ben'an to Zhu Longguang, who had starred in "Tunnel Warfare".

In November 1965, Changchun Film Studio started filming "War in the Flood", which was adapted from a play by the Hebei Provincial Drama Theater at the "North China Drama and Opera Performance Conference" which aroused great repercussions. In the summer of 1963, the Haihe River Basin suffered a catastrophic flood that had never happened in a century. Under the leadership of the Party and the support of the people of the whole country, the people of Hebei overcame the catastrophic flood with a revolutionary momentum that swallowed mountains and rivers.The film "War in the Flood", adapted from the large-scale drama "Standing Together" based on the real story of flood fighting, is written by Lu Su and Yuan Naichen, directed by Su Li, and the main actor Ding Zhenhong is played by Lu Su, and Liu Dayong is played by the village. , Li Zhigen is played by Cai Songling, Xiuhua is played by Sun Guolu, and Wang Mao is played by Sun Shulin.They are all the "authentic flavors" of dramas performed by the Hebei Provincial Theater.When the film was submitted for review, it was at the "juncture" when the "unprecedented" Cultural Revolution movement broke out across the country. The film was locked into the film library before it was released.It was not until October 1972, six years later, that "The Battle of the Flood" was "accidentally" brought up again, because the original film was accused of "lacking the main line of class struggle", and a reshoot was ordered. At the beginning of 1974, "War to the Flood", which was re-filmed by the original crew, was still strongly dissatisfied and completely rejected by Jiang Qing and his like, and was "blocked" again.Later, under the kind care of Premier Zhou, the film was not released until the Spring Festival of 1974.In the era of barren art at that time, when many viewers watched this film, they did not know that this "War of the Flood" was also a re-shooting film, because its old version had never been shown in public.

The "Young Generation", which bears the imprint of the times, was born in 1965 before the outbreak of the "Cultural Revolution". To educate the younger generation to establish a correct outlook on life and the world, and to strive for the theme of contributing to the cause of socialism.The screenwriters are Chen Yun and Zhao Ming, the director is Zhao Ming, and the main actors are Yang Zaibao, Da Shichang, Cao Lei, Zhu Manfang, Wen Xiying, Zhao Shuyin and Sha Li.Ten years later, in 1976, also in order to adapt to the political climate at that time, Shanghai Film Studio remade the film again. Screenwriters Chen Yun, Shi Fangyu, directors Ling Zhihao and Zhang Huijun, director Zhao Mingcheng of the original film Consultants, main actors include Bi Jianchang, Da Shichang, Li Xiuming, Hong Rong, Li Yan, Xiao Chi, Zhang Ruifang, etc.Among them, the role of Lin Yusheng played by Da Shichang is the fifth person to play the same role and the same starring role in the same film twice after Fang Hua, Chen Shu, Li Rentang and Lu Su. It is worth pointing out here that, although the subject matter is the same, the ballet "Ode to Yimeng" (filmed in 1974) and the modern Peking opera "Red Cloud Hill" (filmed in 1976) cannot be called "remakes" due to their different genres. This is just like the famous "Eight Model Operas" and "Six Beijings and Two Dances", many of which had feature films, the same or other types of operas 17 years before the "Cultural Revolution", but were adapted into Peking operas and ballets , due to the different types of films, it cannot be called a "remake".For example, the Peking opera "Red Lantern" was adapted from the story film "Own Descendants", the Peking opera "Shajiabang" was derived from the Shanghai opera "Ludang Tinder", the Peking opera "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" was adapted from the movie "Lin Haixueyuan", and the ballet The dance drama and Peking opera "Red Detachment of Women", as well as the ballet "The White-haired Girl" are all adapted from the film of the same name. Peking opera evolved from the Peking opera "Morning on the Harbor". Transplanted from the drama of the same name, the ballet "Ode to Yimeng" is also born out of the drama "Sister-in-law Hong".In addition, the ballet "Children of the Grassland" is derived from the cartoon "Little Sisters of the Grassland Heroes". The "Backbone" of many anti-Japanese anti-Japanese old movies, and the Peking Opera "Panshiwan" is in line with the story frame of the drama "The Great Wall of the South China Sea"... Looking at the above 7 remakes, we can systematically summarize the following salient features: One: The original film was shot earlier (3 in the early and mid-1950s, 1 in the late 1950s, and 3 in the mid-1960s), while the new remakes are more concentrated (1974 to 1976), and the black-and-white films were changed to color films (Except "Thousands of Waters and Thousand Mountains"); Second: the new remakes of the original film are all produced by the same factory (except "The Southern Expedition and the Northern War"); , except for "), in which an actor plays the same role again in the same film (except for "The War in the South and the North" and "A Thousand Rivers and Mountains"); Third: In view of the subjective factors of "preconceived ideas", in addition to the genre (black and white changed to color), the above seven remakes, coupled with the forced implementation of the "three prominent" and "high complete" models in the absurd era, seriously It breaks the normal law of artistic creation, so it does not exceed the old films in all aspects (except "Pine Ridge"). In short, repeated filming does more harm than good, and the lessons of history cannot be forgotten.The absurd products that appeared in the absurd era undoubtedly wrapped up an obvious creative tendency that met certain political needs at the time, and could not stand the test of time, let alone be preserved in the annals of film history.This kind of painful historical experience and lessons is worth pondering for those filmmakers who are never tired of repeated filming.