"I'm Xiao Zhan, I'm a veteran, I don't understand war, but I'm covered in scars......"

In front of the camera, Xiao Zhan was taking a bath, his upper body covered with various scars, facing a mirror, and began his monologue.

The voice is low and magnetic, full of the smell of a veteran who has retired from the battlefield, and the emotions revealed are memories, disgust, sadness, pride, and a smell of gunpowder smoke that has not disappeared.

Smith couldn't be more excited, he wanted this kind of voice, a simple single sentence, with a scarred body, that instantly attracted everyone's eyes.

Substitution, a strong sense of substitution, what this documentary needs is substitution, to substitute peacetime people into the war.

"It's good that I didn't die on the battlefield, but fortunately I survived the battlefield." Xiao Zhan said to the camera while getting dressed: "But I have always had a question, is it the bullets and bullets on the battlefield that are more terrifying, or people?" Come with me, and I'll take you into another world. ”

The documentary begins, with Xiao Zhan leading the field of vision into the veterans, and then under his narration, a modern weapon of war appears.

"What's the scariest thing? Man is the most terrible, and the weapon that man becomes is especially terrifying...... They are known as genetic warriors and are known as super soldiers......"

Without hurry, following the camera, Xiao Zhan revealed the secrets of the genetic weapon little by little.

"My name is Tom and I belong to Unit XX with the rank of sergeant. I didn't know that they would turn me like this, only that I passed the selection and became a member of the special forces......"

"Woo woo woo...... I never thought that I would become a weapon, my volunteer was just to defend my family and country, I never thought it would become like this, really, really didn't think about it...... It was not I who betrayed the country, but my homeland who abandoned me! ”

"I'm Doyle, Doyle of Unit XX, and this is my soldier card. I knew what I wanted to be, because I was young and I wanted to be the strongest soldier...... They took us into a huge lab, and we were tested like guinea pigs...... I don't know if they're dead, but I know I'm not dead, but I know I'm dead. ”

“……”

Xiao Zhan narrates, the veteran narrates, and the whole filming process is smooth and incomprehensible, almost in one go.

Because it's real and doesn't need much embellishment, it's just the stories that happened to them told by veterans.

Some are excited, some are calm.

Those who are excited are because they have not yet accepted it; Calm because it has been accepted.

"Great! That's great! Director Smith said excitedly: "This must be the most shocking documentary of this century, there is no one!" The light, I've got to adjust the light, I've got to adjust the light! Give me 24 hours and I'll edit it! ”

After the shooting, it took only three days to complete the shooting, plus editing, a total of four days.

Because the footage is here, everything is arranged, only narration, only different angles and lenses are needed.

Even the narration doesn't have to worry about Smith, it was all said by Xiao Zhan alone.

Twenty-four hours later, Smith took out the edited documentary and showed it to Xiao Zhan and them.

When the feature film began to play, when Xiao Zhan began to narrate in front of the camera, both Daniel and Angelina were all fascinated.

As the film deepened, a shocking feeling slowly deepened, making people almost unable to suppress the shock in their hearts.

This is still on the premise that they know the genetic warriors!

There is no music in the whole documentary, except for Xiao Zhan's narration and the veteran's self-report, there is no sound.

The picture constantly adopts the alternation of black and white, as well as a large number of close-ups of the characters, and it is in this obscure way to render the unprecedented shock of the whole documentary.

Xiao Zhan was also shocked, when he was shooting, he was completely self-playing, and he didn't have any experience in front of the camera at all.

But after filming and editing and other post-production, I realized how deep the film really showed.

Daniel cried, Angelina's eyes went red, and they didn't slow down until the hour-long documentary was finished.

"Guys, this documentary needs a name, it needs a title, but I don't really know how to choose a name." Smith rubbed his red eyes and said, "Because I don't have experience in this area, I don't know the heart of a warrior at all, so I don't dare to name it." ”

Yes, that's true, Director Smith thought of a lot of names, but he denied them all, and I really don't know what to choose.

"The war is not gone, may you rest in peace." Xiao Zhan said.

"The war is not gone, may you rest in peace...... The war is not gone, may you rest in peace......" Smith repeated the name, his eyes flashing with excitement: "Yes! Right! Right! The war is not gone, may you rest in peace, full of contrasts, heavy and heavy, so the name is it! ”

The war has not passed away, may you rest in eternal peace, the meaning of this is too great, it can be interpreted as the soldier is tired of the war, and just wants to lie on the cold ground and sleep forever, and escape with death.

It can also be interpreted as the fact that war is always going on, and it is hoped that the dead who are not at peace will never encounter war again.

Of course, there are many interpretations, and this is a name that can only be said by a soldier who has experienced a real battlefield, experienced life and death, and has been on the battlefield for a long, long time.

"I'll get it to Cannes as fast as I can, but I can't guarantee it, but I'll do everything I can to get it to the judges."

Xiao Zhan nodded.

The Cannes side has already arranged, and only director Smith needs to send the feature film.

……

Ten days later, Cannes.

"This film is very good, it shows the conflict and integration between civilians and war in that era in a contrasting way."

"Yes, it is. The lighting is very good, and it can be seen that director Ma Long's mastery of light art has reached a new level. ”

"This is a war literary film, and it is really amazing to be able to shoot at this level."

“……”

A group of celebrities got up to comment and discuss after a war-themed literary film was played.

There are judges, well-known directors from many countries, and actors from many countries.

They watch the film every year so that it can be judged eventually.

Just as everyone was about to leave, the movie screen suddenly went black, and then a color palette of white and black appeared, with a pale red font between white and black in the middle - "The War Is Not Gone, May You Rest in Peace".

"Huh? How can there still be a film? ”

"Or a war theme?"

"It's a documentary."

"Isn't there no more?"

"Wait, I think this film is a little bit special, it doesn't have music."

“……”

Just when everyone was stunned, a face-to-face began, and an oriental man with scars all over his upper body appeared.

"I'm Xiao Zhan, I'm a veteran, I don't understand war, but I'm covered in scars......"

At the moment when the feature film began, everyone was attracted by Xiao Zhan's opening narration, and they all sat down and continued to watch the movie.

They didn't know who this actor was, but they felt for the first time that this actor's performance was too invincible.

One sentence, one look, one close-up, interprets the temperament of a battlefield veteran into three points.

The documentary continues, the audience is silent, all eyes are glued to the screen, quietly watching the hour-long film.

An hour later, the documentary ended.

No one got up, and the whole viewing scene was as quiet as the black and white at the end of the film.

……

(End of chapter)