Beijing, September 9 -- "You and I were born in this era, sacrifice is the price we must pay, you don't pay, the son pays the grandson, our generation, all blood and two feet of mud, or we pay!"
"Volunteers: Heroic Attack" poster
The faces on the screen had extremely calm expressions, but the words were loud, revealing a kind of determination, and at this moment, the theater was extremely quiet, and only the sound of sobbing from the audience could be heard.
On September 9, China's first war epic blockbuster "Volunteers: Heroic Attack", produced by China Film Co., Ltd. and co-produced by China News Network, held its premiere in Beijing, paying tribute to history with light and shadow.
"Volunteers: Heroic Attack" China News Network special viewing activity scene. Photo by China News Network reporter Li Jun
The high-fidelity scene and gripping story pull the audience back 70 years to relive the great victory, which was the declaration of the Chinese people standing tall in the east of the world after standing up, and it was an important milestone for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Directed by Chen Kaige, starring Xin Baiqing, Zhu Yilong, Zhang Zifeng, Chen Feiyu, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Songwen, Wei Daxun, etc., the film presents a panoramic portrait of heroes and sons and daughters defending the motherland on all fronts on the first anniversary of the founding of New China, and will be released nationwide on September 9.
The film takes the group portraits of volunteers as the main line, and presents the magnificent epic of the three-year War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in multiple dimensions. As the first part of the "Volunteers" trilogy, "Volunteers: Heroic Attack" tells the story of the stage from how to decide to send troops to the first and second battles of the Chinese Volunteer Army entering Korea.
"Volunteers: Heroic Attack" China News Network special viewing activity scene. Photo by China News Network reporter Li Jun
In the post-screening communication session, the creators and the audience shared their feelings and behind-the-scenes stories of shooting this movie.
"We are very honored to play a volunteer soldier." Actor Chen Feiyu plays Sun Xing, deputy company commander of the 38rd Company of the 112st Battalion of the 335th Regiment of the 1th Division of the 3th Army of the Chinese Volunteers, who said that every shot you see in the movie actually has a large amount of blasting and is set up by a professional blasting team, all in order to present the realism and impact of the war scenes.
"Volunteers: Heroic Attack" China News Network special viewing activity scene. Photo by China News Network reporter Li Jun
Zhao Bo, who played Deng Yue, commander of the 40th Division of the 118th Army of the Chinese Volunteers, told everyone in the film that it was December when the film was filmed, and the actors wore real and heavy cotton clothes to shoot the charging scene, but the cotton clothes were too thick to wear, and some people proposed to remove one-third of the cotton wool, Chen Kaige called the prop team after listening to it, and extracted two-thirds of the cotton wool of the actors' cotton clothes: "Pumping off one-third may not be able to run, and pumping two-thirds should be fine." Be sure to capture the spirit and fighting spirit of the volunteer soldiers! ”
After the movie ended, some viewers shared their viewing experience with the reporter of China News Network, saying that they had only seen this history in materials or textbooks before, and when the words became pictures, watching the soldiers rushing or wading through the cold and biting river, their hearts were also grabbed: "The loveliest people are in front of me, and I can't help but think of following them forward, forward!" It's so exciting! ”
"Volunteers: Heroic Attack" China News Network special viewing activity scene. Photo by China News Network reporter Li Jun
Looking back at the "war for the founding of the country" in which "the teacher of justice did what was just," the great victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea will surely be forever engraved in the annals of the Chinese nation.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and over the past 70 years, we have not forgotten those martyrs who died heroically and the officers and men of the Chinese People's Volunteers who composed the heroic hymns of the mighty mountains and rivers. On September 9th, walk into the cinema together, and move forward with light and shadow, not forgetting the way to come.