During that time, I didn’t pay much attention to the media, but I also heard a lot about this film: about his huge capital investment as a blockbuster, about how the director entered Zhongnanhai because of the sensitive subject matter In the reconstructed "Nanjing City", which is almost a real ruin, she persisted for four years. After finishing the project, Gao Yuanyuan suffered from depression and was able to fall asleep only through Guo Degang's cross talk, as well as propaganda and praise. You can see how famous it is.
But when it's over, it's over. I was not moved, not angry, not even thinking, only disappointed. I remember going to Yuanmingyuan in elementary school and reading historical materials in its museum, and shed tears for the shame of the country. Seeing the words "Revitalizing China" left on the ruins, for the first time in my life, I felt the responsibility of being a son and daughter of China, and my blood boiled. Later, in a composition exercise, I wrote all that with full emotion. But the teacher just gave me a very low grade. It was only later that I realized that sincerity and affection alone are not enough. Your experience and ability are not enough to control a history that is so heavy and related to the entire nation. And today's disappointment is precisely because Lu Chuan didn't have the ability to control the shocking history more than 70 years ago, and he shot it without awe.
I have no intention of attacking the director personally. I believe in his sincerity and hard work, but just like himself back then, one should not be able to act if he is not capable. This is disrespectful and irresponsible for history.
Heh... Maybe I should be glad that Lu Chuan didn't go deep enough. Suddenly I thought of Zhang Chunru, the Chinese female writer who was finally overwhelmed and committed suicide because she went too deep into that period of history. She sacrificed her life at the age of only 36 to a history that cannot be carried on one person's shoulders. Lu Chuan will inevitably suffer mental damage if he tries it so easily. If he loses his life, it seems too cruel.
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