What kind of movie is the most difficult to shoot?
Some people think it is a science fiction movie.
Because science fiction movies must not only have magnificent imagination, but also have strong support from the film industry.
Domestic movies over the years, only " Wandering Earth " can be called a real hardcore science fiction film.
Some people think it is an adaptation of a classic work.
Because classics often have deep literary heritage, a huge fan base and an unshakable core. If you are not careful in adapting the movie, it is easy to lose both the book fans and the movie fans. From "White Deer Plain" to "Ghost Blows Out the Light", this is the case.
The above views all make sense.
However, Pige believes that wants to talk about the most difficult , and must be the "real event adaptation" movie .
Because of the existence of many factors such as event restoration, rhythm control, eyewitness perspective, news reports, etc., the movie faces a situation of contrasting with reality.
If you shoot it in a straightforward way, it will become a "documentary" and lose the aesthetic advantage of the movie;
If you create artistically, the balance between the prototype is difficult to control.
There is such a movie in this National Day holiday. can be said to be one of the most difficult movies to shoot this year.
only looks at the popularity, it has not met its opponents throughout the National Day holiday.
15 hours after its release, with a box office of over 100 million yuan, and a box office of over 600 million yuan in four days.
Douban 7.6 points, Maoyan .6, and Taopiaopiao .6, all of them ranked first in the same period.
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To be honest, before the release, Pi Ge was a little "hesitant" about this video.
not only because of the " evacuation of overseas Chinese " background , but also because for such topics, many viewers will easily preconceive it and not like it enough.
But when watching the complete movie, Pi Ge admitted that he was superficial. This video was not only well-made, but also had a lot of "stamina" .
"A journey back to the world" Use three "unexpected" methods , allowing me to see the "braveness" of domestic movies in the main theme. Which three "unexpected" are
? Don't worry, let's talk about it slowly one by one.
1. Under the plot, some "subversive" designs
Before starting to dig carefully, Pi Ge will take you to quickly relive the plot of this movie.
In the movie, Zhang Yi is the first male lead.
Diplomat who has been wandering abroad for many years Zong Dawei (played by Zhang Yi) Finally, he is going to be a father.
But two days before his wife was about to give birth, he received a "hard job": evacuating overseas Chinese.
Destination is very dangerous, it is the outbreak of civil war Middle East small country Numia . But compared to guns and wars, Zong Dawei was more afraid of any accidents in his wife's last wife.
Zong Dawei has rich diplomatic experience, and such evacuation of overseas Chinese is a piece of cake for him.
If nothing unexpected happens, He only needs to fly to Numia Airport on a special plane, help his compatriots board the plane, and then return to China.
If it goes well, I guess I don’t even have to go out of the airport.
It's unexpected, but it's still here.
Too many compatriots and too few planes. Zong Dawei, who was so arrogant and generous, gave his seat to his Taiwanese compatriots , but he was squeezed down.
He could only stay in Numia, waiting for the opportunity to return home again.
But at this time, Numiya was already in chaos.
Rebels and mobs began to conquer cities and lands, burn, kill, loot, and do everything they want.
Government personnel pressed forward step by step, embezzling and accepting bribes, and taking corpses and eating in vain.
A bomb that fell beside him allowed Zong Dawei and his party to truly see what "Purgatory on Earth" is.
There are crowds of people shouting everywhere, are everywhere blown up corpses, broken arms and residual limbs can be seen everywhere...
Fortunately, Zong Dawei was just a little injured.
In order to reassure his wife, he returned to the embassy and first treated the wound himself and wiped the blood.
Zong Dawei originally thought that after this disaster, he could go home with his wife and children with peace of mind.
K The embassy has reported that A team of Chinese compatriots are trapped in the war zone on the Numia border . Life and death are uncertain, and two diplomats need to be sent to meet them.
Zong Dawei became the only candidate again.
has two great difficulties.
There is no communication, how to find the location of the compatriots after entering the war zone.
Even if you find it, how can you bring them out in the war zone occupied by the rebels?
There is no need to think too much. Under the urging of the mission, Zong Dawei hurriedly began this journey of evacuating overseas Chinese.
After talking about the main plot, Let’s take a closer look at what are the differences in the plot.
First of all, this movie is the first time in China to target the main characters of the camera and the story at the diplomats who are silently dedicated behind the scenes.
Secondly, in our subconscious, "evacuation of overseas Chinese" is actually associated with "war".
commercial movie , which is a background of evacuation, is generally an action war movie with , with soldiers as the main character . The same is true for
: does not carry guns and cannons, and does not have weapons. How can you evacuate overseas Chinese from the war zone?
"The Way to Return" starts from the audience's cognitive inertia. uses an ingenious story to break the audience's perception of "evacuation of overseas Chinese".
In addition, "The Road to Return" is also unique in the style of the film, and it is quite unique. The biggest feature of
is that it is "reality". The "reality" of
is first reflected in the character's "running".
Because the protagonist is not a soldier, the audience also followed the characters and became bystanders and witnesses of a war.
Because there is no weapon, only can choose to "run".
Because he is a victim, is more empathetic to the trauma in the war and more aware of the fragility of life.
This indirectly enhances the audience's perception and immersion of audio-visual language. The "reality" of
is also reflected in the cruelty of the war scenes.
Emotional foundation, and the director uses skillful audio-visual language to bring the most shocking sensory stimulation.
The person hanged on the billboard is fear and thriller.
up and down linkage, heaven and earth cooperate, guns, bullet rain war drama, from dispatch to CG special effects, is super high level.
plus the devastated city after the war, a ruined Numiya homeland.
The heart of the audience is grasped?
Anyone who watches movies must think that this is a real foreign scene in , but it is not .
Guess where this is?
The answer is, Ningxia.
In addition to the characteristic landform of the desert, the crew also built an African town 1:1 in Qingdao Oriental Film Capital Park.
From architectural style to Arabic on candy paper, everything is exactly the same as reality, which requires strong industrial support.
It is no exaggeration to say that is a "work" like in the past only Hollywood dares to play like this.
is really unbelievable in a domestic movie.
Sandstorm during the escape process are all real shots in the real desert.
Sand is blown up with a high-power electric fan. The actor dare not speak, and a single line is a mouthful of sand.
It is this sincerity that has given "The Road to Return" a shocking power. The audience's understanding of "diplomat" and "evacuation of overseas Chinese" has become a deeper.
2. Zhang Yi’s two detailed performances can be written into textbooks, but if you only read Zhang Yi, you will lose a lot. The other two foreign actors in the
are amazing.
Many viewers watch "The Road to Return", is a name: Zhang Yi.
is a low-key person, has a great acting skills, and has never appeared on variety shows, but he is a big shot on the screen. In this film, Zhang Yi's interpretation once again made Brother Pi's eyes shine, and the actor is worthy of being the best actor. There are two scenes and two details in the film
, which makes people sigh that Zhang Yi has a thorough understanding of "performance" and his superb ability.
The first scene, is the two scenes of Zong Dawei played by Zhang Yi and the rebel leader, performing Russian roulette .
"Russian roulette" is a life-gambling game.
revolver has 6 rounds of , and this game is to only put one round into the nest, then rotate the revolver to load it, and shoot at yourself or others.
The result is also very simple. If the gunshots, they die, and if they don’t ring, they will survive.
Zong Dawei was arrested, and was forced to bet on his driver with the rebels in this way, and he was also the only local person in the team.
Looking at Zhang Yi's eyes, his eyes were filled with worries, fear and uncontrolled fear.
The closer you get to that revolver, the stronger this emotion becomes.
When I walked to the pistol, Zong Dawei still didn't have the courage to reach out.
The fear of death made He closed his eyes tightly , as if it was a dream, and it was fine when he woke up.
For ordinary people, when facing death, this "ostrich mentality" is real and humble.
Then, slightly trembling eyelids, eyebrows and even head-up lines, and the movement of turning backwards indicates Zong Dawei's abandonment of . He dared not play the game
.
From beginning to end, a few expressions performed the change in Zong Dawei's mood at this moment. The 15-second clip made people's hearts reach their throats.
The second scene is the paragraph where Zhang Yi and his wife Yue'er, played by Wan Qian , talk on the phone.
Zong Dawei was not originally prepared to take on this task of evacuating overseas Chinese.
But an accident happened, forcing him to go.
When he was calling, He was both a little bit self-blame and a little sad. In his relationship, he also showed his concern for his wife and daughter, and his excitement for his old woman. This complex emotion of
was vividly performed by Zhang Yi, a piece of dusty face and scratching his head.
This action seems to be a bit "contrast" , but in fact it has sufficient personality support.
In the eyes of his compatriots, he is an omnipotent diplomat , But in front of his wife, he is just a husband who misses everything and an irresponsible father.
Zhang Yi can only make his wife feel relieved in this way, and also give himself comfort.
Because only in front of his relatives can he completely reveal his feelings, Become a young self . Pige likes the two scenes of
.
Generally, actors like Zhang Yi pay great attention to details in their acting. In addition to these two wonderful performances, there are two obvious details in the film, which is moving.
The first detail, is in the desert, and supplies are in short supply. Zhang Yi and Cheng Lang had an argument, and then he drank the water in the mineral water bottle in one go.
But when drinking water, a few drops of flowed out from the corner of the mouth .
Zhang Yi immediately stretched out his other hand, pursed his lips and wiped a few drops of water into his mouth greedily.
This behavior, is completely the body's "stress reaction" under water deficiency conditions . A small detail makes the difficulty of evacuating overseas Chinese in the desert concretely present. The second detail of
is that Zong Dawei returned home safely, and it was already a big deal.
Walking on the streets of Beijing, fireworks suddenly set off behind him.
The moment the fireworks exploded in the air, Zhang Yi unconsciously trembled his body and subconsciously bent down and wanted to hide.
This is another real reaction after experiencing the rain of bullets in the war zone. With loud bangs, it seemed to pull him back to the war-torn Numia, and to the battlefield where bullets and guns were flying everywhere.
This moment makes people feel distressed, and it feels a little humble.
But Zhang Yi's tremor has brought us into his story in an instant.
It is no exaggeration to say that these two scenes can be written into performance textbooks as detailed performance cases.
In addition to Zhang Yi, the acting skills of Yin Tao , Cheng Taishen , and Zhang Zixian are all remarkable. I won’t go into details one by one.
However, has two foreign friends, and the mature acting skills they show are also worth mentioning.
Omel Uzak, who plays the driver Vadir.
The audience should not forget him, his eyes when he was caught by the rebels and was about to be executed.
As an employee of a Chinese company, Zong Dawei played a roulette game with the rebel leader Mufta for the first time in order to save him.
But Vadir was not rescued in the end, which is also the reason why Zong Dawei was with him for the second time.
Another is Eugene Finkel, who plays the border officer Hassan. In the film, Hassan's acting is mature and integrated into nature, especially the change in attitude towards Zong Dawei, from the initial annoyance and disdain to the process of the two becoming friends in the end, there is a complete character arc .
However, because of Kamal's rebellion, Hassan's ending was not good.
This also gives the sublimation of the theme of the last "Going Back" a solid and cruel reality.
The excellence of "The Return of a Thousand Miles" is the excellence of all the actors. Even foreign supporting roles have experienced such polishing. It can be seen that in the performance, the crew put in a lot of effort and the actors have also made 200% of their efforts.
3. He cried and broke the "fourth wall" and also opened the Chinese interpretation of "Living Ceiling
"The Way to Return" is adapted from real events, so in the film, we can see the shadow of many real events.
011 Libyan evacuation , there are about 5,000 Chinese citizens (of course, including Taiwanese compatriots), and 9,500 kilometers. Flying over 5 countries, he returned to the country from the war-torn Sebha .
015 evacuation of Chinese overseas in Yemen, is the only armed evacuation of Chinese overseas in my country.
Diplomats only slept for three hours a day in order to evacuate all their compatriots safely. That famous photo also came from the evacuation of Chinese overseas in Yemen.
in the film, Zong Da Wei was pointed at the head by the rebels with a gun. This is actually a real incident in evacuation of Ukraine in 2022.
and Wang Xun and Liu Minghui and his group were captured by the rebels . Zong Dawei saved it alone. It happened to Iraqi .
The image of a diplomat has always been a suit and lace in our hearts, elegant and elegant, and a verbal battle with the existence of a scholar.
But in "The Way Back", he took off the cloak of the diplomat's "god" and put on him the most ordinary armor.
Director Rao Xiaozhi said that diplomats are also ordinary people.
So there is such a Zong Dawei under his camera.
Zong Dawei, who is the one? The Consular Protection Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a first-class meritorious secretary, has saved a life.
However, Zong Dawei's appearance is very different from ordinary diplomats.
He is irritable, impatient, does not play according to the routine, and is shady.
Hearing Cheng Lang recommending himself to evacuate the overseas Chinese, he just complained without saying a word. He can even quarrel when he has a hot pot meal with his colleague.
But then I thought about it, isn’t it because he has experienced too many wars, deaths, plagues, earthquakes, floods... that he has a deeper understanding of this profession and a deeper understanding of these actions? The impatient attitude of
is actually the heavyweight of diplomats. Zong Dawei in the film
is not only not as glorious as a diplomat, but instead knows how to be merciful and honest.
was caught in Numia Police Station. He bribed money without saying a word.
When I met the government army, the first thing I did was to go up and send a cigarette.
In order to open up the border channel, he responded flexibly, pretending to be his identity, and lying again. If things fail, he will be pestering him like a scoundrel.
He was so scared that his legs were weak.
was caught by the rebels and told them immediately, "I want to go home."
But even so, never makes any mistakes in terms of principles and national affairs.
Rebels opened Video recorder and pointed a gun at his head, asking him to represent China to recognize the legitimacy of the rebels in Numia, but he refused harshly.
At that moment, the character came out immediately.
How can there be so many heroic deeds? Even diplomats are more of the dilemma and worries that ordinary people can put themselves in their shoes.
is within the scope of principle, he can do whatever it takes to take his compatriots away.
But when it comes to the bottom line, he can live to the death without giving in.
This is the art of diplomats, and it also gives us a clearer understanding of this profession that sounds "high-end".
It is precisely because ordinary people are like ordinary people, when they experience those moments of life and death, they are easier to touch our hearts.
When they are trembling all over but stand up, we can truly understand what China's confidence is.
There is a small episode in filming, A foreign actor was unable to control his feelings during filming and cried out loud.
He comes from Syria , everything shot here is exactly what their country has experienced.
From the story to reality, the fourth wall was broken. The various vulgarity and disbelief of human nature in the war of "The Road to Return" also opened the ceiling for the Chinese people to reinterpret "live".
is like the end of the film. What illuminates the fireworks of the Spring Festival over Beijing, and what illuminates the sky above Numia are bullets and shells.
"The Way to Return" puts the actions at the national level on specific people and specific homes.
At this time, we can understand the meaning of the sentence "Thank you for the motherland".
Without a big country, there will be no happiness for the common people.
There is no way to go home, but it is all the way home.
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