The screenwriter’s name was deleted? “The Electric Wave That Never Dies” Re-screening Poster Causes Controversy
2021-10-12 10:56:03Source: China News Network
Chinanews client, Beijing, October 12 (Reporter Ren Siyu) Recently, the black-and-white-to-color 4K restoration of the feature film “The Electric Waves That Never Elapsed” caused controversy because of a poster.
On October 10th, the Rights Protection Department of the Chinese Film and Literature Society published on Weibo “The Authorization Rights of Screenwriters Should Not Be Infringed”, stating that the posters of the classic movie “The Electric Waves That Never Die” will be re-screened recently and the scriptwriters’ signatures will be deleted, and the original posters will be “screenwriters: The situation where “Lin Jin” is in the first row is in sharp contrast, requiring relevant parties to immediately stop distributing posters and restore the scriptwriter’s signature, otherwise legal measures will be taken.
Comparison of the posters of “The Electric Wave That Never Dies”.
Controversy for poster scriptwriter’s signature
On October 6, the black-and-white-to-color 4K restored feature film “The Radio Waves That Never Die” officially landed in theaters nationwide. This is the first classic black-and-white feature film to be re-screened in theaters after 4K color restoration.
“The Electric Wave That Never Dies” is directed by Wang Ping and screened by Lin Jin, starring Sun Daolin and Yuan Xia. It was screened for the first time nationwide in 1958. It is the first classic film about the heroes of the party’s hidden front in New China.
The classic feature film was re-screened and received praise from many audiences: “The picture quality is very good, and I finally understand why Sun Daolin is the idol of that generation.” “I know the end, but I see’Comrades, goodbye, I miss you !’When I still wanted to cry.”
However, the new poster for the movie’s re-screening lacked the words “Screenwriter: Lin Jin” in the original poster, which caused a public protest from the Chinese Film and Literature Society.
Source: Weibo screenshot.
In the early morning of the 10th, the Chinese Society of Film and Literature issued a document stating that “the authorship of screenwriters should not be infringed”, condemning relevant parties for violating the spirit of the “Copyright Law” and disrespecting the intellectual property rights of creators, and demanding that the dissemination of wrong posters be stopped immediately and the author’s authorship should be restored. Otherwise, Legal measures will be taken to safeguard rights.
It is understood that the Chinese Film and Literature Society was established on January 16, 1983 by Xia Yan. It is the only social organization of Chinese film screenwriters. It is committed to the protection of the rights and interests of screenwriters and screenplays, and industry self-discipline.
Who should be the screenwriter and director?
Subsequently, the China Film Archive, the film restoration party, revised the poster previously released and added the signature of “Scriptwriter Lin Jin”.
It is understood that this 4K repaired version of “The Waves That Never Die” was jointly completed by the Central Video 5G New Media Platform of China Central Radio and Television and the China Film Archive, which will color human-computer interactive AI technology with independent intellectual property rights in my country Combined with traditional restoration techniques, the original black and white images with more than 160,000 frames were restored frame by frame in more than 7 months.
After the poster was revised, the Rights Protection Department of the Chinese Film and Literature Society issued a statement again, stating that although the poster had been signed, it was placed after the “Director: Wang Ping”, and the original poster’s “screenwriter first, director behind” The order of signature is still different. They hope that in addition to the right to sign, the reproducer should also respect the right of ranking and reserve the right to pursue further legal responsibilities.
Source: Weibo screenshot.
What story does the screenwriter of this movie have?
It is worth mentioning that there is also a story behind the controversial “screenwriter Lin Jin”.
In fact, this “Lin Jin” is not one person, but three people: Du Yin, Li Qiang, and Huang Gang.
On the evening of October 10th, the China Film Archive published an article “Who is he?” Who are they? ——<永不消逝的电波>Screenwriting Test” introduces the experiences of three screenwriters.
“The Electric Wave That Never Elapses” poster.
Among them, Li Qiang was once one of the backbone of our party’s underground work and a legend on the hidden front. He provided the most direct, moving, and true historical material for “The Electric Wave That Never Dies”.
In November 1927, the Central Special Branch, the first political security and intelligence agency of the Communist Party of China, was established in Shanghai. Li Qiang served as the chief of the Fourth Communications Division and was directly led by Zhou Enlai. In 1929, he developed the first radio transceiver of our party completely through self-study, which was praised as “an epoch-making revolution in the party’s communication history.”
At the age of 44, Li Qiang led the technicians to design and manufacture the “Nine-headed Bird” loudspeaker. At the founding ceremony, it was this loudspeaker that uttered the strongest sound to the world.
Li Qiang is not only proficient in radio technology, but also an economics wizard. During his more than 70 years of revolutionary career, he has done a lot of groundbreaking and pioneering work in the fields of scientific research, military production, broadcasting and telecommunications, and foreign economic and trade.
One of the screenwriters, Du Yin, rushed to Yan’an to participate in the revolution when he was 20 years old. He studied at the Drama Department of Lu Xun Academy of Arts and Letters. After the establishment of the Central Film Bureau, he was hired as a special screenwriter.
Huang Gang, who also studied in Yan’an, is a well-known reportage writer, political commentator, outstanding journalist, and screenwriter in China. Before going to Yan’an, Huang Gang worked briefly in the KMT’s state-run film agency-the Central Film Studio. He was familiar with the daily status of KMT officers and spies. This experience became the material for him to write the script of “The Never Gone Electric Wave”.
The end of the article read: “The three screenwriters were once revolutionary fighters, and their signatures on the film are also like intelligence codes. The immortal masterpieces they left us and their little-known names will be remembered by future generations. “(over)
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