Released on September 6! Behind the documentary film "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" is a science student's 8 years of perseverance
2024-08-14
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Chao News Client Reporter Lu Fang
On August 13, the documentary film "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" was officially announced to be released on September 6. Producer and director Fang Li has been working tirelessly for 8 years to reveal the unknown historical truth that occurred in the waters of China's Dongji Island 82 years ago.
As soon as the release date was announced, netizens said that "historical truth is always worth recording", "the perfect collision of history and documentary", and "the visual sense of a blockbuster". "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" is produced by Zhejiang Laure Film Co., Ltd., Emei Film Group Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Tingdong Film Co., Ltd., and is also a film produced in Zhejiang.
The poster image of "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" is provided by the organizer
At the same time, the cast of "See You Tomorrow", produced by Fang Li, also took the opportunity of the film's release date to "reunite" online and voiced their support for Fang Li and his "directorial debut."
"When a ship sinks to the bottom of the sea, when a person becomes a mystery..." These are the lyrics of the theme song of the same name written by Han Han for the movie "No Regrets". In the past ten years, few people knew that behind these lyrics was a historical truth that had sunk for 82 years. No one had ever mentioned where "this ship" sank? Why did it sink? On August 13, the mystery was finally revealed. The mysterious sunken ship in the song was the "Lisbon Maru".
Fang Li (third from right) and Lin Agen (middle), a Zhoushan fisherman who participated in the rescue. Photo provided by the organizer
After the official release date of "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru", Fang Li published a long article reviewing his creative journey. He mentioned that when he and director Han Han were filming the movie "See You Tomorrow" on Dongji Island in 2014, they heard the story of the "Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" together and were deeply moved. The two of them tacitly commemorated this unknown history in their own way.
Director Han Han, a writer by profession, wrote the sad lyrics, while Fang Li, who specializes in earth exploration and ocean survey technology, instinctively wanted to search for the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck that had never been found. He spent eight years making the documentary film "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" just to restore this little-known historical truth.
Fang Li used a lot of numbers to tell the story. From the hull structure, the number of Allied prisoners of war in the cabin to the coordinates of the shipwreck, every number was accurate to the millimeter, fully demonstrating the digital logic sensitivity of a science student. At the end of the trailer, a string of eye-catching coordinate numbers came into view, allowing the audience to remember the origin of this story and the narrator of this story in a numerical way.
Fang Li (first from left) during the film creation research interview. Photo provided by the organizer
In the release trailer of "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" released on August 13, Fang Li's identity as a "geophysicist" attracted attention. Fang Li is well-known to the public as a film producer, screenwriter, and producer. For more than 20 years, he has brought audiences big-screen works of different types and themes, and the stories and characters in his works are always impressive, such as "See You Tomorrow" co-produced with director Han Han and "Broken Bridge" co-produced with director Li Yu.
However, the public knows very little about Fang Li's experience in earth exploration and ocean investigation. As early as 1992, Fang Li started his own business, engaged in system integration, R&D and manufacturing of earth exploration and ocean investigation technology equipment, and successfully searched and located the black box of the Dalian May 7 air crash in 2002. Fang Li's successful search for the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck and the truth behind it have long been traceable. The Lisbon Maru, which sank for 82 years, seemed to be waiting for Fang Li to make its story public.
Fang Li has been using his rigorous logic as a science student since he started searching for the shipwreck. He not only used underwater drones, submarine sonar and other professional technical equipment for multiple detections, but also compared the analysis data with historical materials many times to confirm that the images of the shipwreck matched the historical data, and only then was he sure that he had found the shipwreck. In the process of searching for the truth, Fang Li traveled to China, Britain, Japan, the United States, and Canada, looking for historical records from different perspectives, checking for gaps and unraveling the mystery, and through the stories of more than 130 descendants of eyewitnesses, he pieced together the complete historical truth with rigorous logic.
Fang Li (first from right) during the film creation research interview. Photo provided by the organizer
Driven by the curiosity and professional instinct of a science student, Fang Li began his journey to find the truth. With his ocean exploration technology and film-making skills, he became the "chosen one" to uncover the truth of "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru". After 8 years, he finally rescued a piece of unknown history from the silent seabed.
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