Sohu Entertainment News did not expect that films with serious historical themes could still be shot like this. I did not expect that the familiar party founding stories were so dangerously filmed. I did not expect that young people from a hundred years ago could be so close to us! “1921”, which was screened from the 25th to the 27th, brought a lot of surprises and surprises to the audience. These “unexpected” are exactly what Huang Jianxin, the director who pioneered the trend of the main melody commercial film, is good at. From “the founding of the country” and other “construction trilogy” to “me and my motherland”, the innovative interpretation of “unexpected” is unexpected. In addition to the historical data, “the big things are true, the small things are not limited”, making Huang Jianxin the innovator of the main theme film in the audience’s mind, and “1921” celebrating the centenary of the founding of the party brought a new “unexpected”.
Before its official release on July 1, “1921” released the ultimate trailer, revealing the international perspective that had previously aroused the audience’s strong anticipation for the movie, as well as the dangerous spy war scenes. The Communist International representative Marin’s dealings with the patrol, Nicholsky’s wit, Huang Jinrong’s sinister and viciousness, the treacherousness of Japanese spies, the thrills of a drag racing chase, the tension of avoiding secret agents, and the treacherous circumstances of the international community and Shanghai before and after the founding of the party Behaved incisively and vividly. The ultimate poster released at the same time, the “big representative” came to us with youthful light, expressing the original creator’s ingenuity of “let the characters’live’ in front of us”. In the grand historical narrative, the personality of the characters has been fully expressed.
Spy warfare and official history complement each other
Ni Dahong’s “spicy” Tian Yu’s “cunning” makes people feel sweaty as a substitute
Different from the longitudinal perspective of the breaking latest news of similar subjects, “1921” cuts into the historical context of the year of 1921 and the “cross-sectional” perspective, focusing on the core event of the “National Congress of the Communist Party” held in Shanghai. Breaking through the narrative framework of the party-building theme in the past, Li Da in Shanghai has become one of the main perspectives of the story, connecting all the international and domestic characters who are heading to Shanghai. Meet the founding party “South Chen and North Lee”, the Communist International representative Ma Lin who was hunted all the way from Austria, bid farewell to Mao Zedong and He Shuheng from Changsha, and the early Japanese communist Kondo who was followed by the Special High Class of the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department. Rong Zang, they all gather at this point in Shanghai. After arriving in Shanghai, the “big representatives” from all over the world began a tortuous journey of meetings, evasion, and transfer. They were tracked and monitored by Shanghai’s various forces. The clues were intertwined and intersected, making the familiar party founding story full of strangeness. tension.
This kind of narrative innovation based on historical data has not only won the affirmation of experts for “main melody film creation and opened up a new height” in the previous film seminars, but also made young audiences shine in the screening. At the end of the film’s screening at the National University of Defense Technology, the students present spontaneously sang the “Internationale” in a chorus of passion.
The previous “Tinder Edition” and “New Edition” previews touched many people’s tears, ignition points and pain points. Li Da talked about the previous experience of the National Salvation Corps boycotting Japanese goods and found that even the matches that burned Japanese goods were made in Japan. Yes, I feel that China, which is so big, doesn’t even have its own kind of fire. This tearful confession also allows today’s young people to understand the original intention of the party of that generation of peers. The newly released ultimate trailer shows more the thrills surrounding the founding of the party, revealing the thrilling and tense atmosphere of the spy film: the video of the Communist International representative Marin breaking free from blockades and raids in Europe and arriving in Shanghai, and the Japanese Communists were caught by Japanese spies in Shanghai. In the details of tracking, Shanghai local power Huang Jinrong obstructed the process of the meeting, a scene where a large representative avoided spies. The ultimate two-minute preview, through gunshots, roars, explosions, drag racing, insidious whispers, tense retreats, silence during torture, and the communication of various forces in Japanese, French, and Russian. , Presenting the thrilling excitement of “1921” fusion of spy war and official history story.
Ni Dahong, the “old opera bone” who plays the role of Shanghai tycoon Huang Jinrong, although only flashed a scene in the final trailer, he fully interprets the intricacies and dangers of Shanghai. Soaking in the bath, closing her eyes and reporting to her subordinate Cheng Ziqing (Decorated by Tian Yu), said, “A little bit bigger (noisy), you can clean up when you mess up.” The sinister expression made people shudder. Huang Jinrong wanted to be the inspector-in-chief, so he used violent means to obstruct the union strike. Ni Dahong had previously been highly praised for his role as Huang Jinrong in other film and television works. As soon as he appeared on the stage, he explained the oppression that the character should have. There are not many intimidating words, but there is a fierce gesture between his actions, “1921” This brutality in China highlights the dangers faced by the founding of the party.
The ultimate poster is full of youthful tone
Echoing across time and space, “1921” is “1921” in 2021
Against the backdrop of the dangerous and tense atmosphere, the portrait of the young man who “sacrificed so much and dared to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky” has even more touching personality power. Unlike the thrills presented by the ultimate trailer, the ultimate poster presents the texture of youth: one hundred years, positive youth. The 13 actors who played “one of the major representatives” stepped forward with vigor and passion, conveying the unrelenting determination of young people and the fearlessness of participating in the revolution. On the screen, they may be dressed in long gowns, student uniforms, or straight suits, but their eyes are equally firm and full of optimism about the future of the revolution. They include Li Da, who returned from studying in Japan and devoted himself to studying and propagating Marxism; Mao Zedong, who was born as a farmer, worked as a soldier, and organized a progressive group when he was studying; He Shuheng, who was a former talented scholar and participated in the first uprising of Wuchang… Although they His age, background, and experience are different, but he also has the determination to save the nation and survive all odds to gather in Shanghai to join the party.
The connotation of the ultimate poster deeply reflects the ingenuity of the 1921 creator. “1921” is the “1921” of 2021. Inside and outside the poster, young people of different eras are in dialogue. The young people in the poster are going to the future, and the young people outside the poster are facing the future. History is revisited in “1921”, and young people meet in 1921 and 2021. When the film was screened, many young viewers said that the film inspired their instinctive patriotism and was very pleasantly surprised by the vivid and vivid character creation. “This film really brings historical characters to life. It turns out that these people’s youth Years are so passionate and passionate!”
This is also the original intention of the director and the creators. Director Huang Jianxin said: “Because this time all the focus is on the characters, a dozen people’live’ in front of us, and have the closest, closest, and most peaceful communication with the audience. Through the image of’moisturizing things without sound,’ let their ideals, beliefs, and willpower shine in their hearts, and establish contact with contemporary young people.” During the exchange with the National Defense University, the producer Ren Ning also said, creation The significance of “1921” lies in the power of youth: “What kind of youth is the most meaningful? The pioneers 100 years ago told us, and today these students in uniforms also told us.”
The movie “1921” has been screened nationwide from June 25 to June 27. The pre-sale is now fully open and will be released nationwide on July 1, 2021.Return to Sohu to see more
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