Chapter 52 Part Four: Film Regrets: A Glimpse of Unfinished Films of Famous Actors New and Old "Li Xiangyang" Together

Changying Studio's new version of "Plain Guerrilla" is based on the same literary script written by Xing Ye and Yushan that the factory had already filmed as early as 1955, and then made some changes.The story of the guerrillas fighting the Japanese invaders behind enemy lines has long been familiar to the audience, especially the positive and negative screen images of Li Xiangyang and Matsui and the movie music of "Devils Entering the Village" are deeply memorable.The old version of the famous "Devil Enters the Village" music composed by Che Ming and the classic line spoken by "Two Guns Li Xiangyang".Su Li, one of the directors of the old version, withdrew, and Wu Zhaodi, another director of the old version, commemorated the 20th anniversary of the victory of the Korean War with the feature film "Heroes and Daughters" directed by himself in 1964 and four other old films reflecting the theme of the war in Korea. On the occasion of the anniversary, it was re-screened, so the director qualification of the old version was retained and was not replaced, and he was asked to bring a new "revolutionary successor" Chang Zhenhua.

It is very intriguing that Jiang Qing's leading principle for the seven remakes in the Chinese film industry during the absurd years was that the director of the original film can be properly retained, and appropriate fresh blood can be added when necessary, while the actors must be remade. New people and new faces are re-selected to show the successors of the new revolutionary successors in the Chinese film industry in the new historical period.However, I don’t know how much effort was spent on the candidate for the anti-number one in the film—the Japanese devil Matsui. In the end, after Jiang Qing was furious, he still slapped himself and had to use the well-known old actor Fang Fang who played the same role in the original film. to reinterpret the same characters in the play 19 years later.This strange thing happened repeatedly to the following actors, such as the director of enemy intelligence played by Chen Chen in the remake of "The Reconnaissance of Crossing the River", Lin Yusheng played by Da Shichang in "The Younger Generation", and Lin Yusheng in "Pine Ridge". Zhang Wanshan played by Li Rentang, Xiumei played by Liu Xiaomei, Qian Guang played by Li Shunan, Ding Zhenhong played by Lu Su, Liu Dayong played by Zhou Cunli, Li Zhigen played by Cai Songling, and Sun Guolu played by Sun Guolu Xiuhua, played by Sun Shulin, Wang Mao, etc. are all "authentic" dramas performed by the Hebei Provincial Drama Theater. mocking sarcasm.

On July 1, 1974, the remake of "Plain Guerrilla" was grandly launched on the 53rd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The photographer Gu Xiaoyan was in charge of shooting the film. Due to the difficulty of shooting many battle scenes in the film , plus many outsiders who don't understand art but want to "blend indiscriminately" seem to regard politics as the command and strictly control politics. Therefore, although the filming work is progressing smoothly, it is quite slow. month time.Among them, Li Tiejun, who was the only "leader" when he first appeared on the screen, for the skillful horse riding and vaulting movements in front of the camera, he started to practice desperately from the very beginning when he joined the group, and he did not know how many times he fell off the horse. Finally succeeded.In the crew, Fang Hua, who played the role of the Japanese devil Matsui, has a lot of acting experience. However, in order to highlight the "tall and complete" heroes, the "small and dark" villains can only be used as the opposite. The treatment of the same plot and the same character in the past is very different. It is really "this moment, that moment"!As a representative of the Jilin Provincial People's Congress, Fang Hua's thoughts were "ridiculous from the 'Left' and terrible from the 'Right'". Going to the prison, visiting and seeking the opinions of serving criminals who were deprived of ordinary citizens' voting rights, so they were mistakenly labeled as "rightists" in 1957. Therefore, the political shadow of that year is still lingering after many years. His unique insights into the role, of course, is that "heroes are useless". He often self-reflects on the crew, which forms a strong contrast with Matsui, who has been transformed into a "clown" on the screen.

During the filming, the crew had disputes over Li Tiejun's performance, thinking that he was too handsome, too immature, too bookish, and lacked the essential characteristics of simplicity, making him unsuitable for playing the image of a "worker, peasant and soldier". However, director Wu Zhaodi insisted on using Li Tiejun , and said with affirmative attitude: "I have been looking for Li Xiangyang's actor for 2 years. If I continue to struggle like this, when will this play be filmed?" ", teaching Li Tiejun every move in the film crew all day long. Guo Zhenqing, who was 48 years old at the time, was 25 years older than Li Tiejun, who was 23 years old. The two generations, one old and one young, jointly interpreted the extraordinary years beyond the screen. A true story of friendship.Other veteran actors such as Sun Ao, Ren Weimin, and Cui Chaoming of the crew gave selfless help to Li Tiejun, a "recruit" in the film industry. The love between teachers and students of "old gangs and young people" all enable Li Tiejun's "new version" Li Xiangyang to stand up on the screen and leave a certain amount of memory for the audience.

The location of the film was shot in Huolu County, Baoding, and Zhengding in the suburbs of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Baiquan County, Lin County, and Hui County in Henan, the border between Henan and Shanxi, Xingcheng in Jinzhou in Liaoning, and the outskirts of Changchun in Jilin. Across 5 provinces and municipalities. In early October 1974, the shooting was closed, and post-production was carried out. After the film was completed, the standard sample was quickly airlifted to Beijing for review. After the comprehensive review was passed, the copy was made overtime at the end of the year. During the Spring Festival of 1975, it was officially screened nationwide.