In fact, because it is the 70th anniversary year, there are many projects for gift films this year.
Before Li Yi came, Zhao Guangming had already read several scripts.
They are all scripts for gift films.
But no one had a script that moved him so deeply.
In terms of concept, the cast and the scenes of the movie, "War Meridian" is not high or big.
But there was only this script, and Zhao Guangming didn't know what to say for a long time.
Too cruel?
Too cruel?
So...he didn't know how to describe it.
Yes, from the perspective of the audience, Zhao Guangming dares to say that this movie will definitely make people cry out of breath while watching it, because every scene in it is too cruel, too cruel.
But he knew that in all of this, the reality would be crueler and crueler than the movie!
"Why is it called "War Meridian"?" Zhao Guangming asked after being silent for a long time, but what he asked was why the movie was called "War Meridian"?
Li Yi was a little stunned. He guessed that Zhao Guangming would have some questions, such as asking what the real mission was?
But he didn't expect that Zhao Guangming actually asked why the movie was called this name.
Yes, why?
Li Yi has really studied this.
"Because the meridian is the starting line of time zones on the earth. And where does the meridian of war begin? Maybe for us, we can analyze where the meridian of many wars begins, but for this group of people
For children, they have no choice in their childhood!
Maybe the children were playing on the grass one moment, but the next moment there might be intensive gunfire all around. Living in that era, their life was war, and they lived in the war, although the meaning of war was to them
It's not clear. When the mission is finally completed, I think the few surviving children should feel that War Meridian begins here. Therefore, the name of the movie is "War Meridian"!"
"Have you ever thought about taking an international route for this movie?" Zhao Guangming asked suddenly.
"Huh? No, why do you ask that?" Li Yi was quite surprised.
"Nothing, I just feel that showing this war from a child's perspective is a rather special angle. At least before this, it was rare to analyze this war from this perspective, and the anti-war message conveyed by the movie...
.." Zhao Guangming said.
Li Yi directly interrupted Zhao Guangming and said: "Wait a minute, Director Zhao, what kind of anti-war thoughts does the movie convey? I really don't have this idea. Maybe we can say now that we are against war and any unjust war.
However, I will never use the war against aggression to express the so-called anti-war thoughts, because we have always passively endured that war. When the enemy breaks into our homes and kills our relatives, we
The only option is to take up arms and resist!"
"The only thing I want to convey in this movie is that there is still a breath left and the fight never stops! I want to tell everyone that our army has an indomitable spirit and must overwhelm all enemies and never be surrendered by the enemy. No matter in any hardships or hardships
In such situations, as long as there is one person left, that person must continue to fight!
I want to tell people who live in peaceful times how many hardships our ancestors have experienced in exchange for the hard-won peace we have today. Peace is a peace that is fought for! It is not a peace that is begged for!
It’s not the so-called anti-war ideology.”
Zhao Guangming was stunned. He did think at first that Li Yi's "War Meridian" wanted to take an international route, because there are very few movies that look at war from this angle, and the international community has always preferred this angle.
Because as the old saying goes, war keeps women and children away.
But he didn't expect that Li Yi had no such idea at all.
Li Yi indeed thought so.
To be honest, for some domestic directors, they shoot something that makes the Chinese people feel uncomfortable, and then say that they want the whole world to accept this fact, so we choose a way to tell this incident in a way that the world can accept!
However, there is no doubt that you are a Chinese first, so what you say is that you choose a way to tell the story in a way that the world can accept. On the other hand, if your butt is sitting crooked, is what you tell the truth still true?
Perhaps in the past, when China was still immersed in its pursuit of development and its national self-confidence was not so strong, it was okay to crave recognition from outsiders.
However, the question is, why do we still yearn for the recognition of the world so much today?
When the war of aggression broke out, some people also placed their hope in the intervention, intervention, and mediation of the United Nations.
But don’t they know what is happening here, on this land?
The results of it?
Therefore, it is not advisable to place hope on the sympathy of outsiders who do not have much immediate interests. We have known this decades ago. However, even now, many people still feel that the whole country must be allowed to
How the world is.
And when they did this, they never considered whether the Chinese people recognized the result you called this?
If the Chinese don’t recognize it, then what’s the point if outsiders do?
Back to business.
Li Yi and Zhao Guangming talked a lot about the movie "War Meridian".
The movie "War Meridian" didn't have big problems in terms of shooting. The biggest problem was the actors.
How to show the faces of those children in that era?
How can we get rid of the Chengshi flavor in modern child actors?
Children's scenes are the best to shoot, but also the most difficult to shoot.
It is said that it is the easiest to film because children do not have so many complicated ideas and most of the time they can act according to the director's requirements. However, it is also said to be difficult to film because they are only children after all, and some more complicated scenes will be difficult for them to understand.
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Fortunately, Li Yi can be said to be experienced in this aspect. After all, many of his films have involved child actors, so he can be considered relatively experienced in this aspect.
Secondly, it is the modification of some contents of the original version of the film.
For example, the opening part of the movie, "War Meridian" because the original version was released in the 1990s in another world.
So there is a relatively big bug at the beginning, that is, the only human structure that can be seen on the earth from outer space is the Great Wall!
Of course, this cannot be blamed on the director at the time, because that was the perception at that time.
But when it comes to Li Yi, it is definitely impossible to copy these.
Also, at the Great Wall, when the landmines left over from that time were dismantled, the children clamored for them. After the dismantling was completed, the mines were easily handed over to the children to play with!
Such a thing might have happened in that era, but obviously it is impossible to exist in this era.
