premiere | chen kaige talks about "volunteers 2": literary and martial arts dramas, martial arts dramas are a hit
2024-09-28
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on september 27, the national day movie "volunteers: battle of life and death" held its premiere in beijing. director chen kaige, chief producer chen hong, screenwriter zhang ke, actors zhu yilong, xin baiqing, zhang zifeng, zhu yawen, chen feiyu, zhang youhao, etc. all appeared after the screening to share their insights and behind-the-scenes stories with the audience. the film will be released nationwide on september 30.
group photo of main creators
the trilogy of movies "volunteer army" aims to present the history of resisting u.s. aggression and aiding korea from a panoramic perspective and on an epic scale, and tells heroic stories that can be both heroic and heroic. different from the first film "heroes attack" released during the national day holiday last year, which focused on depicting "why we fight" under the international game, the sequel "battle of life and death" focuses on the cheorwon blockade in the fifth battle of the war to resist us aggression and aid korea.
the billowing wind and smoke sing heroes. this time, 25,000 chinese people's volunteers faced off against nearly 50,000 people from four divisions of the "united nations army". for the enemy, this seems to be a battle without suspense. the phrase "the chinese cannot withstand such an offensive. when we fight back to the yalu river, we will leave hundreds of thousands of chinese corpses behind us." the arrogant and arrogant attitude of the "united nations army" revealed the true situation of the volunteer army's insufficient artillery fire and troops. however, the soldiers of the 63rd army insisted on "not letting the enemy take advantage". with few artillery shells and no confidence, they kept approaching the crossfire; the task was difficult, so they turned themselves into nails and "nailed" them to the position. even though the enemy's guns and artillery burned the entire cheorwon into a sea of flames, our soldiers still defended every line of defense and every position to the death...
movie poster
"time is running short, and the movie is finished."
at the premiere, chen kaige said that "the literary and martial arts dramas should be shot with great success, and the martial arts dramas should be shot with explosive shots" was the tone he set for this film. "everyone will understand these eight words as soon as they hear it. we have to combine the action, rhythm, scheduling, speed and passion contained in this movie. war is dynamic, even the characters in the drama are dynamic. it was even more difficult to film the battle of cheorwon for more than three months. "
"what is 'explosion shooting'? there are so many elements that we have to control. for example, the relationship between the front and back backgrounds, the actors perform in the foreground, and the extras in the background also need to be emotionally involved in the performance, so that the front and back backgrounds can be well combined. at the same time, there are a lot of arrangements on the set, the camera is always moving, and there are countless explosions and explosions. can it be done perfectly? i calculated that the total number of shots shot in the trilogy is more than 12,000 - generally speaking, an action movie can only have less than 2,000 shots. what does it mean to grind against time? , we worked hard with our own patience and our desire to make a good movie, and finally shortened the time and the movie was completed," said chen kaige.
at the premiere, chen kaige spoke. photography wang zheng
"our behind-the-scenes film crew has been following the director for more than 20 years. i am proud to say that this is a very dedicated, professional and hard-working team, and is one of the best behind-the-scenes production teams in chinese films. "chief producer chen hong was quite emotional when she spoke. "it is precisely because our team is very good that the biggest pressure for me is the safety issue. at the tianmo studio in hebei, there were almost more than 3,000 people at the most. especially when filming the battle of cheewon, there were often three or four in the afternoon. a sandstorm started blowing at one o'clock, and the staff on site had to hold on to their tents tightly... as for the actors, after the gust of wind passed, the texture of everyone's face that had experienced gunfire and gunfire was very real. it can be said that it was a big blow. naturally, our team will put on a layer of makeup both on stage and behind the scenes.”
"secondly, because the first and second parts were shot together for a total of 399 days, there were about 28 main actors and more than 80 supporting actors, a total of 112 actors. these actors were all passed through by the director. after a round of screening, he required that the actors who appear in the camera must conform to the temperament of the volunteers, be simple, unsophisticated, and not fat, and must be very capable. many actors have been with us for nearly two years, and some actors have been indirectly involved. as for other dramas, coordination is also a big challenge," chen hong said.
"'zhao qian sun li' represents thousands of ordinary chinese people"
"this is the first time i've seen so many people on the set since i started filming." zhu yilong, who plays the camp instructor li xiang, said with emotion, "this is the first time i've filmed such a scene, and it's really a sea of people when i look at it from the scene. behind a long shot are countless rehearsals, because the set is like a battlefield. as an actor, we can also feel that there are many uncontrollable factors. for example, although everyone knows the location of the explosion, the earth and rocks that exploded are. i can't control it. how to complete the character's action line? i didn't think about safety on the scene. i just devoted myself to the moment and worked hard to complete my performance."
at the premiere, zhu yilong spoke. photography wang zheng
the velvet flower caught in li xiang's notebook in the film not only connects the stories of the two films, but is also a witness to the brother-sister relationship between li xiang and li xiao. zhang zifeng, who plays the battlefield translator li xiao, said that this velvet flower has another name, called "can't die". "this is an implicit way of expression from my sister. it is her hope and sustenance for her brother to return safely from the battlefield. it reveals such a trace of warmth and hope in the cruel war."
zhu yilong (left) plays li xiang and zhang zifeng (right) plays li xiao
in "the battle of life and death", volunteer army staff officer li moyin, who is on the front line, reunites with his son and daughter in cheorwon. the director specially gave a close-up of the hand of xin baiqing, who plays the father. there is a home key in his open palm, which shows the love of the volunteers to protect their home and country. the close-up shot also made the calluses on the actor's palms clearly visible, and xin baiqing said that they were not made. "before we started shooting, we conducted a period of military training. every day we would goose-step and stand in a military posture, including holding a spear and practicing stabbing. this is how the calluses on everyone's hands were accumulated over time."
a happy family reunion on the battlefield
sun xing, the deputy company commander played by chen feiyu, is a survivor of the songgu peak battle in the previous film "heroes attack". he experienced a tragic battle and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder at the beginning of the sequel. "sun xing's symptom is amnesia. in fact, his memory is still there, but it is like a rope that has been broken at several sections and cannot be connected together. based on this character setting, i performed with a belief in the sequel - his psychological trauma is the pain caused by seeing one comrade after another fall beside him, and he continues to fight with the unfinished mission of every comrade in the past. "
yang sandi, played by zhang youhao, is a battle damage recorder in "the battle of life and death", a role rarely seen in previous domestic war films. "his task is to record the numbers and names of his comrades who died in the battle. i think this matter is particularly meaningful and important. otherwise, we may not know that there are so many heroes who have contributed to us today. i fought hard for a happy life. i hope everyone can learn more about that history through this movie.”
zhang youhao (middle) plays yang sandi
where did the names of li xiang, sun xing and other volunteer soldiers in the film, including returned overseas chinese zhao annan, come from? screenwriter zhang ke revealed the secret during his speech. "actually, the director and i thought of it during the script creation stage. of course there is a meaning for the names of these characters. you can think about what the first sentence of 'hundred family surnames' is. is 'zhao qian sun li' correct? ? in fact, they represent millions of ordinary chinese people.”
the paper reporter wang zheng
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