There is a kind of embarrassment in the world called "your own words slap you in the face".
Hong Yanwu found himself in such a situation.
At the end of June, he had just fooled Chen Liquan and described Yang Weifan's situation in the literary and art world in a positive light after he became famous.
But within a few days, a particularly bad situation happened unexpectedly. Even he himself became anxious for Yang Weifan. He had to contact Yang Weifan urgently and rushed to the dormitory of the "Coastal Defense Song and Dance Ensemble" to meet him in the middle of the night.
What's going on?
The problem lies in the ideology of this period.
This is 1979. Although the "movement" has ended three years ago, don't forget that this "movement" has lasted for a full ten years. Its influence is still deep-rooted.
And the mistakes corrected by "bringing order to order" are limited to the actual harm caused to people on a practical level. At present, no one has set out to change the impact of this "movement" on people's spiritual level.
Many people have even become accustomed to this kind of mental bondage, not to mention that they no longer think there is anything wrong with it. They often subconsciously oppose others to break free from this bondage.
This situation is specifically reflected in the literary and art circles, that is, there are often people who cannot understand some very human things, so they accuse and attack them, causing collisions and uproar.
For example, Popular Cinema, which had just resumed publication in 1979, was criticized because the back cover of its May issue showed a still of a kiss between a prince and Cinderella.
Someone wrote in a letter to Popular Cinema, "I never thought that in a socialist country like ours, after being baptized by the 'movement', such a thing would happen. You have actually fallen to the point where you are no more than a bourgeois magazine.
To what extent?”
His tone made him want to give "Popular Cinema" magazine another round of criticism from everyone, and they would have to bow their heads and apologize in front of the people of the country.
Since there are many accusations like this, in order to deal with this "political" crisis, the magazine "Popular Film" specifically asked the "Secretariat of the Film Association" for instructions. In the end, it was decided that in order to distinguish right from wrong, the full text should be published and at the same time
Let readers start the discussion.
Since June, countless readers have started arguing over this matter.
For a time, the two views were indistinguishable. Even "Popular Cinema" itself became the focus of news from other colleagues. It can really be called a spectacle of the times.
This is not an accidental phenomenon. In fact, even revolutionary films such as "Heroes of Tongbai" have to face similar problems and difficulties because of their shooting style.
Even for this movie, the biggest difficulty and pressure came not from audience feedback and social criticism after the movie was broadcast, but from within the industry itself as early as the filming of the movie.
For example, when the film crew sent the first batch of location samples shot in Huangshan back to the "Beijing Film Studio", a telegram was sent from the factory. Some leaders criticized, saying, "A war film is not like a war film, but like a landscape film, like a mythological film."
, it is recommended to reshoot them all.”
Fortunately, the female director was smart enough to send a telegram back, saying that the season had passed and the reshoots would be discussed later. This was used to smooth over the matter.
But the noise in the factory can no longer be heard, and the original author of the novel is also making things difficult. In the film, there is a scene where Cuigu thanks her adoptive father for raising her. Cuigu kneels down to her adoptive father. The original author has a lot of objections to this and has one thing to say.
How is it appropriate for a Party member to kneel down to another Party member? He will never let it go.
In the end, the female director was forced to use her cleverness again. When editing, she first showed Cuigu's tendency to kneel, and then cut to other shots. After the review was completed, she connected them again.
But even if many difficulties are solved, the final hurdle still lies in the joint review of the "Beijing Film Studio" Party Committee, "Art Committee" and "Technical Committee".
On the day when all the dialogue double-features of "Heroes of Tongbai" were reviewed. The screening had just ended, and before the lights in the screening room of the "Beijing Film Studio" came on, the sound of criticism came out.
"What a mess, it makes my head hurt just looking at it."
"What is this? Can you make movies?"
The key reason for holding this opinion is that this film continuously inserts flashbacks, memories, hallucinations, etc. from black and white films into color films, and deletes a large number of lines from the original text. This new wave of film language makes some old comrades very disappointed.
They couldn't accept it. And their opinion was to completely "shoot" this movie.
Seeing this scene, the entire film crew was extremely disappointed. They had no chance to see the audience again except for this movie.
Fortunately, in the end, the director of "Beijing Film Studio" saved the film. The director urged not to deny it immediately, but to invite experts in the film industry to discuss it. And then he got the help of literary theorists and cultural experts.
After the approval of the deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance, the "political hurdle" of the film was successfully passed.
It can be seen that there were still many "sticks" in society at that time, and the die-hards who opposed humanization had huge power.
As a result, Yang Weifan's troubles inevitably came.
July 1st is the "Party Founding Day", and the "Haizheng Song and Dance Ensemble" must have important performance tasks on that day. It may have been brewing for a long time, and some critical and objectionable opinions began to surface on this day with special commemorative significance.
Just after the "Marine Affairs Song and Dance Ensemble" finished its condolence performance for the party and government organs of the army, two higher-level political cadres in the army expressed their wish to provide comments on the song "Night at the Military Port".
They think this song is nice to listen to, but are the melody and lyrics too soft? They suggest that this song should be modified and adjusted. The first is to add some uplifting revolutionary momentum. The second is to let the singer express
Come out with a sonorous and powerful revolutionary will.
No one in the "Haiphong Song and Dance Ensemble" took such unreasonable lay advice seriously.
But just like the criticisms faced by songwriters in the original trajectory of history, this incident was like the bell of a critical conference suddenly ringing, attracting various critical opinions one after another.
Only one day has passed, and many newspapers and periodicals have published comment articles on this matter.
Military publications are the mouthpieces of the political and work departments. Naturally, they mostly criticize without naming names and urge corrections. Most of them are based on political awareness and believe that the opinions of the two political work cadres are reasonable.
Social publications, on the other hand, simply start from a news hot spot and want readers to write in and express their opinions. The results of the feedback from the public are mainly in support of the original song and Su Xiaoming's singing.
Many people think that the popularity of the masses and the popularity of the soldiers means success, which means that the direction is right. Only a small number of people think that "Night at the Military Port" is suspected of singing popular songs and imitating Hong Kong and Taiwan, and should find ways to improve it.
In this way, the two opinions held their own, and a big discussion started.
However, the stance of social publications is conciliatory. They do not favor or help any party, and just sit back and watch the debate. For example, the internal reference written by a reporter from the National News Agency said, "Su Xiaoming must not stop singing, not sing too much, and should stop singing in moderation."
Some newspapers were smarter and threw the question back with another beautiful "pass".
Their point of view is that they are not opposed to the form of pop songs, but they also say that military songs must first promote the style of the military. It is best for military leaders and experts to check what is allowed and what is promoted.
Well, it was this opinion that prompted a military music authority to publish a public statement. He declared that military songs should indeed reflect the life of the troops, and the performance must be dignified and solemn. Su Xiaoming's songs are obviously imitating Hong Kong songs.
Taiwanese style, this "extreme music" performance method is low-key, deviant, and does not conform to the laws of socialist art. The army leaders have the responsibility for lax review.
As a result, one stone stirred up a thousand waves. Under the guidance of the authority, many dissatisfied voices suddenly found a breakthrough. Persimmon picked on the weak and opened fire on this weak girl Su Xiaoming. If you continue to let it go, our
There is concern that actresses in art troupes will become more like capitalist singers.
Some people even said, "We need to analyze the audience's applause. Is it a true appreciation of art, or is it catering to unhealthy emotions? Are people here to listen to music and be educated, or are they here to see beautiful girls acting coquettishly? If more people watch nude dances,
, is it also good?”
Immediately afterwards, a soldier in a club at a navy base was punished for accidentally playing Su Xiaoming's "Night at the Military Port" on a cable broadcast, and was actually imprisoned by the leader who supported the opposing views.
This made the "Haiphong Song and Dance Ensemble" feel criticized and the pressure increased, and there were internal differences over Su Xiaoming's singing.
It was at this time that Hong Yanwu saw the relevant news and suddenly thought that Li Guyi's song "Hometown Love" had been accused of being a "yellow singer", and therefore had a premonition that something worse would happen if this situation continued to evolve.
result.
Then he couldn't wait to remind Yang Weifan and come to discuss how to solve the crisis.
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