Relatively speaking, The Scout Crossing the River, which was born in 1954, has a relatively complete and romantic emotional drama, which is rare in war movies at that time.
The reason why "Scout Crossing the River" dares to shoot like this is of course "backstage". The two marshals personally directed the film, and even the source of the love drama of Li Lianchang and Si Liu in the film was put forward by Marshal Chen Yi.
This article will tell the story of "crossing the river" from another angle.
First, the creative background of Crossing the River, strengthening the story.
195 1, Marshal Chen Yi and Chairman watched the movie "Fighting in the North and Expediting the South". The chairman affirmed the film after watching it, but also put forward his own views, some of which lacked story.
After listening to Teacher Chen's retelling, the screenwriter Shen decided to write a story-telling film.
When interviewing lower-level troops, Shen got a little-known history. 1in April, 949, before the battle of crossing the river started, the 27th Army of Hua Ye sent more than 300 reconnaissance troops to sneak into the Yangtze River, and fought in the south of the Yangtze River for half a month, reporting a lot of enemy situations to Jiangbei, effectively cooperating with the battle of crossing the river.
The story of this matter is absolutely enough. Shen interviewed Mu Sirong, one of the captains who led the reconnaissance troops at that time. At the same time, he extracted more than 300 troops, extracted the images of five soldiers, including Li Lianchang, Wu Laogui, Xiaoma, Zhou Changxi and Yang Wei, and wrote the script "Crossing the River for Reconnaissance".
Among them, the image of the old squad leader Wu Laogui is completely fictional, because the reconnaissance troops, including the captain, are all young men in their twenties. Shen was worried that the audience would not believe that such a young scout could accomplish such an important and thrilling task, so he made up a veteran.
Second, the main characters and actors in Crossing the River
Sun Daolin plays the leading role of Jet Li in the film. In order to prepare for this film, director Tang specially asked Sun Daolin to play this role. But other leaders of Shanghai Film Studio, including Sun Daolin himself, thought that he could not do it.
Sun Daolin's better role is an intellectual. He has never played a soldier or an officer. However, Tang believes that Sun Daolin has been to the army and even to the front line to resist US aggression and aid Korea. He is no stranger to soldiers and troops. The key is that he is a plastic actor and fully qualified.
In order to dispel Sun Daolin's own concerns, the director of intelligence announced that he would take him to the dressing room, personally dress Sun Daolin as a soldier and put him in a military uniform. When I looked at it again, Sun Daolin was full of confidence. When experiencing life, Mu Sirong and Sun Daolin stayed together and told him many stories and details of reconnaissance.
Sister Si Liu played by Li Lingjun is the number one female in the film. Originally, Tang wanted to play Qin Yi, but Qin Yi was pregnant and had to change. The studio will cast two actresses as Sister Si Liu, one eight years ago and the other eight years later. However, Tang believes that a girl's appearance will not change much after eight years, and the change of people will leave a bad impression on the audience, and finally she will spend it.
In the film, Si Liu's sister's two pole vaults are an important detail. Li Lingjun has been practicing this movement privately for a long time, which is also a statement given by the director of intelligence to her action director.
Kang Tai, who plays Zhou Changxi, also lacks confidence in being a soldier. In order to find a feeling when experiencing the life of the army, he deliberately asked himself to stand alone at the night show every night.
Sun Yongping plays the pony. The screenwriter Shen recommended Niu Ben, but the studio insisted on Sun Yongping. It happened that Sun Yongping couldn't swim. In the film, Pony swam across the Yangtze River alone.
So Sun Yongping worked overtime to learn swimming, and the information supervisor gave him a statement from the swimming coach. However, Sun Yongping later said that this statement was useless, because he taught breaststroke and butterfly, which could not be done in the Yangtze River.
Statement, director of intelligence, the biggest villain in this film, and also the most brilliant one. He worked in the Shanghai International Hotel in the old society and met many senior Kuomintang officers. In this film, he and Cui Chaoming, who plays the commander, went to Nanjing Military Academy to experience life, because there are many Chang Naichao there.
In order to shape the characters, the statement designed a symbolic shape of "choking" for the intelligence director, and with his mouth curled by Zhang Yongyuan, an insidious and cunning image of the intelligence director came to the fore.
It is worth mentioning that, as mentioned above, a versatile actor in the crew can do anything, and even make up for the lack of actors. He is a rare and versatile actor. Twenty years later, when he remake "Scout Crossing the River", he was recalled to play the director of intelligence, and no one could replace him.
Third, the love in Crossing the River
In fact, there was no love or even a girl in Shen's earliest plays. When he sent the script to Marshal Chen Yi for review, Mr. Chen asked him, "Why are there no women in the script?" Half of the people on the earth are women, and there are also many female soldiers and martyrs in our revolutionary ranks. There are more than one million lesbians who took part in the revolution, so it is unreasonable not to write about female roles. "
Shen changed Mao, a bearded guerrilla captain in the original script, into a female character, but he was worried that it would be divorced from historical facts. Teacher Chen enlightened him with boule de suif, La Traviata and A Dream of Red Mansions. Literature is an aesthetic category, and art should give people beautiful enjoyment. Our creation needs not only revolutionary realism, but also revolutionary romanticism.
Shen collected data again and found that there were indeed four female guerrillas who participated in the smuggling latent battle of the reconnaissance troops of the 27 th Army. They have two surnames, Wang, Qin and Zhang, both in their twenties, so Shen combined these four female guerrillas into one and gave birth to a "sister".
In the film, there is a complete emotional drama clue between Si Liu's sister and Jet Li, which is extremely rare in other films of the same type.
Sister Si Liu and Jet Li first met eight years ago. My sister Si Liu saved Li Lianchang and left a deep impression on him as a pole vaulter.
Li Lianchang left a message for Si Liu's sister, asking us to call back to Jiangnan.
This is the introduction of feelings, but also paving the way.
When my sister Si Liu and Jet Li met again eight years later, they didn't recognize each other at first, until the classic pole vault of my sister Si Liu reappeared and Jet Li's memories were aroused.
When Li Lianchang and Si Liu meet again, I believe most of the audience will realize that this reunion is definitely not just a reunion.
In the days that followed, Sister Si Liu became Jet Li's right-hand man, helping the reconnaissance team to do a lot of work.
After work, my sister Si Liu began to care about Li Lianchang's life. She picked some flowers for him from his hometown. When Li Lianchang knew it was from his sister Liu Si, he didn't refuse. On the contrary, her eyes are full of joy.
Outside the shed, Si Liu's sister stared at Li Lianchang's residence, her eyes full of tender feelings completely different from her guerrilla captain's identity.
When the team was in danger and needed to break through, Li Lianchang left the most difficult task to himself. After the communication, Sister Si Liu couldn't help asking, What about you? This is not only the concern of comrades-in-arms, but also personal disappointment.
Note that after the breakthrough, Li Lianchang and Si Liu's sister stood by the river and saw a signal flare on the other side. Their hands can't help holding together. This is not only the excitement after the success of the task, but also a heartfelt emotion.
At the end of the film, Li Lianchang needs to meet the team to pursue the enemy. He and Si Liu are separated again, and some things are embarrassing.
This time, Li Lianchang left a promise to come back as he did eight years ago, but the difference is that he has more feelings than last time.
Sister Si Liu said bravely with tears in her eyes, "I will definitely wait for you!"
Li Lianchang's throat stirred up violently twice. He also moved his feelings, but he could only say "goodbye".
Of course, the feeling here is different from his last "goodbye" to everyone.
To sum up, the emotional drama between Si Liu's sister and Jet Li at least started and ended in the film, with process, bedding and emotional progression, which was the highlight of the film, but it was also a dangerous point at that time.
In fact, the original ending of Crossing the River is not like this.
After the filming of "Scout Crossing the River" was examined by the superior, some people raised the question of whether such an emotional scene in the film was appropriate and whether it was necessary to delete or delete some parts.
Marshal Luo Ronghuan, who participated in the judging, affirmed the film. He believes that the emotional drama in the film should exist, as long as it does not lead to a presumptuous guest usurps the host's role.
Marshal Chen Yi suggested that the emotional scene at the end of the film could be richer and the atmosphere even more romantic.
Under the guidance of two marshals, Tang revised the ending, and this is what we saw. He makes the farewell scene between Si Liu's sister and Jet Li more emotional, but there are many things hidden in the language. "We will meet again" and "I will definitely wait for you" are actually puns, which are also in line with the reality at that time. The last scene of the film is not the departure of the army, but the back of Si Liu's sister standing on the slope watching Li Lianchang go away.
Finally, what sentence should I use to end this article?
In the words of teacher Chen, our creation needs revolutionary realism and revolutionary romanticism.