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When Pico introduced the movie "Pearl Harbor" last time, many netizens mentioned "The Wind Whisperer" directed by Wu Yusen in 2002.
"The Wind Whisperer" was the highlight of the Hollywood movie giant "MGM", with an investment of $115 million. As a benchmark movie of Wu Yusen's Hollywood, its production is also quite sophisticated.
However, the situation after its release has the same tragic color as "Pearl Harbor".
"The Wind Whisperer" movie is based on real historical events.
In the early days of the Pacific War, the US military’s communication code was repeatedly deciphered by the Japanese, which prevented it from seizing the opportunity. On May 5, 1942, 29 newly enlisted Navajos formed the Marine Corps’ 382nd Field Platoon. They were ordered to write a code consisting of 211 codes and put them in the war.
Their language does not have a written form, the pronunciation is complicated, and foreigners cannot understand it. Even if it takes many years to learn, they played an extremely important role in the war. These Navajo translators who are familiar with Navajo codes are called "wind whispers".
Nicholas Cage, the Marine, Joe Enders, was ordered to protect "Wind Whisperer" Ben Aceh. Joe
was originally a frontline soldier, but because of his left ear injury and hearing loss, he had to retreat and was second as a protector.
In order to ensure that the Navajo code is not leaked out, Joe’s task is not only to protect the safety of the Wind Whisperer, but also to “handle” the Wind Whisperer decisively when it is in danger of being captured.
Navajo, as the largest number of Native American Indians, did not receive the same treatment as ordinary soldiers in the military under the background of the racial system at that time, and they were often discriminated against at the beginning of the war.
Ben Aceh and Charlie Whitehorse left their homes and came to Saipan. They didn't get the trust of their comrades at first.
However, in the first confrontation with Japan, the Navajo translators played an important role and reported the specific location of the Japanese firepower to the American warships at the critical moment.
Although the Japanese were able to intercept the signal, they failed to decipher the Navajo code. According to the information, the US warships attacked the Japanese firepower on the island. The Japanese army was defeated and the US army was able to break through the Japanese defense line and successfully landed on Saipan.
landed on the US Marine Captain and drove straight in. Unexpectedly, he encountered his own artillery fire halfway through. When he evacuated, Joe and Ben all squad accidentally broke into the Japanese camp and suffered extremely heavy casualties.
had an idea and changed into a Japanese army attire, pretending to be a Japanese army, and mixed with Joe into the Japanese army camp, using the Japanese radio to send intelligence to the US army, and then attracted artillery fire to beat the Japanese army.
After a series of battles, the important role of Ben Aceh and Charlie Whitehorse in the army has gradually been affirmed by their comrades and finally integrated into this group. And Ben and Qiao Zhixiang also established trust, unknowingly becoming friends of life and death.
In an encounter with the Japanese army, Charlie was captured by the Japanese army. Joe tried to rescue him but was outnumbered.
At the time of crisis, Charlie motioned Joe to destroy him with a firm expression. Joe had no choice but to throw a grenade at Charlie, killing him along with the surrounding Japanese soldiers. Although
could understand Charlie's willingness to sacrifice in order to protect the Navajo code, he could not forgive Joe for killing Charlie emotionally.
Because of this, there was a gap between Ben and Joe, and Joe himself felt guilty.
As the war deepened, the Japanese army retreated steadily and retreated to the northwest corner of Saipan. They laid down their last line of defense and prepared to resist.
The US army needs to find the correct position of the Japanese stronghold to launch an attack, and Ben and Joe’s squad took on the task of finding the way. After
found the Japanese army, Ben sent intelligence to the US army under Joe's protection, reporting the location of the Japanese artillery, so that the US army could send planes to bomb the area.
But this time Ben was shot in the leg, and he was as brave as Charlie, grabbing Joe's pistol and asking him to kill himself.
Joe couldn’t get his hands off, so he chose to carry his notebook and leave together.To safety.
But the Japanese army was chasing after him, Joe eventually died under the Japanese army's machine gun, and Ben was only slightly injured.
US military planes finally dropped bombs, blowing up the last Japanese defense line on Saipan Island and taking down this important island in the Pacific Ocean.
After World War II, Ben Aceh returned to his hometown to commemorate Joe Enders with his wife and children.
Although the war is over, the US military believes that these excellent Navajo ciphers may be used again in the future and should not be exposed, so they are classified as involving military secrets.
Those Navajo ciphers have been "remaining silent". They were called by former British Prime Minister Churchill "the goose that lays the golden egg but never calls."
On July 26, 2001, former U.S. President Bush Jr. finally broke his silence and awarded the US government's highest medal-the Congressional Medal of Honor to four "wind whispers" including Chester Nez, in recognition of them Of merit.
But while the four gray-haired "wind whispers" received this belated honor, the other 25 people with them had already passed away. The creation of the
movie "The Wind Whisperer" was at this time. However, the September 11th incident that occurred on September 11, 2001 caused MGM to erroneously postpone its release date and waited until June 14, 2002. Released. The funny thing about
is that most of the war films that chose to be released on schedule in 2001 achieved good box office results, and "The Wind Whisperer" missed this opportunity, and it was also a disadvantage.
"Wind Whisperer" finally sold only $77.63 million at the box office worldwide, causing MGM's share price to plummet, and Robert Levin, the company's president of world markets and distribution, resigned. All of
is like copying the failure of "Pearl Harbor" which was released a year earlier.
is now discussing why "The Wind Whisperer" failed at the box office. There are different opinions, and each has its own reasons. The idea conveyed by
violates the cognition of mainstream American society. It should be a more important point;
also pointed out that the machine guns appearing in the film are somewhat "crossing", and the Japanese army did not have such advanced weapons on a large scale; The main characters of Ben, Charlie, and Joe are superficial and imperfect.
But these Pi brothers disagree, because Pi brother, like many fans who love the film, has always loved "The Wind Whisperer" and thinks it is one of Wu Yusen's pinnacle works. It can be called Wu Yusen together with "Change Face". Double bi in the Hollywood period.
Although "The Wind Whisperer" was not released in our mainland, the entire accident and war scenes were grand enough to suit the appetite of our mainland audiences. The brotherhood of comrades-in-arms expressed in
is actually in the same line as Wu Yusen's violent aesthetics, and conforms to the aesthetics of our Orientals.
In fact, Wu Yusen has become the first-line director of MGM after he successively shot the popular "Face Changing" and "Mission Impossible 2". The 115 million US dollar "Wind Whisperer" is already a top production, and it is for him Absolutely sure.
Unfortunately, this one failed to win, and the next $60 million "Memory Rift" became a money-loser, which made Wu Yusen's reputation plummet. Finally, no one dared to look for him for filming for a long time, as long as he packed up and returned to China to film "Red Cliff" .
The American business society is so cruel, no matter how brilliant you have been, as long as you can't seize the opportunity, you will soon fall.
But let's think about it again. If there is not such a cycle of survival of the fittest, how can the Hollywood film industry survive for nearly a century?
Text/Pippi Film Editor: Passionate Blood
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