Chapter 47 Part Four: Film Regrets: A Glimpse of the Unfinished Films of Famous Actors Hua Guofeng's Spotlight

1974 was the last years of the "Cultural Revolution" movement. In order to speed up the pace of usurping the party and power, the "Gang of Four" used movies to build momentum for them.Although some feature films have also been filmed, formulaic, conceptual, and profiling phenomena such as "three outstanding" and "high-quality works" in film creation are rampant. However, there is such a movie, just like a delicate and timeless little flower, which is different and eye-catching.This is the high-pitched opera art film of Hunan Opera - "Song of the Gardener".

Hua Guofeng point play In the second half of 1972, among a batch of cultural programs in the Hunan Provincial Art Festival, there were three local Hunan operas, "The Gardener's Song", "Two Sheets of Drawings", and "On the Delivery Road". Hua Guofeng, who was promoted to vice premier of the State Council, was deeply impressed. As Hua Guofeng, who once served as the Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee (Hua Guofeng is from Shanxi, and Hunan should be regarded as his second hometown), he is naturally very familiar with and kind to his hometown opera. As early as the eve of the "Cultural Revolution" In 1965, Zhujiang Film Studio made two Huagu operas in Hunan, "Beat the Tonggong" and "Tinkering Pot", into movies. In March 1973, during a break after a meeting in the Great Hall of the People, Hua Guofeng was very interested, and suddenly remembered the "hometown drama" he had seen last year, so he was responsible for Wu Dehe, the head of the culture group of the State Council De Fucai, who works in the film industry, casually mentioned programs such as "Song of the Gardener".

"The Gardener's Song" tells the story of a underachiever correcting his learning attitude with the correct help, training and guidance of the teacher. He not only understands the truth of being a human being, but also understands that only by learning cultural knowledge well can he better serve the people and serve the people. The story of nation building.Since Hua Guofeng was highly valued and directly promoted by Chairman Mao Zedong, and his career has risen all the way, and Hua Guofeng and Chairman Mao are fellow villagers in Hunan. Out of this strong and sincere relationship, the officials present naturally understood it.Therefore, relevant parties immediately set up a film production team. Considering that "Song of the Gardener" is a local opera with a strong accent in Hunan Opera, it is more appropriate for Beijing News Film Studio to organize the filming.

Therefore, the new film studio dispatched Sha Dan, the director of the factory who had directed the art film combination of piano accompaniment "Red Lantern", piano concerto "Yellow River" and symphony "Shajiabang" in 1972, to lead the film crew to the Hunan, with the great help and cooperation of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the cultural department, took only more than three months to shoot this opera art film "Song of the Gardener", which reflects the theme of the education front.