Chapter 352: Restoring a True History
The audience was extremely shocked to see the sudden appearance of color images in a black-and-white movie, or such a strange scene.
Is it because the projectionist got the film wrong, or is it really haunted?
This shot is very out of tune with the previous content, not a style, just like two people shot it.
There is nothing wrong with thinking this way, this is indeed the result of the cooperation between the two directors.
Lin Zixuan only discovered this problem after watching the film shot by Hong Shen.
Zheng Zhengqiu and Hong Shen are both stylized directors and the best directors of this era, and the two are different in terms of shooting style and aesthetic principles, and it is difficult to be compatible.
Zheng Zhengqiu was obsessed with Peking Opera in his early years, and later specialized in drama, and finally made a breakthrough in film, which is self-taught.
Hong Shen studied literature and drama at Harvard University in the United States, and studied directing at several American schools.
Zheng Zhengqiu's films focus on plot tension and less emphasis on structure and aesthetics.
Hong Shen is a perfectionist, he pays attention to the overall effect of the movie, but does not pay much attention to the plot.
Therefore, the styles of the movies shot by the two are very different.
This is what Lin Zixuan didn't expect, he is not an expert in film, it is okay to write a script, but it is difficult to think about it thoroughly.
So, he had to invite Du Yu, the all-rounder of the movie, to come over for post-editing.
But Du Yu took great pains to integrate the passage of the Japanese emperor's speech into the movie, at least it didn't look so abrupt, but there was no way to do this clip of the Lushun Massacre.
Because this plot is too long, it can't be edited at all, so you can only go with the flow.
Arguably. This "Jiawu Fengyun" is a joint creation of three film masters of this era.
The audience was surprised, but the news media was not surprised.
These people had just seen the film at a preview two days before. This time I came to watch it again, first, the movie was good. It's worth watching it for the second time, and the second is to support Lin Zixuan.
This is the case with Zhou Shoujuan, who is not only a movie enthusiast, but also a patriot, and this kind of movie is just his taste.
But he didn't expect that the movie he watched twice would be different.
He vaguely felt that Lin Zixuan was going to do something big, and as a newspaper editor, when he saw Lushun, he had a bad premonition in his heart.
In the movie, the audience follows the little girl in red all the way through the streets and alleys of Lushun. Finally came to the gate of the city.
Through the eyes of the little girl, the camera goes beyond the city walls and to the port, where the Japanese are preparing for a surprise attack.
Lushun is an important town of the Beiyang Naval Division, the Qing government took 16 years and cost tens of millions of dollars to build, and the strength of the dock, fort and military reserve is the first of the Beiyang Army, and it is known as "the first military port in the Far East".
On November 21, 1894, Japan captured Lushun, located on the Liaodong Peninsula.
After the Japanese army entered the city. Four days and three nights of massacres were carried out in the city, killing nearly 20,000 Chinese.
Only a few dozen people survived, and the Japanese left these people to bury the bodies.
On November 26, 1894, the British newspaper The Times published a telegram: reported. There was a massacre in Arthur.
This was the first information in the world to disclose information about the "Lushun Massacre".
On November 29, the American newspaper Le Monde published a report from China: "The Japanese army (in Lushun) shot all the old and the young, for three days. Plunder and slaughter reached their extreme. ”
And in China, because the Japanese covered up the crime. Distort the facts and portray the massacre of civilians as Qing soldiers.
Plus the defeat of the Qing government. Anxious to reach an armistice with Japan, the massacre was over.
In November 1896, the Qing government appointed Gu Yuanxun, an alternate Taoist of Zhili, to receive Lushun, and he presided over the establishment of the tomb of the compatriots killed in the First Sino-Japanese War, and personally wrote "Wanzhong Tomb" engraved on a stone tablet.
It was the second anniversary of the death of his compatriots in Lushun.
Thirty years have passed, and Lin Zixuan restored this dusty history to remind the Chinese not to forget the national shame.
In the theater, some people saw the picture in the movie and suddenly remembered that period of history, and couldn't help but chill.
Many more are at a loss and don't know what will happen next.
In the past 30 years, China has undergone too many changes, the fall of the Qing government, the establishment of the Republic of China, the warlord melee, etc., which is dizzying, and no one thinks back to the past history.
This is a turbulent era, and young people are shouting slogans and striding forward, ready to create a new era.
However, to forget history is to betray it, because history tends to repeat itself.
Lin Zixuan didn't want history to repeat itself, so he wanted to shoot this movie to restore this history and learn from history.
There was an eerie atmosphere in the auditorium, and people who knew what was about to happen were extremely nervous, and some even wanted to leave the theater and not want to watch the harrowing episode below.
Those who don't know are in a relaxed mood and will talk and laugh with their peers.
Zhou Shoujuan took a deep breath, he didn't expect Lin Zixuan to be so bold.
Even now, the Japanese do not recognize the Lushun Massacre, and there are not many people in China who remember this period of history, and even fewer dare to speak out.
It is conceivable that this will become the headline of tomorrow and the beginning of Lin Zixuan's troubles.
Zhou Shoujuan watched the Japanese soldiers break into the city of Arthur in the movie, he clenched his fists and made up his mind.
At least the newspapers and magazines in his hand will publish news, standing on Lin Zixuan's side, since he has not been able to participate in the production of the movie, he will become a pawn waving the flag.
This is something that Chinese should do.
Hong Shen used a documentary style when filming this part of the massacre, like shooting a documentary, so that the audience can have a real feeling, as if they are there.
Watching the brutal atrocities of the Japanese soldiers in the movie, the entire theater was silent.
Some viewers were prepared, others opened their mouths wide, not knowing what was happening, and the Japanese army suddenly began to slaughter, regardless of men, women, and children, they became the targets of their slaughter.
The eight-minute massacre scene is a great test of the audience's willpower.
Some timid viewers vomited, some people couldn't stand it and left the theater, and some people asked the people around them, is this true?
When the massacre ended, the audience was boiling, some people did not believe it, and some people were filled with righteous indignation.
At this time, the camera slowly swept across the streets and alleys of Lushun, and there were corpses slaughtered by the Japanese army everywhere, which was unbearable.
The camera finally fell on a red figure, and did not continue to advance, just watched from a distance.
The theater was quiet again, and they knew that the red figure was the little girl who was still alive and kicking just now.
Looking at this touch of red, it is so dazzling in the black and white image, the audience's heart seems to be grabbed, so uncomfortable, so painful.
Some people shed tears, others cursed in a low voice, and this scolding grew louder and louder, echoing in the theater.
The figure of the little girl disappears, and the subtitles appear, introducing the real history of the Lushun massacre, as well as various reports from previous newspapers, accompanied by narration.
This narration is the voice of Lin Zixuan, who asked his British and American friends to gather foreign media coverage of the Lushun massacre.
This is the evidence, and history cannot be distorted or tampered with. (To be continued.) )