"Tangshan Earthquake": A shocking sensational film

Nico 2022-04-19 09:02:49

"Tangshan Earthquake" is a commercial sensational film. If a film loses its authenticity and does not record history, then no matter how touching it is, it will always be a sensational film. The details of the rescue after the earthquake are not in the movie. College students in 1986 can live together in the school, and brothers and sisters can get together again during the Wenchuan earthquake. The whole plot is really unbelievable. Some of what I know about the Tangshan earthquake is that the earthquake happened at 3:42 in the morning, not in the middle of the night like in the movie, and the 240,000 death toll in the Tangshan earthquake was a "state secret" at the time, three years It was only announced in 1979 because of a large number of external rumors. After the earthquake, the international community immediately requested assistance to China, but China refused all international assistance and lost the opportunity to further reduce the death toll. The propaganda at that time was that no international capitalist assistance was needed. The strong Tangshan people only wanted Chairman Mao's quotations. It was said that reading it once could satisfy their hunger, and reading it twice could heal their wounds. Many quotations of Chairman Mao were airdropped to the disaster area immediately after the earthquake for disaster relief. An earthquake whose magnitude is not considered a century-old earthquake, but the number of casualties has set a record in the history of earthquake disasters in the world. The film obviously avoided the "man-made disaster" factor of a major earthquake. At that time, the quality of buildings in towns was very poor, and a large number of dilapidated and old houses, one The earthquake collapsed, causing heavy casualties. In contrast, Japan, with well-built houses, has experienced many earthquakes with magnitudes much higher than that of Tangshan, but with few casualties. As for the story behind it, I can't stand it anymore. My sister went to college in 1986, and the dormitory she lived in turned out to be a four-person dormitory, and I was able to live together at the school at that time. I remember that just after the crackdown in 1983, we went to college in the 1990s. In college, the girls' dormitories on campus were not allowed to enter boys. Once the cohabitation was found, both parties would definitely be expelled together. How could it be like this now? The phones installed in the late 1980s were actually button-type and had an LCD screen. If the phone was broken, it would be good to replace the battery. This movie is a flattering movie as a whole. There is no reflection on man-made disasters in real disasters, so you can praise your virtues. It is no wonder that the death toll of China's earthquakes is still so high. Look at the Western world. Going more, this is the gap between China and foreign countries. A country that does not know how to reflect will always wrestle in the same place.

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  • Dong Guilan: [displeased, very quietly] What a disgrace.

    Wang Deqing: Are you talking about me? What have I done?

    Dong Guilan: The child is already grown up. Look at what you're wearing.

    Wang Deqing: [glances at his casual T-shirt and shorts] Huh, I'm at home. Should I be dressed like a king? Can't I even enter my own child's room?

  • Dong Guilan: The two of you are the ones I care most about in my life. But you both... never wanted to be with me.