surpassed 300 million on the first day of its release, and "Eight Hundred" directed by Guanhu really made the first shot after the theater resumed work. The hot screening of
" eight hundred " brought the four-line warehouse located in the north of Suzhou River in Shanghai into the public eye again.
83 years ago, it was known as "eight hundred people" to the outside world. In fact, a unit of only more than 400 people, in the four-row warehouse, faced hundreds of thousands of surging Japanese invaders and resisted stubbornly for four days and four nights. The
movie is adapted from this history.
"Eight Hundred" was originally scheduled to be released on July 5 last year, and it was announced that it would be withdrawn on June 25.
Unexpectedly, the epidemic at the beginning of this year delayed the movie's release time. Among them,
naturally heard a lot of rumors about why this movie was withdrawn.
After more than a year, "Yao Bai" was finally released.
is 147 minutes longer than the original version of 160 minutes.
Now let’s look at what the cut 13 minutes are? The Dragon Boat Festival played by
Ou Hao's character
Ou Hao is the main character in the first half of the plot and the first one to appear in the whole movie. The original version of
has a relatively complete construction of his identity background.
took a long time to describe him at the beginning. The release version of
allowed him to quickly enter the warehouse and prepare for battle, without showing how he was collected. There are two main scenes in the
flag-protecting role
. The first of
was Chen Shusheng, played by Zheng Kai, who blew himself up with a grenade. The second of
was the process of Xie Jinyuan (played by Du Chun) ordering everyone to retreat across the bridge on the fourth day.
is actually in the original version, the highlight is the third day of the flag protection part.
For some reasons everyone knows, the flags in the release version are not given close-up shots.
pay attention to what I said, it's not that no shots are given, but close-up shots are not given. Many scenes of
retain the big vision of the flag or are blurred. Why
send the flag, how to send the flag, there are detailed explanations in the original version.
Let me tell you another thing. In the movie, some Japanese troops deployed fighter jets to shoot the flag, which did not exist in history.
Japan did not use heavy-fire weapons because it was afraid of accidentally hurting the concession.
However, although so much has been deleted, the emotional rendering of this flag protection campaign is still well conveyed to the audience
Ruan Jingtian's role
This movie originally had Ruan Jingtian. This role was completely deleted in the
release.
Ruan Jingtian plays a civilian from Taiwan. After witnessing the cruelty of the Japanese army,
cursed the Japanese army in Japanese on the other side of the river. After
was heard by the people in the concession, they mistakenly thought he was the Japanese die and hanged him. At the end of the movie
, there is a scene from the crowd's perspective, with a person hanging from the camera. This person
is Ruan Jingtian. The deletion of Ruan Jingtian's role in
has no effect on the whole movie.
, but if you keep it, you can add an impressive group portrait.
can also reflect the extreme problems of humanity under war.
In the current sensitive public opinion environment, deleting the characters that may cause controversy is the safest approach. Except for Ruan Jingtian, the other main characters of
have not been cut too much. There are only one or two of
.
For example, the Shandong soldier played by Li Chen. In the original version, there is a scene where he is bound to jump down with a grenade, but is blocked by his comrades. In the release version of
, we only saw him wearing a grenade, and there was no follow-up.
In addition to the deleted content, there are many details in "Yu Bai" that are easy to be ignored by us. The details mentioned in
are what I remembered after the first scan, and there are still details that I have overlooked or missed.Friends who know
are welcome to leave a message below the comments and let me know.
1 Dragon Standard
Someone mentioned on the Internet that the Dragon Standard of the original "Yao Bai" last year was No. 2019 88.
We can see that the dragon mark of the public release version is 2019 800.
can be seen from this special confession number, the above is a positive attitude towards the movie "Yu Bai".
Otherwise, it will not be given a customized number.
2 Tang Yixin's salute gesture
Tang Yixin plays the real Yang Huimin in history.
In 1937, during the Lugou Bridge Incident, the war between China and Japan started. Yang Huimin joined the Shanghai Boy Scouts Field Service Corps.
Therefore, her military salute in the film is the three-finger salute of the Boy Scouts. The three straight fingers of
symbolize the three promises of the Boy Scouts:
is loyal to the country, conscientious to the society, and demands integrity of itself.
3 Why send the flag
There have been divergent opinions about Yang Huimin's motive and process of sending the flag.
currently has two mainstream opinions.
There is a saying that this is Yang Huimin's spontaneous personal behavior. She saw that either the British flag or the Japanese flag was hung around, but there was no Chinese flag.
crossed the Suzhou River at night and handed the national flag to Xie Jinyuan's hands.
"Eight Hundred Heroes" starring Brigitte Lin adopted this statement. Another version of
is that Xie Jinyuan called the Eighty-Eighth Division to request a national flag to boost the morale of the soldiers. The
division assigned this task to the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, which in turn assigned the task to the Shanghai Boy Scouts Field Service Corps. The
last regiment sent Yang Huimin to perform the task of sending the flag.
4 The metaphor about animals
I once saw a sentence:
Whenever animals appear, animals must be symbolic or functional, otherwise they should not appear.
Guan Hu is a director who is good at using animals as metaphors.
The bull in "Bull Fighting" and the ostrich in "Old Cannon" have ample room for interpretation.
In the first act of "Eight Hundred", a mouse appeared in the opening scene, followed by Ouhao and their deserters.
Deserters are like mice crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats.
can't go back after escaping. After
resisted the first wave of Japanese attacks, crows appeared outside the four-row warehouse.
Crows in nature eat carrion, and it has a very sensitive sense of smell.
so it can find the body the first time. This can further render the atmosphere of the four-row warehouse like hell.
Look carefully at the appearance of the four-row warehouse, like a tomb.
Xie Jinyuan also said, "The Four Lines Warehouse is our last position, our grave."
In contrast, in the concession on the other side of the river, the casino owner Rong sister treats peacocks as pets.
The peacock is a symbol of a bright future, which bodes well for those who open casinos.
Peacocks are sacred to Buddhists and Hindus. They are the incarnation of the "Phoenix Emperor" in mythology, symbolizing the combination of Yin and Yang and the harmonious female appearance.
Look at Liu Xiaoqing's Rong sister, who has a neutral dress, coexistence of rigidity and softness. In the early stage, she is noble and elegant. In the later stage, she took the initiative to provide her own morphine to support the 800 strong men. The most important animal symbol of
is naturally the white horse. The white horse symbolizes purity and beauty, and also reflects the cruelty of war.
is the white horse that Zhao Yun rode in Xiaohubei's fantasy. In the early stage of
, because of the continual defeat of the national army, the concession sang "Zou Maicheng".
Because the eight hundred heroes at this time were in the same situation as Guan Yu during the Three Kingdoms period.
With fewer enemies and more enemies, there is no possibility of breaking through. Everyone in
is not optimistic about this battle with a huge difference in combat power.
However, after the Resistance Army desperately guarded for one, two, or three days, the mentality of the people in the concession changed.
embracing hope from complete disappointment.
"Zomei City" is no longer sung, instead of "Changbanslope".
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhao Yun staged the "Savior by Riding Alone" in Changbanpoli.
Zhao Yun, who is a victorious general, only uses one person and one ride, and he has seven in and seven out of the army, as if entering the land of no one.
Xiaohubei imagines that the Dragon Boat Festival is Zhao Yun, riding a white horse, facing Cao Cao's millions of army, and rushing down Changbanpo alone.
He hopes that this battle can be a miracle. Director
still arranged a relatively "good" ending.
Finally, the white horse came out of the trenches, meaning that as long as you live, there is hope. The characters of
Wang Qianyuan , Jiang Wu, and Zhang Yi also have their own animal attributes.
Wang Qianyuan's sheep crutch has a wolf attribute.
Veteran Youzi, from the northwest to Shanghai, followed different troops all the way.
has already cultivated wolf-like ferocity and indifference.
The only thing he can worry about is his old mother in his hometown.
Jiang Wu played the old iron, the attribute is a dog.
The dog here is a metaphor for "gou".
He was originally a member of the Northeast Army, and after the fall, he lived all the way, relying on bravado to cover up his selfishness and weakness.
Wang Qianyuan said that he was "counseling". It wasn't until the death of Ouhao that
slowly began to realize the transformation.
Zhang Yi played the old abacus, the attribute is cat.
A civilian in the Zhejiang Security Group, he is an exquisite self-interested person who assesses the situation, seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages.
He has to live anyway.
His body best reflects the survival instinct of ordinary people. After entering the warehouse,
adhered to Wang Qianyuan and Jiang Wu, but Ou Hao asked Ou Hao to let him go after he discovered that he was going to escape.
He calculated for a lifetime, and finally found that the four-line warehouse experience was his most difficult game of chess.
If the film is willing to allocate more scenes to Zhang Yi, it might be better.
END
"The Eight Hundred" movie, from the actors to the service, the language of the lens, the use of light in photography, and the music are very high-quality.
But there are still many gaps from perfection.
may be because Guanhu wants to do everything, and as a result, there may be areas that cannot be taken into account.
is still a movie worth watching. Whether
is the original version or the public release version, the theme it wants to express has not changed:
keep the history in mind, don't forget the national humiliation, and love my China.
