Return To 1977 Chapter 485: Criticism
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There is a kind of embarrassment in the world, which is called "slapping yourself in the face with your own words."
Hong Yanwu was in such a situation.
At the end of June, he had just fooled Chen Liquan and described Yang Weifan's situation in the literary and art world in a positive way after he became famous.
But within a few days, a particularly bad situation happened unexpectedly, and even he himself became anxious for Yang Weifan. I had to contact Yang Weifan urgently, and rushed to the dormitory of the "Haifang Song and Dance Ensemble" late at night to meet him.
What's going on?
The problem with Daqing lies in the ideology of this period.
This is 1979. Although the "movement" has ended three years ago, don't forget that this "movement" has lasted for ten years. Its influence remains deep-rooted.
And the mistakes corrected by "bringing order to order" are limited to the actual harm caused to people on a practical level. At present, no one has set out to change the impact of this "movement" on people's spiritual level.
Many people have even become accustomed to this kind of mental restraint, let alone no longer think there is anything wrong with it. They often subconsciously oppose others to break free from this bondage.
This situation is specifically reflected in the literary and art circles, that is, there are often people who cannot understand some very human things, so they accuse and attack them, causing collisions and uproar.
For example, Popular Cinema, which had just resumed publication in 1979, was criticized because the back cover of the May issue contained a still photo of the prince and Cinderella kissing.
Someone wrote in a letter to "Popular Cinema", "I never thought that in a socialist country like ours, after the baptism of the 'movement', such a thing would happen. You have actually fallen to the level of being on par with the bourgeoisie. To the extent that magazines make no difference?"
His tone made him want to have everyone in Popular Cinema magazine criticize him again, and they would have to bow their heads and apologize in front of the people of the whole country.
There are not many accusations like this. Therefore, in order to deal with this "political" crisis, the magazine "Popular Cinema" specifically asked the "Secretariat of the Film Association" for instructions, and finally decided to publish the full text in order to distinguish right from wrong, and to allow readers to discuss it at the same time.
Since June, countless readers have started arguing over this matter.
For a time, the two views were indistinguishable. Even "Popular Cinema" itself has become the focus of news for other colleagues. It can really be called a wonder of the times.
Speaking of which, this is not an accidental phenomenon. In fact, even revolutionary films like "Heroes of Tongbai" have to face similar problems and difficulties because their shooting styles are very different from those in the past.
Even for this movie, the biggest difficulty and pressure came not from audience feedback and social criticism after the movie was broadcast, but from within the industry itself as early as the filming of the movie.
When the film crew sent the first batch of location samples shot in Huangshan back to the "Beijing Film Studio", the factory sent a telegram. A leader criticized, "War films are not like war films, but like landscape films. Like mythological feature films, it is recommended that they be remade. ”
Fortunately, the female director was smart enough to send a telegram back, saying that the season had passed and the reshoots would be discussed later. This was used to confuse the matter.
But the noise in the factory can no longer be heard, and the original author of the novel is still embarrassment. There is a scene in the film where Cui Gu thanks her adoptive father for raising her. Cui Gu kneels down to her adoptive father. The original author has a lot of objections to this. How is it appropriate for a party member to kneel down to another party member? Never let go.
In the end, the female director was forced to use her cleverness again. When editing, she first showed Cuigu's tendency to kneel, and then cut to other shots. After the review is completed, connect again.
Even if many difficulties are solved, the final hurdle still lies in the joint review of the "Beijing Film Studio" Party Committee, "Art Committee" and "Technical Committee".
On the day of reviewing all the dialogue double films of "Tongbai Heroes". That day's screening had just ended, and before the lights in the screening room of the "Beijing Film Studio" came on, the sound of criticism came in.
"What a mess, my head hurts just looking at it."
"What is this? Can you make a movie?"
The key reason for holding this opinion is that the film continuously inserts flashbacks, memories, hallucinations, etc. from the black and white film into the color film, and deletes a large number of lines from the original text. This new wave of film language is unacceptable to some old comrades. And their opinion is to completely "shoot" this movie.
Seeing this scene, the entire film crew was completely disappointed. They have no chance to meet the audience again except for this movie.
Fortunately, in the end, the director of "Beijing Film Studio" saved the film. The director urged not to deny it immediately but to invite experts in the film industry to discuss it. Only after receiving approval from literary theorists and the Deputy Minister of Culture did the film pass the "political hurdle".
It can be seen that there were still many "sticks" in society at that time, and the die-hards who opposed humanization had a huge power.
As a result, Yang Weifan's troubles inevitably came.
July 1st is the "Party Founding Day", and the "Haizheng Song and Dance Ensemble" must have important performance tasks on that day. It must have been brewing for a long time, and some critical and objectionable opinions began to surface on this day with special commemorative significance.
Just after the "Marine Affairs Song and Dance Ensemble" finished its condolence performance for the party and government organs of the army, two higher-level political cadres in the army expressed their wish to provide comments on the song "Night at the Military Port".
They think this song is nice, but aren’t the melody and lyrics too soft? They suggested that the song would be better served with some modifications and adjustments. The first is to increase the uplifting revolutionary momentum. The second is to let the singers show their sonorous and powerful revolutionary will.
No one in the Haiphong Song and Dance Ensemble took such unreasonable lay advice seriously.
But just like the criticisms faced by songwriters in the original trajectory of history, this incident was like the bell of a critical conference suddenly ringing, attracting various critical opinions one after another.
Only one day has passed, and many newspapers and periodicals have published comment articles on this matter.
Military publications are the mouthpieces of the political work department. Naturally, most of them criticize without naming names and urge corrections. Most of them are based on political awareness and believe that the opinions of the two political work cadres are reasonable.
Social publications simply start from a news hot spot and want readers to write in and express their opinions. Feedback from the public mainly supports original songs and Su Xiaoming's singing.
Many people think that being welcomed by the masses and the soldiers means success, indicating that we are on the right track. Only a small number of people think that "Night at the Military Port" is suspected of singing pop songs and imitating Hong Kong and Taiwan, and should find ways to improve it.
In this way, the two opinions took their own sides, and a big discussion started.
On the other hand, the stance of social publications is conciliatory. They do not favor or help any party and just sit back and watch the debate. For example, the internal reference written by a reporter from the "National News Agency" said, "Su Xiaoming must not stop singing, cannot sing too much, and must stop singing in moderation."
Some newspapers were smarter and threw the question back with another beautiful "pass".
Their point of view is that they are not opposed to the form of pop songs, but they also say that military songs must first promote the military style. It is best for military leaders and experts to make a clear distinction between what is allowed and what is recommended.
Well, it was this opinion that prompted a military music authority to publish a public statement, declaring that military songs should indeed reflect the life of the troops, and the performance must be dignified and solemn. Su Xiaoming's songs are obviously imitating the styles of Hong Kong and Taiwan. This "extreme music" performance method is low-key, deviant, and does not conform to the laws of socialist art. Troop leaders are responsible for lax review.
As a result, one stone stirred up a thousand waves. Under the guidance of authority, many dissatisfied voices suddenly found a breakthrough. Persimmon picked out the soft ones and fired at Su Xiaoming, a weak girl. There is a big worry that if we leave things unchecked, our art troupe actresses will become closer to capitalist singers.
Some people even said, "We need to analyze the audience's applause. Is it a real appreciation of art, or is it catering to unhealthy emotions? Are people watching it to listen to music and get an education, or are they watching beautiful girls acting coquettishly, or dancing naked? Wouldn’t it be good to have more people?”
Following this, a soldier from a navy base club was punished for accidentally playing Su Xiaoming's "Night at the Military Port" on a cable broadcast, and was actually imprisoned by the leader who supported the opposition.
This made the "Haiphong Song and Dance Ensemble" feel even more criticized and the pressure increased, and there were internal differences over Su Xiaoming's singing.
It was at this time that Hong Yanwu saw the relevant news and suddenly thought that Li Guyi's song "Hometown Love" had been accused of being a "yellow singer", and he had a premonition that this situation would continue to evolve. Worse outcome.
Only then could he wait to remind Yang Weifan and come to discuss how to solve the crisis.