The stories behind the scenes of the filming of the old movie Wind and Rain in Zhongshan that you

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Zhongshan is pale and yellow in wind and rain, and millions of heroes have crossed the river.

What are the stories behind the scenes of the filming of this movie, Bai Yu will have a good chat with you today.

The first location for filming "Zhongshan under the Wind and Rain" was Xikou Town, Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province, Chiang Kai-shek's hometown. Chiang Kai-shek's main activity after his "Lower Field" in 1949 was located here.

Why did Chiang Kai-shek pin his hopes for a "comeback" here?

According to historical records: ZhejiangThere is a Siming Mountain near the mouth of the river, and there is a cave on the mountain, which is called "Four Window Rock". In 1913, Chiang Kai-shek participated in the failed movement against Yuan Shikai and was wanted.

In 1946, when the liberation of Nanjing was imminent, Chiang Kai-shek, who had already gone into the wilderness, ignored the strong opposition of his family, took incense and candles, tribute, and rode a sliding pole to walk dozens of miles of rugged steep slopes, and came to this small cave again. This incident is also recorded in Chiang Ching-kuo's diary.

The film crew filmed in Xikou in November, and the drizzling moderate rain and light rain continued to fall. According to the weather forecast, there will be no sunny weather for three to five days. The time is tight and the task is heavy, so director and photographer Wei Yulin suggested: put on makeup first, then rehearse, the actors are familiar with the lines, and take advantage of the rain to take pictures.

The comrades of the art group braved the rain to reorganize Chiang Kai-shek's hometown. The small bungalow built by the old Chiang for his son Chiang Ching-kuo, the fishing and swimming places of Chiang's father and son, and the tomb of Chiang Ching-kuo's biological mother Mao Fumei were all renovated.

The comrades of the makeup team also gathered the actors to put on makeup, get dressed, and wait for the start of filming at any time. While waiting, the crowd of onlookers noticed that one of them was particularly familiar.

"Chiang Kai-shek! The man shouted excitedly.

Originally, the local people who were still watching the excitement "hula" all gathered around and rushed to "visit".This former "fellow countryman".

Resemble! "It's like! "It's so similar! ”

Many elderly people in Xikou are very familiar with the Jiang family, and the old Jiang's parents are short and deal with people, and they are all the talk of the locals after tea and dinner. Too many people know the story of Lao Chiang who "commanded the army after leaving the field in a vain attempt to organize our army to cross the river" and "manipulated the delegation to engage in fake peace talks."

Before waiting for questions, the locals even took the initiative to tell actor Sun Feihu about Lao Jiang's posture and gestures of walking on the street every time he returned to his hometown. Even Sun Feihu didn't expect that there would be such a valuable "interview" at the shooting site.

Now watching the movie "Zhongshan under the Wind and Rain", the ground in Xikou Town is wet. Five miles north from Xikou, the pine-covered mountains are the resting place of Chiang Kai-shek's mother.

This mountain is the branch of Siming Mountain, which is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and is called "Xianren Mountain". It is said that from a distance, this mountain looks like a Buddha statue sitting in the north and facing south. The feng shui here is excellent, and Chiang Kai-shek's mother Wang Caiyu is buried in the Buddha's "navel eye".

The shot here is of Chiang Kai-shek sitting on a sliding pole up the mountain to worship his mother, which only appears for a little more than a minute in the film, but it is difficult during the filming. In the morning, when the rain stopped, it didn't play, and in the afternoon, when it needed rain, it didn't rain.

Seeing this situation, the director could only seize the time to train the actors to lift the pole. During the filming, the film crew invited troops to assist in the filming. Most of these young warriors came from the relatively wealthy northern Jiangsu region, and they had not only not been carried by anyone, but had not even seen them.

A pair of empty sliding rods, everyone lifted up not only staggered, but also stepped on each other's feet. The assistant director said: Come, everyone listen to my command, one-two-one, one-two-one, and the result is even worse. The crowd of onlookers laughed and leaned back, and the director was even more anxious.

Just when everyone was in embarrassment, oneA local villager in his 50s walked out of the crowd: I lifted the slide pole, you didn't lift it right, and the tie was not in the right place. When the director heard this, his eyes lit up, and he quickly began to humbly ask for advice.

This fellow not only saw the scene of Lao Jiang going up the mountain to worship his mother, but even invited seven or eight villagers from the local area who could carry a sliding rod. GreatUnder the guidance of the director, the family changed into costumes, lifted the slide rod, and passed the shooting after only one attempt.

The directors and actors thanked them repeatedly, and the fellows all said: It is right to do your best to make movies.

In the movie, the scene of Chiang Kai-shek going up the mountain to worship his mother appears twice. The first time appeared at 38.41 seconds, when Chiang Kai-shek had just left the field, the weather was gloomy and his mood was dull.

Lao Jiang wore a mink hat and a black robe, and sat on a sliding pole with a pale face. Lao Chiang's secretary Yu Jishi held an umbrella for him, and the spies of the military commanders in the distance wore civilian clothes and stood sentry.

In the second worship in the movie, Chiang Kai-shek is with General Zhang Zhizhong. According to the real distance, leaving the "Tomb Road of Jiang's Mother", it takes another half an hour to walk to a famous scenic spot in Xikou, Myoko Terrace.

If the real historical process is followed, Zhang Zhizhong (played by Zhi Yitong) will lead a delegation to Beiping for negotiations。Before leaving, Zhang Zhizhong wanted to come to Xikou to have a detailed discussion with Chiang Kai-shek. In 1949, after Chiang Kai-shek went into the field, he still held the baton firmly in his hands. His "remote control" command center is located in the "Myokodai" in the Xikou Scenic Area, which has become one of the important filming points of "Zhongshan Wind and Rain".

According to records, the time when Zhang Zhizhong saw Lao Jiang was the season of spring flowers. The filming time was November, and even though the director deliberately chose a sunny day, the comrades of the art team placed a lot of spring flowers and artificial flowers on the scene, but it still didn't look like spring.

The hillsides were littered with fallen leaves, and the grass was yellow. The director gave an order, and everyone collectively picked up the fallen leaves on the ground, "Chiang Kai-shek", "Zhang Zhizhong", "Wei Lihuang", as soon as they were in the high-level politics of the Kuomintang, they all pouted their butts and went up the mountain to pick up fallen leaves, and even the three directors personally participated.

Even so, there are still large areas of yellowing on the slopes. At this time, someone proposed to go down the mountain to buy paint and paint the mountain in front of the camera green.

Not to mention that this will pollute the environment, even if you go up and down the mountain, you will be delayed for half a day, and a sunny day will be wasted. Just when he was at a loss, someone who was usually inconspicuous proposed by a comrade:The mountain is full of pine trees, so why don't we take off the pine needles and spread them all over the ground?

This plan was very good, and everyone immediately "used local materials".。After a few minutes, Myokodai is green and vibrant. When the movie ** arrived here, the sound of birdsong was deliberately added, which made it even more springy, and no one would have thought that this scene was actually shot in late autumn.

After finishing filming at Xikou, the film crew went to Nanjing to continue filming.

According to the course of history, it should have been filmed in the Arctic Pavilion in Nanjing, and a press conference was held in Meiyuan New Village in April 1946. When it was time to shoot, I realized that there was not enough light and the place was not spacious enough. So, the filming location was chosen in the "Song Ziwen Mansion", which is very close to the Plum Garden.

After the preliminary set and art work are completed, many Chinese and foreign journalists need to participate. The assistant director could not find a suitable candidate in the repertory troupe and song and dance troupe. Either the age is not commensurate, or the temperament does not match.

Interestingly, when the assistant director went to the local cultural center for help, he found that a cultural meeting was being held here. Those who attended the meeting were either the top leaders of party schools, the heads of cultural departments, and even university professors, who talked about temperament and demeanor, which completely conformed to the image of reporters. Before the meeting was over, the group was mobilized to attend the "press conference."

As for foreign journalists, a group of foreign students from Nanjing University were directly mobilized to make cameos.

When filming a scene of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi having a banquet in Nanjing, the crew actually filmed at the Beijing Hotel. Because it used to be a foreign embassy, the European architectural style is closer to the plot.

Attentive viewers can even find that the table is full of authentic Guangxi cuisine. Because Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi are both from Guangxi, they naturally have to make "movie props" according to their tastes.

Siqin Gaowa plays the female warrior next to ***, and she also has a lot of scenes. In this movie, the female warrior played by Siqin Gaowa participated in the revolution very early and left her children to be raised by local villagers. When our army liberated Nanjing, the female soldier entered the city with the army and saw her own son in the crowd.

The reunion of mother and son is deeply moving. Such a scene requires an innocent, cute, lively, and clever little boy. In order to find the right little actor,The assistant director ran a lot of places to find a six-year-old child in the kindergarten of Changjiang Road Primary School, Xiao Zhang Yue.

When the child was brought to the film crew, he didn't recognize life at all. In just a few days of filming, he established a deep relationship with Siqin Gaowa. Filming our army entering the city on Xikang Road in Nanjing, during the scene of "Mother and Child Recognize Each Other", the child called "Mom, Mom" and threw herself into Siqin Gaowa's arms, and this scene was completed so smoothly.

After the movie "Wind and Rain in Zhongshan" was screened, it caused a huge response. The script of this movie directly influenced "Huaihai Campaign", "Pingjin Campaign", and "The Founding Ceremony".Creation. If you compare these classics, you can even find that the lines and plots of many passages in "The Founding Ceremony" are almost exactly the same as "Zhongshan under the Wind and Rain".

When it comes to the creation of the script, we have to mention the writer, Ai Xuan.

In 1939, Ai Xuan joined the New Fourth Army and soon became a faculty member of the Kang University branch. At the age of 21, Ai Xuan was transferred to work as a news reporter. After the Liberation War began, Ai Xuan, as a reporter accompanying the army, successively conducted front-line interviews and reports in the battles of Lianshui, Lunan, Laiwu, Menglianggu, and Huaihai.

After the battle of crossing the river began, Ai Xuan, as a war correspondent of the Sanye General Branch of Xinhua News Agency, followed the army to cross the river victoriously. After the liberation of Nanjing, Ai Xuan successively worked in "Xinhua**" and the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee。After the troops moved south, Ai Xuan participated in the battle to liberate Shanghai, and continued to contribute a large number of excellent press releases.

The battle scenes he personally experienced, those bloody battle experiences, all became the material for Ai Xuan's study. He later wrote "Records of Battlefield Observations and Experiences of the Civil War", "Fifty Days in Korea", "Fighting in the Yangtze River Delta" and the long ** "Great River Wind and Thunder".

Director Yuan Xian also participated in the Liberation War, and he had a desire to shoot a film reflecting the Liberation War early on. On April 21, 1982, "Zhongshan under the Wind and Rain" was filmed on the Yangtze River. Historically, on April 21, 1949, our army began to cross the Yangtze River, and in the early morning of April 24, the People's Liberation Army entered the "Nanjing ** Mansion".

"Wind and Rain in Zhongshan" won the 1982 Outstanding Film Award of the Ministry of Culture, the Best Makeup Award and the Best Fireworks Award at the 3rd Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards in 1983. It laid a solid foundation for the later "Armageddon" series, "The Great Turning" series, and the filming of "The Founding Ceremony".