In fact, it is somewhat similar to "Wreaths Under the Mountain".
The difference is that "Wreaths Under the Mountain" describes the war of adults.
And the oldest veteran in "War Meridian" is only sixteen years old!
Writing this book was not an easy task for Li Yi. Whenever he wrote about scenes of children dying, he couldn't help himself.
You have to slow down for a long time before you can continue.
Anyone who is a real screenwriter or director knows that scripts are divided into many types, and the director's script is the most graphic.
At least in Li Yi's mind, the shot script he drew has pictures in his mind.
And that scene was really a huge torture.
Human hearts are made of flesh. Although the plot of the movie is fictional, once the personal names and images are determined, in Li Yi's case, they become living people.
Each of them is alive.
However, he had to write them down one by one. What was even more painful was that every scene was so clear to Li Yi.
In the scene where she calls her mother and finally falls off the cliff, the camera repeatedly looks up from the little girl's perspective, but her mother does not appear.
Li Yi sometimes wished he could give himself a slap.
For such a picture, he had to repeatedly carve out what kind of angle, what kind of expression, what kind of sound, what kind of background...
Movies are the art of dreaming, but directors are also human beings.
In fact, the director can control the audience's emotions through the scenes of the movie. However, in fact, the directors need to experience each of the scenes in which the director controls the audience's emotions several times.
Therefore, writing this script was very difficult and torturous for Li Yi.
Every time he cries, his eyes turn red.
There was a time when I didn’t even want to continue writing.
Dog director! Sometimes he wants to scold himself like this.
Because it's too cruel, too cruel!
There are many surreal scenes in "War Meridian". It's hard to say whether this way of expression is good or bad, but Li Yi decided to shoot and write it this way.
Because in Li Yi's opinion, this is one of the highlights of this movie. Those children also have their own dreams. What they imagine is what life will be like in the future. In short, it is better than those anti-Japanese films nowadays.
Fighting and fighting are too profound!
Why was this movie made? Because this movie can make people understand why wars are fought, not just for fun, but so that people in the future can have a new future.
War drives women and children away, many people say, but it was a war of aggression.
How can women and children walk away under the enemy's gunfire?
The repeated contrasting scenes with modern times are necessary in Li Yi's opinion. Although it feels a bit deliberate, he likes this way of expression very much.
They are the same children, but because they are in the same place at different times, their circumstances are completely different!
How many children today can correctly view that war?
How many parents would go out of their way to tell their children about that war?
Yes, we should guard the country, keep the enemy at bay, and prevent children from experiencing what happened in the film!
However, it is also important to let children understand that today's peace and happiness are by no means a matter of course. They must understand history and know how to be grateful. The world today is by no means peaceful. Stay vigilant and work hard to become stronger.
For yourself, for your children, and to contribute to national construction and social development.
Let our children have names and don’t let them become grass!
In the process of writing the script, Li Yi felt that he had experienced a baptism.
He is no longer a child, but sometimes, he feels that he is not even as good as a child.
Sometimes, he also has some doubts.
Is it not worth sacrificing 12 children in order to complete even the incomplete task content?
Is it worth it?
In fact, there is nothing worth it at all.
Because in those years, the country has been lost and there is nowhere to live, so where can I run to?
As the veterans said, they are children and soldiers.
When there is no torch in the world, you and I are the only light, and all we can do is burn ourselves!
This is not an anti-war movie, this is a movie about our military and civilians fighting against foreign invaders!
Li Yi also searched a lot of information for this, but sometimes the more he knew, the deeper he fell into. The movie is cruel enough, but what is even more cruel is that when you look for the real information, what really happened
When you encounter something, you will find that reality is more cruel than the movie.
The creation process of every film is a process for the director to re-understand the film and the story.
Why do we fight a counterattack, why do we resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea?
"War Meridian" is actually an annotation, because we need to defend the enemy from outside the country, we cherish peace, but at the same time we are not afraid of war, because if we are not strong enough, then we can't even protect our own children!
Of course, compared to "Wreaths Under the Mountain", "War Meridian" has no sensitive aspects, so it will be much easier to pass the review.
Originally, Li Yi could just arrange for the company to submit the filing himself.
However, he still took the script to the China Film Group.
"Director Li, you are a rare visitor! Sit down quickly, what can you drink? Pu'er?" Zhao Guangming said with a smile on his face when he saw Li Yi come to the door.
"I can do it!" Li Yi was not particular about drinking tea. Of course, he was not polite to Zhao Guangming. After sitting down, he said with a smile.
Zhao Guangming started to make tea for Li Yi, and said with emotion: "You haven't been seen lately, even the celebration party of "The Pursuit of Happiness", what are you busy with? Is the gift film ready?"
Zhao Guangming asked curiously while pouring a cup of tea for Li Yi.
"Speaking of which, it has something to do with that trip to the Great Wall. No, this is the result of my retreat and practice during this period. Director Zhao has reviewed it." Li Yi said and took out the script of "War Meridian" and handed it to Zhao.
The path of light.
Zhao Guangming immediately became interested and took it.
Zhao Guangming couldn't help but be startled when he saw the title of the script.
The title "War Meridian" is actually quite strange. However, Zhao Guangming did not ask this question immediately, but started to read it.
Soon he understood why Li Yi came to him specifically with this script.
War Orphans!
Aren’t the protagonists in the film just war orphans?
Zhao Guangming's eyes couldn't help but turn red when he saw only half of it.
As he continued to read, tears kept accumulating in his eyes.
After a long time, he closed the script. He had thousands of words to say, but he didn't know where to start. He just picked up the cold tea and drank it in one gulp.
