Chapter 1631: A warm blood is not cold
Spielberg's royal photographer took many outstanding photos for several Flying Tiger veterans, and Li Mu instructed the staff of the Veterans Immortal Foundation who followed the old men from the dry rest house, asking them to develop these photos into a book as soon as possible after returning to Spring City, and give them to these old people as souvenirs.
These venerable old men have fulfilled their greatest wishes, and everyone is thrilled by it.
After taking pictures, a veteran American Flying Tigers stroking his World War II U.S. Air Force jacket and said excitedly: "This jacket feels exactly the same as it did back then, whether it is style, cut, material, or feel, it is no different from when we were young." ”
The props manager of the crew explained: "These uniforms are remade based on the actual Flying Tigers uniforms, and like the uniforms of the year, these are also hand-sewn in the United States, and even the materials are produced in the United States." ”
The old man nodded again and again, and said with emotion: "You are really very attentive, whether it is the plane, the uniform, or even other props, they all restore the actual situation of the year to the greatest extent, and even the cartoon spray painting on the plane is exactly the same." ”
Other old people also agreed, such a war film with such a high degree of restoration and such a fine can best evoke their innermost memories.
Li Mu found Spielberg and whispered to him: "These old-timers have almost lost their uniforms back then, so let's give them these replicas of their uniforms as gifts." ”
Spielberg said almost without hesitation: "Then please keep these uniforms, after we finish filming, all the uniforms can be given to the old Flying Tiger players, if not enough, we can customize them to the factory." ”
Li Mu nodded, and after thanking him, he told every member of the old Flying Tiger team who arrived at the scene today about this decision.
Knowing that he could keep the Flying Tigers uniform on his body as a souvenir, every old man was thrilled by this, and Mr. Han Zili was the most exaggerated, directly touching the clothes on his body, and said to his son in a Sichuan accent: "You hear it for me, and when I die, send me to be cremated, wash this uniform, fold it neatly, and put it in my coffin." ”
The old gentleman's son hurriedly said, "Dad, are you talking about a saf word! You are in good health, and you can live for more than ten years." ”
Mr. Han said: "Your turtle son is talking nonsense, don't you still have to die if you live for more than ten years?
The old gentleman's son hurriedly nodded: "I understand, I know, don't worry......"
Li Mu was particularly emotional when he saw it on the side, for these old people, a replica version of the military uniform had such a high status in their minds, which showed that their hearts were still full of enthusiasm.
Several old people wore the same military uniforms as they did back then, lingering at the airport for a long time, and only then reluctantly left the airport before dark.
Li Mu sent them to the car, and promised them that he would apply to the local government to keep this place for a long time after the filming was completed, and expand it to make it a highly restored World War II Flying Tigers airport, and open to the public for free, at that time, he will arrange a special person here to introduce the story of the Flying Tigers to all tourists.
Li Mu's promise made all the old people very happy, for them, what they really hope is that people remember the war, not them, but the cruelty of war, the preciousness of peace and the greatness of the nation.
After bidding farewell to these old people, Li Mu immediately used the laptop and wireless network card that Li Ziwei carried with him to post the photos of these old people on his Weibo.
Li Mu selected a total of nine photos, including the personal photos of several elderly people, as well as their group photos, and then accompanied by the text: "I would like to pay the highest respect to all the Flying Tigers and all the martyrs who shed their blood for justice in World War II." ”
In the photo, although the old people are old, everyone stands as straight as possible, and everyone's expression carries a kind of perseverance that goes deep into the bones, and their wrinkles are so deep, it seems that each line contains endless vicissitudes and stories.
As soon as this Weibo was issued, it immediately became popular on Weibo and titter platforms, and a large number of netizens regardless of nationality commented and forwarded, and almost all of the comments were moving, saluting, and paying tribute.
After Li Mu posted on Weibo, he had a meal with everyone in the crew, because he was going back to Yanjing tomorrow, and he had to take Du Wei, who had already finished the work, with him, so he deliberately drank a few more glasses of wine with everyone.
Although Du Wei didn't have much alcohol, she still took the initiative to hold a red wine glass and toast with everyone, in the entire creative team of the crew, she was the youngest, and she has always been taken care of by everyone, so she was also reluctant to give up, after a few glasses of red wine, her eyes turned red before her soft face.
Du Wei said to everyone in English with red eyes: "During this time, I have learned a lot from getting along with everyone, and I have also received a lot of care from everyone, thank you very much, I hope I will have the opportunity to cooperate with you in the future." ”
Spielberg laughed and said, "I'll definitely leave you a role in my next movie, no matter what my next movie is." ”
Anne Hathaway reached out to hold Du Wei's hand, like a sister doting on her sister, and said with a doting face: "I must come to the United States when I have time, and even if I am busy at that time, I will definitely accompany you well." ”
Du Wei nodded, looked at Anne Hathaway, and said seriously: "You also have to come to Huaxia often, go to Yanjing to play with me, can you live in my house when the time comes, my parents and sister are very good, you will definitely like them." ”
Anne Hathaway involuntarily glanced at Li Mu with her spare eyes, nodded lightly and said, "As long as I have the opportunity, I will definitely go to Yanjing to find you." ”
Li Mu didn't notice Anne Hathaway's affectionate eyes, he was busy pushing and changing glasses with Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Leonardo.
In Li Mu's body, there is a middle-aged soul who is actually in his thirties, and among the crew members, he feels that he has more common language with these three seniors.
Li Mu asked Spielberg: "After our school is almost ready, what are your plans for the next movie?"
Spielberg shook his head and said, "I have several notebooks in my hand, but I haven't decided which one to shoot. ”
Li Mu smiled and asked, "Is there a more inclined one?"
Spielberg thought for a moment and said: "There is a more attentive book that I am more interested in, this is a real event, about the end of the 80s of the last century, an Iranian exile because there are no refugee documents, a series of stories stranded at Charles de Gaulle Airport in France." ”
Li Mu suddenly realized that he knew the story Spielberg said, this movie was later made by him, the name of the movie is "Happiness Terminal", and the starring role in the play is Tom Hanks, who is sitting opposite Li Mu.
Speaking from the heart, this movie is really great, similar to "Forrest Gump", very touching and inspirational, but after seeing "Flying Tigers" from scratch, Li Mu feels that Spielberg should make some movies with bigger themes, warm and inspirational movies, he has already contributed a "Forrest Gump", there is no need to continue to invest.
So, he asked Spielberg, "Stephen, why don't you think about continuing to make a World War II movie?"
Spielberg was stunned, smiled awkwardly, and said: "I have made too many World War II-themed movies, and I also supervised a "Band of Brothers", and I have made enough films. ”
Li Mu nodded and said seriously: "World War II is actually a big subject, and I think it is not an exaggeration to say that World War II is the largest and most extensive theme in human history, and its breadth and depth are much greater than the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the Great Voyage, which are major historical stages that affect human development." ”
Spielberg asked curiously: "Why do you think so? If you look at it from the perspective of human development, the Industrial Revolution and the Great Voyage are actually much more important, right?"
Li Mu shook his head and said: "In my opinion, the breadth of World War II is because it covered the whole world and affected the whole world, almost reshuffling the whole world, and its depth lies in the fact that it not only touched the darkest side of human development so far, but also touched the greatest side of human development so far. ”
Speaking, Li Mu paused, and said: "Throughout human history, we may not be able to find a more cruel and dark existence that exterminates humanity than the first and Japan during World War II, and similarly, there have never been so many great and noble martyrs in human history like during World War II. ”
"In China, a child soldier in his teens who is not even as tall as a rifle can put life and death on the line, and soldiers are willing to strappen grenades to their bodies in order to blow up the aggressor's tank."
"In Eastern Europe, in order to defend the motherland, the Soviets stepped on the corpses of their compatriots and resisted the invaders with their flesh and blood; in Western Europe, the French government surrendered to the guerrillas and still resisted**, and Britain was bombed and never gave up resistance; in order to help the righteous side, the Americans went to the European battlefield and the Asian battlefield, just like Ryan in your movie, none of their three brothers died defending their homeland, but died defending the justice of mankind......"
Speaking of this, Li Mu sighed and said: "I personally feel that a World War II can make at least tens of thousands of different types of film and television dramas, in that special environment, not only major events are worthy of being made into film and television dramas, even if it is just a small microcosm, it can also make an excellent film, just like you condense the entire ** massacre of Jews into a "Schindler's List", and there is a director in China who made a movie called "The Devil is Coming", this movie is the same as "Schindler's List" On the contrary, he focused on a small village during World War II in China, although the film did not rise to the height of "Schindler's List", but it was also a very good World War II movie, which shows that World War II movies still have a lot of room for development. ”