National Day blockbuster " Steel Will " brought the moving scene of steel workers in New China to the screen for the first time, focusing on the era of burning passion and reappearing those bloody years. Standing at the height of the times, the director recorded the enthusiasm and desperate spirit of the unknown builders at the beginning of the founding of New China with the camera, telling people that all the years are peaceful, and someone is carrying the burden for us.
In 1948, the remnants of the Northeast Kuomintang planned to blow up the Anshan Iron and Steel factory while evacuating. At the moment of crisis, the PLA company commander Zhao Tiechi led the soldiers straight into the hinterland, fighting to the death and destroying the enemy's conspiracy. According to the arrangement of the organization, after he turned from a "fighting hero" into the director of the steelmaking plant, he continued to organize the workers of the whole factory, overcame many obstacles, and went through untold hardships to write the victory of the steel war and depict the magnificent beauty. picture scroll. The
film mainly includes two parts: the first is to protect Anshan Iron and Steel; the second is to resume work and production. The former eliminates the remnants of the Kuomintang, and the latter solves the problem of steelmaking. The former is the introduction, the latter is the highlight. Echoing before and after, complementing each other. Some people think that in order to ensure the concentration of the film, the introductory scene can be deleted, or it can be simply explained as the background, but the author believes that the former not only explains the ins and outs, but more importantly, it makes a strong foreshadowing for the latter, and connects the whole story. , which can further broaden the audience's "expectation horizon", making the story of the arrow on the string evolve, and more full of artistic tension that has to be released.
"Steelmaking" is the basic clue of the film, and it also constitutes the generalized symbol of the film. It is a story after a thousand trials and hardships, and it becomes a steel; it is a character. The film created a group of iron workers with ideals, feelings, character, personality, flesh and blood, such as Zhao Tiechi, Sun Xuefei, Cheng Shixun, Meng Tai . They interpret the meaning of life with courage and loyalty, show the value of life by going through fire and water, and write the glory of life with blood and sweat. Some are like battle poems, with endless blue threads; some are like fierce songs, with endless thorns and thorns; some are like huge paintings, with incomplete paintings. The most representative of
is Zhao Tiechi. His biggest characteristic is "not believing in evil, not admitting defeat, not wavering". The so-called "not believing in evil" means daring to challenge oneself, daring to break through the shackles, and eliminating difficulties with the energy of eliminating the enemy. He said, "I don't believe it. It can't be done without drawings." The so-called "not admit defeat" is to dare to fight, dare to win, in the face of difficulties, in the face of adversity and even danger, to persevere and charge ahead. In order to study the low ferrosilicon , he fought in front of the furnace all day long, and his obsession with science and technology even surpassed that of experts; Rush directly to the furnace to eliminate danger. The so-called "unshakable" is to insist on taking the needs of the motherland as one's own goal. Because of the construction of Anshan Iron and Steel, he took off his military uniform; because of the resistance to US aggression and aid to Korea, he continued to stay in Anshan Iron and Steel; because of the steel business, he went to another country again. It should be said that he is like a majestic blast furnace. What cannot be burned is the revolutionary belief, and what cannot be hardened is the iron will, which eventually melts into a torrent of pure heart. While the
film depicts the magnificent epic of the steel warriors, it also does not ignore the wrinkled texture of the subtle details of the candlelight, and writes a moving poem that penetrates the soul. The company commander stayed in Anshan Iron and Steel and could not enter the customs with the troops. The soldiers looked at his distant back for a long time, shouted "company commander", and shouted out their deepest feelings; Meng Tai, in order to strengthen nutrition for the experts , killed a little pig that had just been raised by his four daughters with digging wild vegetables, and saw tears in his wife's eyes, which was very touching; the congratulatory grave was sprinkled with red peppers, which was specially made for him by his new wife. The nostalgia brought, unexpectedly, the separation of life and death, separation between heaven and man, tears rolling in our eyes, blood flowing in our hearts; a sacred salute to each other when we parted at the station, representing the highest respect among our comrades in life and death; even more surprising to us is that , and finally we also saw that Lei Feng also became a worker of Anshan Iron and Steel. All of these are simple strokes, but they set off an emotional uproar in us. Similarly, Zhao Tiechi and Sun Xuefei's love relationship is closely related to two rides: one is when Sun Xuefei takes Zhao Tiechi's jeep at the beginning, and the other is when they ride on the same train at the end. The first time the representatives met for the first time, the second time was a metaphor for a lifetime of love; the first time was to meet the experts together, the first timeThe second is to go to new battlefields together. The reason why these two parallel lines intersect was because of a hospitalization. Sun Xuefei was injured by a spy, Zhao Tiechi was injured because of risk management, and the hospital was a place for treatment, visit and escort, but it became a place for their long-term confession. Sincerity, mutual trust, mutual understanding, bit by bit, on the verge of triggering, single-mindedly, deeply in love, the love is like a rainbow, and when you meet the beauty of the top. The value of
films includes textual value and added value. The added value is the extension of the film's extension and the sublimation of its connotation, and more intentional and extra-literal can be achieved through the triggering of the intended meaning. Back then, our country was in vain, and Ansteel in Northeast China was left with an industrial "mess" riddled with holes, and its production capacity was almost zero. The construction of new China needs steel, and the resistance to US aggression and aid to Korea needs steel. The Chinese People's Volunteer Army basically relies on infantry and a small amount of artillery to fight, and its weapons and equipment are quite backward, but it faces all mechanized ground troops, masters air and sea control on the battlefield, and uses all advanced weapons except atomic bomb u . The weapons and equipment levels of the warring parties are very different. The film shows the tragic disparity through the Volunteer Army company commander who was seriously bombed and the Volunteer Army soldier Song Gang was bombed to death. Films such as "Sniper " have further developed, supplemented and restored this. All of these fully demonstrate that the Chinese People's Volunteers are fighting to the death with inferior equipment and the United Nations troops armed to the teeth. The development of our country's steel industry has reached an imminent and urgent critical moment. The workers of China's steel industry do not wait for their sense of mission and only fight for the day and night. 's urgency became enthusiastic. When he heard the reckless and indiscriminate bombing of the U.S. imperialists on the Korean battlefield, Cheng Shixun angrily shouted, "They are bullying us with steel, refining the steel well, as many artillery shells as they hit, they will double the number of shells they hit to completely destroy it." . Chinese steel workers did what they said and did it resolutely. Pieces of high-quality steel were used in the tanks and artillery shells of the Volunteer Army, which taught the American imperialist aggressors a lesson. It also helped the volunteer pilots to become the ace pilots of the United States. Although these plots are not directly presented on the screen, they have become an indispensable narrative link outside the screen.
Movie, as an audio-visual language, has its own unique way of changing words, sentences and voices. The film makes full use of the comprehensive ability of point-face combination, not only smooth rise and fall, twists and turns, interlocking, end-to-end. The following sentence grammar, for example, the scissors sharpener shouted three times, mentioned pickled cabbage three times, and sang the song "We Workers Have Strength" three times. same. At the same time, special attention is paid to the proper alignment and organic combination of scene scheduling, scene selection, scene relationship, shooting angle, light and shadow coordination, color application, sound and picture combination, etc., to create exciting, shocking, moving, A heartwarming moment of light. Whether it is the big scene of mobilizing the masses to donate steel materials, or the small shot of identifying the chemical symbol of "water" in the classroom, whether it is the wide-angle lens that swears to make steel, or the depth of the steel flower splashing and elated, the choreographer goes all out. Mobilize all kinds of audio-visual elements to appear as they should be, work tirelessly and conscientiously, and try their best to transform the quenching process of "heavy mountains and rivers of doubt and no way out" to a more spiritual state of steel and gas in "a village with dark flowers and bright flowers", The performance is incisively and vividly, three points into the wood, the words are exhausted and the meaning is endless, and the sound is endless.
film master Pudovkin said in "On the Screenwriter, Director and Actor of Film" that "the basis of film art is montage ". Montage is not only a deliberate artistic technique that penetrates into the processing of sound, picture, color and light, but also an artistic thinking that can be seen everywhere, involving the innovative orientation of the overall concept. Perhaps it is at this point that "Iron Will" has an extraordinary artistic level and aesthetic pursuit. The director not only pays attention to the cutting of plot coherence, but also pays more attention to the editing of increasing emotions. Fighting war and steelmaking are indeed two different tasks, but their common connection point is a strong patriotic feeling. The former is to liberate the whole of China, and the latter is to build a new China. The film is permeated with this kind of patriotism from beginning to end, which is not only internalized as the spiritual symbol of Chinese steel workers, but also deeply stirred in our blood. Although the film shows that "theThe time story of "to be completed" is full of the vigor and vitality of "present tense" in the minds of the audience. Every time we have a feeling of breathing, sharing destiny and fighting side by side. Chinese steel workers are deeply patriotic , determined to serve the country, and made an indelible contribution to China's steel industry! The national self-confidence and national pride on the backbone of a great country won through self-reliance are as hot as molten steel, as tough as steel, and as strong as steel. The steel-like will is inspiring and motivating more people to stay true to their original aspirations, keep in mind their mission, ride the wind and waves, and forge ahead. This is probably the aesthetic value and the aesthetic purpose expressed by "Iron Will"!
Zhang Yongyi, first-class literary creation, literary critic, Jiangnan culture scholar. Author of "A Date with Me", "Jiangnan Made of Water", "This Situation and This Scene". He is the first prize of the first Zijin Literature and Art Review in Jiangsu Province. Winner. Served as Nanjing University of the Arts and Nantong University Distinguished Visiting Professor .
