Speaking of Nanjing, there should be no Chinese who do not know about the Nanjing Massacre.
Speaking of Chongqing, few people know about the Chongqing bombing .
Eighty years ago, as the wartime capital of the Nationalist government, Chongqing was bombed by the Japanese invaders for 6 years and 10 months during the Anti-Japanese War.
During this period, a long-term fatigue bombing on the evening of June 5, 1941 suffocated thousands of citizens fleeing an air-raid shelter in Jiaochangkou, Chongqing, resulting in the "Chongqing Jiaochangkou Tunnel Massacre" that shocked China and foreign countries .
June 5th is the anniversary of the Chongqing bombing . On this morning every year, air defense sirens are sounded in Chongqing to mourn the compatriots killed in the bombing.
As one of the five famous bombings in history (Berlin Bombing, Pearl Harbor Bombing, Moscow Bombing, London Bombing and Chongqing Bombing), "Chongqing Bombing" is the only one that has not yet been put on the screen , so it has not been known to the world.
Fortunately, a movie that fills this gap is finally coming——
"The Big Bomb"
The film takes the Chongqing bombing as the background and reproduces this almost forgotten history.
The Japanese bombers roared in groups, and countless bombs poured down, turning the beautiful mountain city of Chongqing into a sea of fire.
In such a war, the people of Chongqing were optimistic and strong, and lived to the death.
Several young Chinese pilots, with the help of American instructors, launched a fierce air battle with the Japanese...
The luxury of the starring lineup of this film is really rare, and the two lines on the poster are astonishing—
Starring Liu Ye, Bruce Willis, Song Chengxian, William Chan, Fan Wei, Ma Su, Che Yongli, Wu Gang, Feng Yuanzheng, Zhang Junning, Geng Le;
Nicholas Tse, Fan Bingbing, Chen Daoming, Adrien Brody and other special appearances.
The three places on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, plus the United States, Germany, Japan and South Korea, can be called the air combat version of "The Great Cause of Founding an Army".
But the super-luxurious lineup of "The Big Bomb" is not only reflected in the actors, but also in the behind-the-scenes team .
Director Xiao Feng , although not famous enough, is by no means an ordinary person.
As a national first-class director, he has filmed "The Fairy Tale of Youth" starring Pan Yueming and Li Xiaolu;
And Yang Mi's "Daqin Straight Road";
His film works are not many, among which "Five Bullets" starring Jiang Wu won the domestic film award.
The art director of the film is Hollywood director Mel Gibson, who has made classic war films such as "Braveheart" and "Hacksaw Ridge" .
As for other positions, all of them are big coffees:
Greg P. Russell ("Pearl Harbor"), Gary Summers ("Saving Private Ryan") as mixing engineers; Golden Rooster Award for Best Recording Wu Jiang ("1942") as recording director ; Sand van der Leyen ("Transformers"), Eric Adahar ("Godzilla") as sound director; Academy Award Best Editing Kwong Zhiliang ("Cold War") as editorial director; Korea Macrograph The company's Kim Jong-pil ("The Mermaid") is the special effects supervisor.
It is reported that the whole film of "The Big Bombing" was shot in 3D, which is rare in China.
Incredibly, the crew built a city specifically for the film.
In order to restore the most realistic war scenes, the crew used tens of thousands of power generation squibs and thousands of kilograms of gunpowder.
There are a large number of aerial combat scenes in the film, with as many as 2,300 special effects shots, which can be regarded as a milestone in domestic war films.
However, the birth of this unprecedented historical war film has experienced setbacks .
As early as 2011, director Xiao Feng posted on Weibo to announce the launch of the project. At that time, the film was called "Chongqing Bombing".
However, according to the director, at the beginning of June 2015, the crew of more than 1,000 people in "The Great Bombing" only had 15,000 yuan left to support. At that time, the lead actor Bruce Willis flew to Ningbo from the United States by private jet, but the crew could not pay the deposit for him to stay in the hotel.
As a result, the director's personal property has become the capital to support the continued production of the film.
According to the director's self-report: I stopped investing for the first time, and by myself I bought two ten-wheeled cards that were in urgent need of payment as prop cars. When the main scene of Chaotianmen Wharf was built, the investor stopped investing again, making it impossible for hundreds of construction workers to start the construction. I was not rich enough to use my savings for many years. I still clearly remember that the Spring Festival that year had never been so tragic!
By October 2017, all the director's disposable cash wealth was left -
1516 yuan .
In his own words: "I was finally promoted to the poorest director in China."
Fortunately, after 8 years, this hard work that carries the history of the family and the country and personal feelings can finally meet the audience now.
On June 5, the anniversary of the Chongqing bombing, the film held a special screening event in Chongqing.
There were many Chongqing audiences who were in tears while watching the movie.
At the post-screening exchange meeting, Mr. Li Weipin, the script planner who is over ninety years old, said excitedly:
The release of "The Big Bombing" has fulfilled my dream for many years. After the movie is officially released, I will recommend this movie to people around me, let them walk into the cinema and learn about that tragic history.
On August 17, "The Big Bombing" will be released nationwide.
Then let's go see-
Can this luxurious lineup of "Big Bombing" open a new chapter in domestic war films?
What kind of Chinese spirit did this "Big Bombing" look back at history?
This article was originally created by the public account Movie Paradise (dianyingnews)
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