"I heard someone talked about a movie."

"Well, I plan to call it "The Eight Hundred".

"Eight hundred heroes?"

"Yes, that's the story."

"Then... Brother Wang, your idea is... to follow the direction of Taiwan?"

"hey-hey……"

"Oh, you're so interesting, why are you laughing at?"

"I want to ask Brother Jiang you a question."

"Ask."

"Remember, the 1938 version?"

Wang Yu's question sounds nothing at first, but it's actually quite a test.

As a professional director and a professional actor, Jiang Wen probably doesn't know what he has to do with... this question is... that ordinary directors and actors can't answer.

And he???

"Which one do you ask?"

It seems that this answer is quite strange, or rather, it is not an answer at all, but a question.

But Wang Yu smiled.

...

Demons are all at the sea estuary, and there is not only a Huangpu River here.

There is also a Suzhou River.

There is a movie that takes this river as its name.

Interestingly, the Bund is where the two rivers meet.

It is said that the Suzhou River originally had a larger water volume, but now it is impossible to see it in the Bund.

It gives people the feeling that Suzhou River is as if it is fine.

Look, even the ship I am currently on cannot drive in, as there is a bridge blocking it.

But, it's still enough.

"Sihang Warehouse." Jiang Wen blew a long sea breeze and a river breeze. He probably figured out why Wang Yu was going to meet him on the boat.

"Yes." Wang Yu smiled more. He pointed over there. To be honest, he couldn't see it completely from a perspective, but that direction was Sixing Warehouse.

The wall where bullets were hit by bullet holes was absolutely invisible on the ship.

However, this finger is still very powerful.

"Do you want to give me a patriotic education or a history class for our Chinese films?"

Jiang Wen’s question is obviously emotional.

Wang Yu still smiled, "Brother Jiang, don't worry, I'll ask you another question. What we can know now is that in 1938, there were two movies "Eight Hundred Heroes". As for the others, we won't consider them now. So what do you think if General Xie Jinyuan saw these two movies?"

Two movies?

That's right!

Sihang Warehouse, Eight Hundred Warehouse, this incident happened at the end of 1937, but this place was the Magic City.

It was the best and most advanced place for our country's economic and cultural development at that time.

Especially for this place, Sihang Warehouse is right next to the Bund.

Where is the Bund?

The concession in that year.

What is in this concession?

It must be said that the concession is indeed a symbol of the historical shame of our country, but at that time, there were also many film companies in the concession.

So, not long after, a movie about this event was born.

And it was released, and the box office was very good.

but!

There are many related movies, but two of them are more famous, and these two are also very representative works.

Both movies have the same name, "Eight Hundred Heroes", and one of them, which is directed by Ying Yunwei and starred by Mr. Yuan Muzhi, has a very official background.

How about it?

There is also a historical background here, that is, after the incident, a lot of video data was obtained. These data are quite precious, but there is also a huge problem.

That is, the Demon Capital was not very stable at that time, and many filmmakers and film companies were already running away.

There is a possibility of data being lost.

So, Mr. Guo Moruo, director of the Third Department of the Political Department of the Military Commission of the Republic of China at that time, directly took care of the filming of the filming.

This is the birth of Mr. Yuan Muzhi's version of General Xie Jinyuan.

Simply put, this version is actually the red version. From the people who ordered it above to the directors and actors who filmed it, they were later important cultural staff of our party.

And this version is also a version that is very consistent with the historical data at that time.

However, it is a movie after all, so in many places, it has also been quite exaggerated.

but.

There is another version, which is also very famous, but this version is a Cantonese movie and was filmed in Hong Kong.

Let me put it this way, Hong Kong movies can develop completely because of the war.

It was when many film companies and filmmakers of the Magic City at that time, they went to Hong Kong to develop in order to avoid the war.

Hong Kong is originally a movie desert. Regarding this, the Hong Kong movie "Ruan Lingyu" is also the one played by Zhang Manyu, which is clearly stated.

Even the actress complained about the rural places like Hong Kong when playing cards.

However, this Hong Kong movie "Eight Hundred Heroes" is very interesting.

First of all, there are many old faces in this movie.

For example, Cao Dahua.

How old was Cao Dahua back then?

So, he played a little warrior, who was considered a bystander.

The prototype of his role should be General Xie Jinyuan’s guard, Mr. Wan Lianqing.

As for other situations...exaggerated.

Quite exaggerated.

Of course, this exaggeration itself is based on certain historical facts. After all, the battle at Sihang Warehouse eliminated many Japanese troops.

But in the movie, it will kill the old man, which is similar to the anti-Japanese drama routines in later generations.

Indeed, in this regard, some have passed.

But some places were still very good. For example, there were indeed our national soldiers who were carrying explosives bags and leaping down and dying with the Japanese army.

But the movie was very exaggerated.

Then, these two versions naturally represent two styles.

One is a bit exaggerated, but more about being close to the truth.

The other one is mainly exaggerated, and the historical truth is for reference.

From this point of view, these two movies show two directions.

This was the later movie about the "Eight Hundred Warriors" that changed.

That is, two directions.

Interestingly, the direction of the Hong Kong version... is even more exaggerated.

This is not a random talk.

The film "Eight Hundred Heroes" filmed in Taiwan in 1975 was a very exaggeration.

In fact, for this movie, although it is openly referring to the memoir of a certain flying general, the name is still a billion light-year in a flash.

But in fact, what memories does that guy Sun Yuanliang have?

He had already run away, and his so-called memory was actually referenced by a 38-year-old movie.

Therefore, the Taiwanese movie is not only beautiful, but also exaggerated.

The war scenes were shot very tragically, as if the entire Battle of Songhu was not as fierce as this Sihang Warehouse.
To be continued...