Chapter 57 Part 4: Film Regrets: A Glimpse of Unfinished Films by Famous Actors

"The East Is Red" Trilogy The large-scale music and dance epic "The East Is Red" was launched in 1964 as the main program celebrating the 15th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The singing and dancing scenes, as well as the feelings of the times brimming with redness, have become a towering milestone on the pinnacle of Chinese literature and art.Today, more than 40 years of long history have passed. Through the years of wind and frost, and the time of gold panning in sand seas, she has not faded at all. "Dongfanghong" is worthy of being a literary classic with distinctive characteristics of the Chinese nation.

Suddenly like a night of spring breeze In 1964, the macro-adjustment of the national economy had been in operation for four years. After the Party Central Committee reversed the situation in time, it finally broke through the siege of three years of natural disasters. All kinds of negative and serious effects brought about by the fanatical "Great Leap Forward" movement have gradually moved away from people's sight. The National Day in 1964 was a very comfortable National Day since the founding of the People's Republic of China, because this year coincided with the 15th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Under Premier Zhou Enlai's meticulous and meticulous operation in advance, there will be a unique "very celebration", especially in the literary and art circles that the Premier loves so much, there is a big move that has been kept secret for the time being.

At the beginning of 1964, Zhou Enlai and Foreign Minister Chen Yi were invited to visit Africa. The African people used the scenes of enthusiasm, singing and dancing as a grand welcome ceremony.At this moment, Zhou Enlai's eyes suddenly lit up, hey!Isn't this exactly the form of art performance I'm looking for?The great combination of song and dance has both national characteristics and a certain momentum. Being welcomed by the singing and dancing of the African people, Zhou Enlai's heart can no longer be calmed down. In March of Yangchun, Zhou Enlai, honorary chairman of the country Soong Ching Ling and Foreign Minister Chen Yi visited Sri Lanka and returned home. They passed through Yunnan. He opened the floodgates of his rich emotions, and the exuberant excitement of being in the African song and dance scene not long ago once again made him unable to contain his inner excitement.Zhou Enlai bluntly expressed his views and opinions to the entourage leaders who accompanied him to watch the performance: "Our country's national traditional art can be performed, danced, spoken, and sung. In the future, you should not separate singing and dancing, or sing again." It dances beautifully." Zhou Enlai's heart was always filled with a strong complex of singing and dancing, singing and dancing.

One month later, on the eighth day, Zhou Enlai pulled himself out and enthusiastically participated in a symposium on award-winning stage drama works.He talked to Xia Yan who was present at the meeting and Hu Wanchun, Huang Zuolin, Lan Cheng, the directors of award-winning dramas such as "Advancing the Torrent", "One Family", and "After the Harvest". and the future development direction, etc., put forward personal opinions and opinions earnestly: "The mainstream of literary works still has to write about workers, peasants and soldiers; it still needs to go to the station, and it needs to go deep into life for a long time to write vividly and deeply." After a pause, Premier Zhou went on to say: "Our own experience is also the same. If we don't explore for a long time, we can't speak the jargon. It's always a bit scratchy." Finally, he also pointedly pointed out: "For those immature The works are mainly to help, not to blame, to make it gradually enriched." The symposium undoubtedly received substantial results.

On June 23, 1964, when Premier Zhou met with the performance troupes, directors of the troupes, main actors and creators who participated in the Peking Opera Modern Drama Performance Conference that year, he once again emphatically emphasized: "The 'drama revolution' first It is still necessary to do people's work; popularization and improvement should not be neglected, but the focus is on popularization, and more attention should be paid to improving from popularization; more emphasis should be placed on ideology, and then to improve artistry; we must emphasize life practice, go deep into life, and live to workers and peasants. Go to the army, and then improve artistic practice." The guiding words from a high-level view further clearly revealed the purpose, meaning and development direction of literary and artistic creation.