My War Afterthought One
My War is an excerpt from Ba Jin's novel Reunion, which tells the story of the Chinese Volunteer Army's fight against the United States and North Korea. I think "My War" was chosen on the eve of the "September 18th" anniversary. I think the choice of "My War" to be released on the eve of the "September 18" anniversary is of special significance, in order to awaken the Chinese people's sense of national honor and humiliation, remember history, and continue to move forward.
After 80 years, I learned about the history of the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Resistance Against the United States and North Korea in my textbooks, but I also learned about the history of these wars through movies and TV programs. I feel that film and television works are more rendering power and more intuitive. In recent years, there have been more and more large-scale productions about the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Resistance against the United States and North Korea, such as The Hundred Regiments War, The Gathering Trumpet, and The Xinhai Revolution, which are closely related to the country's policies.In November 2013, during an inspection tour of Shandong Province, it was pointed out that: "The strength of a country and a nation is always supported by the prosperity of culture, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation needs to be conditioned by the development and prosperity of Chinese culture. the development and prosperity of Chinese culture as a condition." Under the guidance of this idea, China has vigorously developed its cultural industry, with an endless stream of mainstream movie and television productions. This is also in line with the needs of the post-80s and post-90s, who are not accustomed to learning about history through history books, but rather are interested in movies and TV shows that reflect history.
I know very little about the war against the United States and North Korea, and I was y shocked by the spirit of the old patriotic generals by watching "My War": the typical representative of the Chinese soldiers in the war against the United States and North Korea, Sun Beichuan, the commander of the Ninth Company, was the most important person in the war against the United States and North Korea. Sun Beichuan, the commander of the ninth company, who has been through hundreds of battles, is used to the rain of bullets and bullets, does not know what is fear, and is a real combat hero. In the third battle of the alley, when he was caught up in the time of running out of ammunition and food, life and death, he fell into the fear of the aftermath of the robbery, in the face of the brutal war, in the face of the death of anytime, in the face of anytime may lose the love of the first time he was afraid. But in the lover Meng Sansha emotional incentive, in the face of comrades and brothers fell one by one, in the anti-American aid to protect the country under the call, he re-emerged from the shadow of fear, and once again picked up the sub-machine gun, embarked on the battlefield; Cultural Workers Corps band conductor Liu Shiwen, China's typical image of the intellectuals, he took the initiative to enroll in the army, unhesitatingly stepped on the battlefields of North Korea, but when faced with the extremely difficult conditions But in the face of the extremely difficult environment, and fell into a strong fear, and finally, when his girlfriend Wenjun accidentally sacrificed, Liu Shiwen's heart of toughness was finally inspired to grow into a real soldier?
Our happy life today, can not be separated from the old generation of proletarian revolutionaries to throw their heads and spill their blood, we can not go back to the past, but we can love our country y, "remember history, continue to move forward".
My War Aftermath II
This is a movie that sparked controversy before it was released!
This is a movie that still makes you think after the movie!
The Korean War, a war of blood and fire, is the theme of this movie. Adapted from Ba Jin's novel "Reunion", the movie tells the story of a group of ordinary and extraordinary young soldiers who resolutely go to the battlefield for the defense of the **** and the country, and experience those stories about love, friendship, and affection in the brutal rain of blood.
After watching such a "standard" conception of the war movie, the most profound feeling is still the violence of the war blood and cruelty. As the "art of decorating death", the cruelty of war has always been the focus of film and television or literary works, especially the Korean War. The devastation after the war has been hitting the hearts of moviegoers from time to time. In fact, outside the movie, the cruelty of the war is still beyond the general understanding, of course, this cruelty is partly due to the disparity between the two sides of the enemy's power.
According to Jin Yinan's book "Soldiers Born to Overcome," the U.S. Army had 430 tanks on the Korean Peninsula, while the six armies of the Volunteer Army, which entered Korea, did not have a single tank. The cost of this equipment gap is presented in the movie. Another example, the U.S. Army transport all mechanized, an army has about 7,000 cars, while my Volunteer Army into North Korea at the beginning of the main force of the 38th Army only 100 cars, the 27th Army is only 45 cars. The disparity in air power was even greater. Our volunteer army not only had no airplanes at that time, but also lacked air defense weapons. Faced with the U.S. Army 1100 combat aircraft, the Volunteer Army had only one anti-aircraft regiment, 36 75-millimeter anti-aircraft guns, but also to leave 12 in the Yalu River to defend the ferry. Initially brought into North Korea, but only the old-style Japanese anti-aircraft guns 24. As for the radar, there is no radar, and the search for air targets is based on hearing and seeing. The commander-in-chief of the U.S. forces in Korea, Mr. Lee Chi-wai, later recalled, "We were virtually unopposed over the North Korean battlefield. Except for ground fire, we were able to attack enemy supply lines unimpeded. During the first year, the other side did not even return anti-aircraft fire."
The brutality of this war was also classically portrayed in the year's movie Shangganling. The movie is characterized by "trench reality". In not yet have a huge production conditions, the then film writer and director chose the battle of Shangganling this local, "small to see the big" type of reflection of the war against the United States to aid North Korea, the camera focuses on the battle of the Volunteer Army, a division of a department of the eight companies and the eight companies stationed in the pit of a specific environment, focusing on shaping the eight companies, such as the commander of the grass-roots image of the officer and soldier, so that viewers feel the Volunteer Army as a whole, as a whole, and the whole of the world, the world's most important thing is that the enemy is not a war. The movie focuses on the image of Zhang Zhongfa, the commander of the 8th Company, and other grass-roots officers and soldiers, so that the audience can feel the indestructible will and strength of the Volunteer Army as a whole. The vivid details in the movie have infected several generations. Volunteer officers and soldiers had been holding out in the pit for days without drinking a drop of water and were thirsty. The platoon leader told the story of quenching thirst by looking at plums, and the company commander took the lead in swallowing cookies dry. Division commander sent to the pit officers and soldiers to send two apples, we take turns in the hand to smell, who can not afford to eat a bite. The reason why the movie is known as the poetry of war, it should be said, its poetry permeated with the volunteer soldiers of the motherland's incomparable deep love, which is an important reason.
In the "My War" movie, there are similar details portrayed. For example, at the end of the film, through the smoke of the battlefield train back, with the beginning of the film a few years ago the same hustle and bustle, gongs and drums, songs and dances, and welcome, only the head of the car is missing Sun Beichuan and thousands and thousands of heroes like Sun Beichuan's sons and daughters, the image of the other warriors with the same as Sun Beichuan, hugging their families and crying, and when Zhang Luodong ran to Meng Sansha, Sun Beichuan's smile is fixed. On the platform, Meng Sanxia subconsciously covers her broken arm. The victory train is coming, but the girl is not waiting for her love. War is war, it comes suddenly and separates life and death in an unguarded moment. The bombing by enemy planes and the gunfire on the mountains hardly let the audience smell the flavor of life. Once, the first stop of the train out of the country is the unprecedented tragic casualties, and now, the train back is carrying too much bad news of the loss of loved ones. The original Barkin novel entitled "Reunion", perhaps want to express the reunion after this mutilation.
Remember, Han Jingting in the novel "war makes women go away", the sacrifice of women in the war and bear praise. In a world full of androgenic monotony, it should be said that the appearance of Meng Sanxia in the film adds a touch of soft temperature and color. The war will train the men to be strong and iron, but also let the women more valiant posture. In the "My War" movie, Wang Lodan acted should be said to be very good, through the river bridge encounter, Wuliting offensive battle, the town breakout battle and 537 heights battle, in the bloody storm depicted the **** and the country of the style and feelings of female soldiers.
Italian leftist director Bernardo? Bertolucci once said that the individual is the hostage of history. 60 years later, it is not surprising that there is some discussion about the positioning of the war. However, there is one thing that cannot be forgotten or denied, and that is the bravery, sacrifice, selflessness and love shown by all the individuals associated with the war. This, whether ordinary soldiers, or **** and state marshals, emotions are common and **** sound. For example, about this war out of the army, the commander of the Volunteer Army Marshal Peng Dehuai in the book "Peng Dehuai's autobiography" so recalled:
"October 1, 1950, after the National Day, the 4th noon, Beijing suddenly sent a plane, so that I immediately get on the plane to go to Beijing for a meeting, and a minute is not allowed to stay.? After the meeting was adjourned, the comrades of the Central Management Section sent me to the Beijing Hotel. How can not sleep that night, I thought it was a sofa bed, this blessing can not stand, moved on the carpet, also can not sleep. Thinking of the United States occupation of North Korea and I across the river, threatening my Northeast; and control of my Taiwan, threatening my Shanghai, East China. It wants to start the war of aggression against China, can find an excuse at any time. The tiger is going to eat people, when to eat, decided by its intestines, to give in to it will not work. If it wants to invade, I have to counter-invade. It is difficult for us to build socialism when we have not seen the highs and lows of different American imperialism."
The American John? Toland, in the afterword to his book The Long Fight: The Korean War through American Eyes, also commented on the war beyond the political level, saying, "A great number of instances of humanity in this war? Heroism on the battlefield, self-sacrifice, kindness and compassion for the individual enemy? have made the discussion of this war enduring." One thought-provoking line in the movie? "Do you think that what we are doing now will be remembered later?"
It's a knockout question for all to ponder forever!
My War Afterthought Part III
Mid-Autumn Festival On this day, Nanjing was affected by the typhoon, from morning to night under the rain all the time, and the more the bigger, but this did not stop me to go to a place, that is, the Lumiere Nanjing Hongyang Plaza Cinema.
Speaking of watching movies, that also dates back to a day in the fall of 2006, I was in Shanghai on business, alone at leisure, to the Cao Yang Cinema to watch a movie starring Nicholas Cage, "World Trade Center", the film depicts the 911 terrorist attacks in the New York Fire Department firefighters to participate in the story of the World Trade Center rescue, is a disaster film in the promotion of the American human nature and values, and promote heroism. Promote heroism in the film, and "Saving Private Ryan", "First Blood", "True Lies" of the United States blockbusters, the film pushed the American patriotism and hero complex, at that time, I was confused to think, China's history in the war against the Japanese invaders, in the war of anti-fascism and national liberation, there are so many heroes, how is it that now appear on the screen are The first is the "American Hero".
This is the reason why I specially walked out of my house and braved the rain to go into the cinema to watch a movie today after a lapse of 10 years, because today there is the national premiere of a movie reflecting the anti-American war against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), because the propaganda film of this movie has caused controversy on the Internet, and because I haven't watched a movie for 10 years.
Because of the limited knowledge reserves, due to the lack of resources and information, I am not good at writing professional movie reviews, at best, write this small article can only say that stand on their own point of view to express their feelings about the movie.
In recent years, in the pursuit of commercial interests in the movie market, in the pursuit of the first goal of the box office competition, the domestic movie audience and box office often do not beat the U.S. blockbusters, this status quo has continued for many years. I was prepared to watch "My War", not for the number of viewers to shake my determination to watch the movie, and will not be affected by the controversy and chaos of the mood of my viewing.
"My War" and the previous war film, the war scenes shot by the magnificent huge, but I think now the war film picture sound more realistic, the war scenes more shocking, tragic, visible today's movie shooting technology with the help of computer stunts have been changing day by day.
The film kicks off with a train station encounter between the volunteer army's nine companies and the civilian team before they enter the war in North Korea, and successively sets up plots such as the attack on the bridge over the river, the blocking and attacking battle at Wuyi Pavilion, the town's demining breakout battle, and the battle for the 537th plateau, etc. Through a group of bloodthirsty soldiers and enthusiastic young people who entered North Korea to join the war, and the experience of life, death, and **** in a battle of gunfire, they have interpreted the brotherhood in the midst of the fire of war, Father and son love, father and daughter love, lovers love, eulogize the sublimation of the role of life and life in the brutal war in the metamorphosis, interpretation of the story of war heroes one after another, shaped one after another flesh and blood heroes.
Every battle in the film, there are volunteer fighters before and after the heroic sacrifice: Wuyi Ting Canyon for the bombing of American tanks sacrificed big axe, the town breakout to cover the sacrifice of his comrades in the old dad and Wang Wenjun, 537 heights battle sacrificed the old clapper, the company commander Sun Beichuan, and in the Jiangmian Bridge attack, the breakout of the town, the battle of 537 heights in the fall without the name of the volunteer soldiers. soldiers. There are also those in the battle of blood and flesh warriors, those in the field ambulance in the pain of the wounded, those disabled but came back alive warriors, which is not the most lovely people, which is not the hero of the **** and the country!
The war is cruel and merciless, fighting for justice is sacred, the country's heroes are honorable. Countries all over the world to different forms of art glorify for the country for the nation or sacrificed or alive heroes, each country has or alive or sacrificed heroes by the people's reverence and love. American blockbusters are constantly promoting their heroes in World War II, the Korean War and other wars to the world, constantly promoting heroes who are full of human glory at the time of disaster, and constantly promoting and exporting their values, and our moviegoers don't feel that there is anything wrong with them, nor do they feel strange and surprised. Because all countries in the world, including the United States, have their national honor and pride, their national dignity and pride, they worship the hero complex. Throughout the countries countless monuments to the unknown martyrs, the tomb of the unknown heroes, all highlight the national will to honor the heroes and the will of the people, the people of these countries did not talk too much about their countries to participate in or wage war justice or not. At the beginning of the founding of the new China, *** and the founders of the country in Beijing built a majestic and tall monument to the people's heroes, the monument is *** after the reign of the Communist Party of China laid the foundation stone, but look at the monument behind the inscription to know that the monument is not only commemorating the memory of the heroes of the *** Communist Party of China.
I have always found it incomprehensible that countries are singing the praises of the heroes of their own countries and nations, and no one has ever asked too much about the justness or otherwise of the war from which the heroes arose, and wondered how different My War is from other wars, and why it is so sensitive to My War.
Honestly, only after the war to know the cruelty of war, only after the war to know the fragility of life, only after the war to know the preciousness of peace, only after the war will be disgusted with the war. Countries all over the world do not want to get involved in the war, the people of all countries are not willing to stay in the war, but waging war is the behavior of the state, is the will of the rulers, the people can only be forced to participate in the war, so the just and unjust war is not written by any one person, but by the history of the final decision to look at the war of the just and unjust, we must look at the history of the historical perspective, can not be cut off, and can not be stolen, and can not be put on war and the heroes of the war and the same. The war and the heroes of the war cannot be equated. I remember that there was a classic saying in those days that what class says what. Therefore, I think the position of commenting on the war determines the attitude towards the history of the war and the examination of the background of the war.
"My War" is not much different from the many Chinese and foreign films based on war, and the reason for the controversy is not that there is something wrong with the war film itself, but that the historical events reflected in the film are placed in the context of today's lack of faith, the collapse of the spiritual pillars, the proliferation of various currents of thought, and the still sharp struggle in the ideological field, which has changed the color of China and is fueled by the undercurrents. In this context, I don't think it's surprising to understand the controversy over the movie and the propaganda video.
At the end of the film "My War", Sun Beichuan and Zhang Luodong, who were seriously wounded in the battle for the 537th parallel, are lying in position with a classic line Dialogue: Zhang Luodong asked his company commander, Sun Beichuan, "What we are doing now, will people remember it", to which he replied: "It will be remembered. Will remember." Hearing such words, I was moved to tears, after decades, we are in the age of peace, can we forget these heroes with flesh and blood for decades of peace? Do we still remember these heroes? Are we still arguing about the title of the movie?
The film "My War" and the film "Hero's Children" are both based on Mr. Ba Jin's work "Reunion", and they are both ode to heroes with war as the backdrop. I think that people with national dignity and national spirit, people with a hero complex, do not distinguish between "left powder" and "right powder". Let's honor the heroes of all countries, and at the same time, let's honor the heroes of our own country first! Don't forget our heroes in "My War"!
Honor the heroes who fought for the dignity of their country and nation!
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