Chinanews client, Beijing, July 5th (Reporter Ren Siyu) On April 28, 1927, in the Jingshi Detention Center in Xijiaomin Lane, Beijing, Li Dazhao was the first to board the gallows and died bravely at the age of 38.
In his short life, only dozens of seconds of images and few textual materials were left. Except for the introduction in the textbook, people knew little about Li Dazhao himself.
What kind of image will he look like in the face of his wife, children and friends?
When danger comes, has he ever been afraid and confused?
The movie "Revolutionary" released recently, shows these "ordinary" features in ink.
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The "fire spreader" of the revolution
"Revolutionary" started on April 26, 1927, with 38 hours before Li Dazhao's sacrifice.
The film selects multiple points from 1916 to 1927. On the one hand, it is the countdown before the execution, and on the other hand, it flashes back to family members, enemies, workers, farmers, and students who have intersected with Li Dazhao... through the perspectives of different characters, interspersed Tell Li Dazhao's life.
The May Fourth Movement in 1919, the Kailuan Coal Mine Strike in 1922, the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in 1924, and the "March 18" tragedy in 1926... In that turbulent and dark age, people with lofty ideals struggled as "fire spreaders". ", Li Dazhao took the lead in widely introducing and propagating Marxism in China, mobilizing the labor movement, advocating and promoting the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and was a guide for a large number of revolutionary youth...
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The past of "Southern Chen and North Li" in the film comes from real historical events: During the May Fourth Movement, Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu actively participated in and participated in leading the patriotic movement, drafting the "Beijing Citizens Declaration". On June 11, Chen Duxiu was in He was arrested by the authorities while distributing leaflets at the New World Recreation Center outside Beijing’s Qianmen, and was held for three months.
When his friend was released from prison, Li Dazhao excitedly wrote a poem: "You are released today, and we are very happy! Their power and might can not defeat the truth... We now have many incarnations, and we rise up at the same time: like the seeds of flowers and plants. , Was scattered all over the place by the wind."
In early 1920, in order to avoid being arrested again, Chen Duxiu had to leave Beijing, and Li Dazhao disregarded his personal safety, pretending to be "Mr. Accountant," personally escorting Chen Duxiu to Tianjin, and he would handle all the negotiations along the way.
The film has an artistic treatment of this story. In the snow, the two drove on a mule cart, chatting about the future of the revolution.
Director Xu Zhanxiong said that he believed that Li Dazhao and the revolutionaries of that generation had romantic sentiments, "They are so convinced of everything they believe in, and even gave their lives."
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The real "people"
In addition to historical figures such as Mao Zedong, Chen Duxiu, Zhang Xueliang, and Jiang Jieshi, "Revolutionary" also started from fictional ordinary people such as Qingzi and Xu San, adding a "civilian perspective", such as Li Dazhao farming with farmers in the fields and in the bathhouse. Joking with the beggars, chatting with newsboys at the breakfast stand, playing the piano with the family, leaning on the shoulders of his wife and muttering to himself in tears...
Talking about the characterization of the film, director Xu Zhanxiong said.
"What we really want to tell the audience is that they are great revolutionaries. They may all live in your history textbooks, but they are also'people' like you."
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What is Li Dazhao's personality in history?
Scholar Liang Shuming said that he is "a very gentle person on the surface, and very gentle on the surface. Everyone has a good opinion of him when in contact with everyone, but in fact he is also very fierce in his bones."
In Lu Xun’s impression, he was “honest, humble, and didn't talk much. Among the colleagues in "New Youth", although there are also people who like to fight openly and secretly and support their own forces, he was absolutely not until later."
"His appearance is quite indescribable, some refined, some simple, and some mundane. So he looks like a scribe, an official, and some businessman. I have never seen such a businessman in the south, but there are some in Beijing. It was the shopkeeper of an old bookstore or paper shop. On March 18, 1926, when Duan Qirui shot a student who was petitioning with their hands, he was also among the crowd and was caught by a soldier and asked him what kind of person he was. He replied that he was a'businessman.' Bing said,'So, what are you doing here? Fuck you off!' With a push, he finally escaped."
That day was once "the darkest day since the Republic of China."
In order to oppose the "Eight Kingdoms", angry students and citizens took to the streets. As a result, they were brutally suppressed by the Duan Qirui government. 47 people were killed and more than 200 injured, including the well-known Liu Hezhen.
Li Dazhao's son, Li Baohua, was also on the scene. He witnessed the reactionaries using platoon guns and bayonets to massacre innocent people. "It wasn't until very late that my father came in and his face and hands were injured. It turned out that he also rushed there that day. Participate in petitions and demonstrations of the masses."
Liu Bannong recalled that when talking about the'March 18 Massacre', Li Dazhao denounced the warlord’s bloody suppression, and hit the desk with his fist and said angrily: "Inhumane! It is inhumane!" But he was beaten by the military and police on his face and hands. Not a word.
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"I believe"
The actor Zhang Songwen, who played Li Dazhao in the film, said that this was "the least confident time since he started his career."
When reading the script, he confessed that he had doubts. For example, when Li Dazhao was trapped in prison, someone tried to rescue him but was rejected. However, when he gradually walked into the hearts of the characters during the filming process, he gradually understood Li Dazhao's "valuable spirit and spirit". The nobility of personality".
On April 6, 1927, the military and police surrounded the Soviet embassy where Li Dazhao was located, and detained Li Dazhao and others in the backyard of the Jingshi Detention Center in Minxiang, Xijiao, Beijing.
Having been tortured in prison for more than 20 days, Li Dazhao always regarded himself as the leftist of the Kuomintang and did not mention the secrets of the Communist Party. Until the final narrative, he still asked not to involve patriotic youths: "I hope that the authorities will treat these patriotic youths, Leniency will not be implicated, and it will not be exhausted!"
In the film, the scene that touched many viewers is a profile of Li Dazhao in prison: he slowly turned around, sat on a chair with his back tilted, his hair messed up, and a beam of light shone from the top of his head, backlit. Out of his outline, he looks calm and calm.
Li Dazhao once wrote in an article: "The purpose of life is to develop one's own life. However, there are also times when life must be sacrificed to develop life, because ordinary development is sometimes not as good as heroic sacrifice to prolong the sound and brilliance of life. It is beautiful. The beautiful scenery is mostly in the dangerous mountains and rivers. The magnificent music is mostly sad and sad. A noble life is often in the midst of heroic sacrifices."
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Due to the turmoil of the current situation, Li Dazhao's public funeral ceremony was not officially held until 1933. The tombstone secretly engraved by the underground party organization at that time did not reappear until 1983.
Since the beginning of this year, "Awakening Times" and other historical and revolutionary film and television dramas have emerged, and audiences have been able to learn more about the stories of a large number of revolutionary ancestors such as "Southern Chen Beili", Chen Yannian, and Chen Qiaonian.
Part of the reason why they can resonate with everyone is also that they have photographed the "fireworks" of these historical figures. They may have unique personalities, have been confused about the future, and experienced fragile moments.
But it is precisely because of these mundane and "loveliness" that they highlight their greatness as revolutionaries.
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