Although Li Yi said that he was open-minded and did not view this movie purely as a commercial movie, then the plot did not need to have those plots that were criticized as historical nihilism.
But the same question arises, how to arrange the plot?
After all, even though he doesn't value the box office so much, on the other hand, he still hopes that more people will watch the movie, so this is another paradox.
As we all know, many ordinary people actually don’t know much about this period of history, either they have heard about it, or they know it but don’t know why.
In Li Yi's view, this is the reason why the original version has polarized reviews.
Because there are indeed many people who do not understand this period of history, and after watching the movie, they may regard the movie as history.
This is really not a joke, it is a fact. In fact, only a small number of people will actually look up information about this period of history after watching the movie.
For this reason, films adapted from real history face a choice in this regard.
Do you choose to follow history, or do you choose more artistic processing?
The former can easily make a movie lose the thrill of watching a movie. For example, in "The Eight Hundred", compared to the eight years that followed, the bloody battles in the first four days and four nights were obviously more exciting.
As far as ordinary movie fans are concerned, they would obviously rather watch those four days and four nights than what happened in the next eight years.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, if it's half and half as Mu Qing said, it's really not feasible, because movies are always made for most people, at least that's what Li Yi thinks.
Especially for this kind of movie, if few people watch it, then it will lose its meaning to put it bluntly.
Li Yi feels that he is just asking for trouble. In fact, if he really wants to make this kind of movie, he may not necessarily choose a movie like "Eight Hundred".
But the more he understood this period of history, the more he wanted to make this movie, because even looking at the entire history of the Anti-Japanese War, this was an extremely special battle with special significance.
A lonely battle with no supplies inside and no reinforcements outside. A river separated the two worlds. On one side of the river, there were singing and dancing birds in the concession, but on the other side of the river, it was purgatory on earth.
This can be said to be unique.
Zhao Guangming is also puzzled by this question: "Why did you choose this period of history?"
Don't blame Zhao Guangming for his doubts. You must know that the Eight Hundred Heroes of Sihang Warehouse does not belong to the army of our party, so this type of movie is actually quite sensitive.
If you are not careful, you may get a 404!
Even the original version of "Eight Hundred" was said to glorify the fruit party, but in fact, it was the other party who did it themselves when promoting it.
Because this also involves Mr. Sun from the Eighty-Eighth Division, who has a very bad reputation. However, when promoting this movie, he chose his descendants to come, so many people scolded him like this.
tide.
Perhaps everyone agrees that the Eight Hundred Heroes are heroes, and the government also affirms it. The teachers have said that they are models of the Anti-Japanese War. However, that Sun is completely opposite to the bravery of the Eight Hundred Heroes.
"Because this period of history is so special." Li Yi said.
"But this period of history is not that easy to photograph." Zhao Guangming is obviously not an ordinary person. He may not have such a clear understanding of this period of history, but at least he understands it. Otherwise, he would not have said such a thing.
"The reason why I chose to shoot this story is because the Eight Hundred Heroes here are very different from the "heroes" we widely recognize in the traditional sense." Li Yi said.
"In our common understanding, or in other words, it is engraved in our bones that heroes are often better off than dead if they fail. However, a moment of bloody bravery on the frontal battlefield is heroic, but everyone knows the certain ending.
For this reason, we all come together to praise those heroes who sacrificed their lives heroically in the war. But these eight hundred heroes are different. Maybe everyone will recognize those who died on the battlefield as well-deserved heroes, then the remaining ones
Woolen cloth?
They obeyed the order and walked to the concession area and were disarmed and imprisoned. Are they considered heroes?
None of them knew whether persistence would make sense.
Not surrendering to personal humiliation, not escaping privately, not being disorganized, not joining the puppet army, not fighting a civil war. It is easy to say a few simple words, but how much blood, tears and bitterness must have been on the isolated island behind enemy lines in the war years?
The Four Days and Eight Hundred Years of the Eight Hundred Heroes is obviously not a perfect Chinese heroic story.
Even Gu Jun himself does not want to consider himself a hero.
But I want to say that it is still a heroic story.
Because of this, I hope to show this period of history, not to mention reinterpreting what a hero is, but at least to let people know that the people who sacrificed are great, but those who survived, those who endured the humiliation and persisted until
Those who collapsed in the end are equally great! They deserve the title of heroes." Li Yi said with some excitement.
This is the result of the fact that after he collected information during this period, the more he learned, the more confused he became.
"To a certain extent, the hero's tragic and tearful scene makes people cry even more!" Li Yi couldn't help but say.
Zhao Guangming nodded.
He finally understood what Li Yi was thinking, but this made him smile bitterly.
"So you still want to film the story of the Eight Hundred Heroes after they entered the concession?" Zhao Guangming looked at Li Yi and asked.
Li Yichang sighed and said: "I am a little confused for the time being. Simply speaking from the perspective of the movie's watchability, in fact, the subsequent plot should definitely not be too long, but if it is just a single shot of the four-day and four-night Sihang Warehouse Defense Battle
, but it’s a bit taken out of context.”
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"Moreover, this also involves some sensitive issues. No, I'm looking for you, Director Zhao, for help." Li Yi said with a smile.
"Actually, some people have filmed stories about this period of history before, such as "The Eight Hundred Heroes" filmed by Baodao and "The Battle of Sihang Warehouse" filmed by us here in the millennium, which are two of them. However, like
As you said, the same thing was not photographed. What happened to the Eight Hundred Heroes after the defense battle of Sihang Warehouse is indeed not without reason." Zhao Guangming pondered for a moment and said.
"Oh? Please tell Director Zhao more details!" Li Yi suddenly became interested.
"There are many reasons. There is no need to say more about Baodao. After all, the battle to defend the Sihang Warehouse must require a lot of beautification for them. Director Wang Chu of Baodao back then
, the initial version was said to have been killed immediately. Later, it was revised several times before it was released, but in the end it just stopped at crossing the river."
"Because the front can still be brushed off with Spring and Autumn brushwork. Even if it is not beautified, it can at least blur the background. But in the back, even the original director Wang Chu's influence on Baodao still dare not touch it."
