Our reporter Miao Chun

　　A few days ago, as the box office of the film "Changjin Lake: Water Gate Bridge" exceeded 4 billion yuan, the total box office of the series consisting of "Changjin Lake" and "Changjin Lake: Water Gate Bridge" has exceeded 9.7 billion yuan, and the cumulative movie viewing exceeded 9.7 billion yuan. 200 million people, breaking many records in Chinese film history.

The film interprets the great spirit of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, and has also become a milestone of special significance in the development of China's film industry.

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　　"The films I watched the most when I was a child were "Shangganling" and "Heroes and Children", etc., and I still remember them vividly. When I received the task of shooting a film on the theme of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, my thoughts were 8 words: great responsibility, mission Glory." said Yu Dong, the producer and chief producer of the "Changjin Lake" series of films and chairman of Bona Films Group.

　　In July 2019, the "Changjin Lake" project was officially launched; at the beginning of 2020, the sudden epidemic forced the filming to be postponed for one year.

On September 30, 2020, "Changjin Lake" was released in the National Day file, and word of mouth and box office "fly together"; file show.

Yu Dong said: "1950 was the year of the Tiger when the Chinese People's Volunteers went abroad to fight, and 2022 is the Year of the Tiger. The Spring Festival is a festival for the family reunion of the Chinese people, and today's reunion is the result of our ancestors' bloody battle for us. We should remember their sacrifices."

　　The "Changjin Lake" series of films epicly reproduces the story of the volunteer soldiers fighting the enemy in an extremely difficult environment in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

　　But the filming of the film can be described as difficult.

　　Director Huang Jianxin has been engaged in the film industry for more than 40 years. He has cooperated with many people and production units at home and abroad, and has very rich experience.

He said that the shooting of this series of films, "too many things beyond the normal scope of filmmaking, encountered many challenges."

But since we want to shoot this subject, "everyone will work hard and work hard to complete it".

　　The width of the real Watergate Bridge is less than 10 meters, and here is where all the dramatic conflicts of the whole film unfold.

Producer and director Tsui Hark introduced that, in order to make the audience feel immersed, when filming the scene of volunteer soldiers fighting against the enemy in a strong wind and snow, there are 3 light blowing teams, responsible for various wind directions and sizes; snowmaking also requires at least 3 Species: floating in the air, floating in the background and floating on the face.

In the battle scene, there are actors shooting and at the same time explosion scenes, but when the snowstorm blows against the actors, the actors can't see anything clearly, and there are many explosions around them that are exploding. It is necessary to ensure that the actors are safe. Security...the difficulty can be imagined.

　　"Our filming process is also like fighting a tough battle." The three directors of Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, and Lin Chaoxian united as one to create every scene in the film, from the water town of Zhejiang in the south, to Shandong, Liaoning, and then again. To the border Yalu River, then to North Korea's Dayudong, Changjin Lake, Shuimen Bridge, until Xingnan Port, this is a long front.

"Faced with any challenge, any unknown, we all figured out a way together and finally won." Tsui Hark said.

　　The filming of the series allowed actor Wu Jing to experience hardships he had never experienced before: "In the weather of minus 20 degrees Celsius, lying on the snow and blowing with a pressurized wind cannon, I have never felt the cold. It’s really unforgettable.” But he said: “We always remember that in such a difficult environment, the volunteer soldiers accepted cruel challenges to defend the newly born New China. Greatest tribute to finishing this film."

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　　"A thunderbolt, a sword, a group of fierce tiger steel seven companies." The "Changjin Lake" series of films takes the ordinary officers and soldiers of the seven companies as the incision, and writes the history of the country with great color, and shapes the youth, blood and life into the bronze wall and iron wall to protect the motherland. Group portrait of volunteer soldiers.

In the film, Wu Qianli, Wu Wanli, Tan Ziwei, Mei Sheng, Yu Congrong, Pinghe, Lei Gong, etc. are very moving and their different destiny.

　　Actor Zhu Yawen said: "This is not only a creative task, but also a combat task. Whenever we come to the studio and hear the sound of guns, it seems like history is echoing, inspiring us to rush forward."

　　Chen Kaige believes that without a distinctive character, there will be no sustenance for the audience's emotions; without a lovable character, it will not be able to arouse the audience's concern and resonance.

Screenwriter Lan Xiaolong spent 5 years creating the original 130,000-word script of "Changjin Lake", smearing the character's rich background color and inheriting the heroic spirit.

　　In the film, in the face of the enemy, the Wu family brothers and the soldiers of the Seventh Company are as indestructible as steel; in the face of the motherland, comrades-in-arms, and relatives, they have infinite affection.

Yu Dong believes that the reason why the characters in the "Changjin Lake" series of films can resonate with the audience is that the film does not create "superpower" heroes like foreign blockbusters, but adheres to the "people-centered" creative concept. , tells the story of ordinary volunteer soldiers who are also ordinary heroes. Their sincere and simple emotions are common to the emotions of today's audience.

　　In the series of films, Wu Wanli, played by young actor Yi Yangqianxi, has transformed from a child with no combat skills into a volunteer soldier who can really carry a gun and fight.

This role is the epitome of many young volunteer soldiers on the battlefield, and it is also the eye that leads the audience into that period of history in the film.

Yi Yang Qianxi said that he once saw a sentence, "After a war, a teenager can quickly become 30 years old".

After seeing this sentence, "I take it as the psychological basis for my performance".

Tsui Hark found that during the filming process, the actors themselves grew up with the characters. In the later stages of the filming, Yi Yang Qianxi's face looked different from the beginning.

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　　"For the filming of the film on the theme of Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, we used two criteria to ask ourselves: first, to make a film that can be handed down, so that young people in 50 years will feel good to watch it again; second, do not need any footage of the documentary What we want to make is a modern film, which requires us to use industrial standards, and everything is controlled by technology: ensuring safety in the early stage and creating a realistic sense of presence; in the later stage, special effects are used to optimize to the extent required by the plot." Yu Dong said.

　　The "Changjin Lake" series will start in the fall of 2020 and will be completed in December 2021.

3 directors co-directed, assembled a team of 7,000 to 8,000 actors, integrated 86 domestic and foreign post-production special effects production companies, and the film subtitles scrolled more than 12,000 names...

　　Huang Jianxin said that there is a huge "hub center" to ensure the connection between directors, and the film crew operates in a structure according to the rules. "The reason why Chinese films have progressed is because such a structure was unimaginable before." .

　　Tsui Hark said that during the filming process, in order not to relax the spirit of the crew, the directors would constantly emphasize "on time" and "perfection" to everyone, insisting on implementing these two major principles to the end.

　　In the "Changjin Lake" series of films, large and small battles occupy most of the time, including air battles, land battles, machine gun battles, hand-to-hand combat, etc., aircraft, tanks, cannons, grenades, explosive packs, firearms and other weapons There are endless scenes, no matter the large-scale battle scene or the details of the battle, they are all exquisitely designed. The use of long shots, fast-cut shots, and close-up shots, a large number of handheld photography and fast-paced editing are interspersed to restore the "torture of ice and fire on the battlefield 72 years ago." ”, bringing the audience a realistic and intuitive experience.

　　It is reported that during the filming, no actor was injured due to the early or delayed explosion of the bombing point. With the intervention of high-tech, the control of the bombing point time and range has been very accurate, which represents the improvement of the standard of the Chinese film industry.

　　Huang Jianxin said: "The "Changjin Lake" series of films reflects the spiritual world of the Chinese people, including their attitude towards war, peace, and their attitude towards brothers and sisters. The Chinese people's emotions cannot be captured or expressed by foreign blockbusters. "

　　Yu Dong said that behind the "Changjin Lake" series is the joint effort of the entire Chinese film industry and even the whole country.

"The achievements of the "Changjin Lake" series of films have boosted the confidence of the entire film industry. This is one of the signs of the maturity of the Chinese film market, and it may also become an inflection point in the future development of the film market, which is of milestone significance. "