The film "Song of Soldiers" is the second masterpiece of Ge Chuhray after "Forty-first". The film won the San Francisco Film Festival Grand Prix, the Best Director Award, the All-Soviet Film Festival Grand Prix, and the Cannes International Film Festival Young Director Award. In 1961, the screenwriter Wa Yezhov and the director Ge Chukhrai received the Lenin Prize. This is a surprising black and white film. Although there are almost no war scenes, it is the best war movie I have ever seen. "Song of the Soldiers" is not as dull and depressing as most black and white films. This film is not inferior even today. If the picture of the film is in color, it is estimated that no one would think that it was 50 years ago. movie of.
I prefer Ge Chuhrai's "Song of Soldiers" to the "Goose Flying to the South" of the same period I have seen in the past. Although "Song of Soldiers" does not conquer the audience with the poetic imagery like "Goose Nanfei", it touches people's hearts with the smoothness of the narrative and the purity of the connotation, which is a bit more joyful. The style of the image is extremely smooth, not at all obstructive, and there is no feeling of stagnation from the beginning to the end of the film. The brisk rhythm makes people forget the sadness at the beginning, the sweet love makes people yearn, there are not too many fancy skills, but all the performances are so perfect, the little bit in life, completely follow Alyosha's simple heart Throbbing.
The 19-year-old correspondent Alyosha in "Song of the Soldiers" was commended by the general for destroying two tanks, but he refused the honor and asked to go home to see his mother. The story is mainly about On the way home, although the plot is simple, we have seen family love, war, marriage and betrayal.
The film’s form of expression should belong to a road film, because the narrative development of the film is based on a journey back home from Alyosha. Alyosha completed a life experience, thought change and character shaping during the six-day trip home that occupied the absolute length of the movie, resulting in a series of dramatic conflicts. We traveled through Alyosha and slowly tasted what the director wanted to express to us. This narrative structure was very special at the time. Alyosha met all kinds of people on the road, both positive and negative. The film also reflected the cross-section of life in the front and rear of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War. , Showing various characters who behave differently in the face of the test of war: the general with a bandage on his head, serious and kind eyes, a disabled soldier and her wife, a tired and kind truck driver, and a mother who is waiting for her son. Wait, wait, this kind of character exhibition style expression like "Old Things in the South" not only shows the excellent acting skills of the actors, but also shows the director's profound skill in portraying details.
Compared with most other war films, the tone of "Song of Soldiers" is relatively simple, somewhat light and bright. Of course, sometimes the shots are still a bit heavy, which also reflects the turbulence at that time. The photography of "Song of Soldiers" is emotional. The director uses the lens to express his emotions. At the beginning of the film, the scene of Alyosha's mother looking forward to her son's return is a bit sad. Then slowly swayed to Alyosha's mother, where she stood alone and looked out, the loneliness of the film spontaneously arisen. Then I gave a close-up of my mother’s face, the camera slowly zoomed in, and gave a close-up of the mother’s glasses, and then the picture faded in and out, and then a huge tank moved forward. This is how the story of Alyosha’s coming home began. . The scene of the tank chasing Alyosha was particularly frequent. The director tilted the camera upside down to shoot. This unique perspective, coupled with the scheduling of the scene, the combination of the shots, and the composition of the picture, are unambiguous, let us fully appreciate it. Tensions and dangers during the war.
The lens language of "Song of Soldiers" is very flexible, and the charm of black and white images is fully utilized. It is hard to imagine that such a film was made fifty years ago. The director is not stingy with light, the single black and white tone here does not become a disadvantage, but makes some lenses darker and more textured. The scene where Alyosha left the army in the car against the crowd, the smoke billowed, slowly pulling away, let us regret that countless soldiers could not go home; the scene in the train carriage is quite romantic, the camera and the camera The relationship between them is also handled decently, quite cunning, brisk, and feels like a modern movie. The light and dark scenes, both white and black, are simple and pure, which also faintly illustrates the purity between the two people, sometimes shy, sometimes humorous, sometimes cheerful, sometimes full of longing, and sometimes with a touch of faintness. Sorrow. When Alyosha went to pour the water and heard the news of the Red Army’s defeat and the city’s fall, the people around him were silent, with thick smoke billowing behind. The childish children did not have any expressions on their faces... After the end, they still picked up the picks and shovel in their hands, and continued to work with their helpless feelings. Under the war, people had no choice. Only helplessly silently accept.
The audience’s favorite scene in the film is probably the scene where Alyosha and Shura are about to part. On the train, the two eyes are facing each other, and the feelings are slowly fermenting, exuding a strong feeling of love, and suddenly the smoke drifts over. , The lens is cleverly switched, which is more beautiful than modern romance films, pure and sincere. The flying scene behind him is blurred and blurred, just like the wonderful overlapping paintings that make people indulge in this love. The subtle editing switches to the outside sky, giving the audience space for reverie and emotional photography. Substitute the film into a climax, giving people a prose and poetic feeling. The two people hugged each other tightly on the train, and then cleverly transferred to the two people embracing each other on the platform. This switch is just as appropriate, bringing us into the moment when the two of us finally parted, and the sadness permeated the platform. superior. When Alyosha recalled the various things between the two on the train, he painted with the birch forest next to him. The image is so emotional, the sadness of losing his lover unknowingly makes the audience empathize. The audience is like Ah Liaosha and Shula felt sorry for the couple.
"Song of Soldiers" breaks through the framework and theatrical structure of similar movies in the past. Although there are not many twists and turns, the experience it gives the audience is much richer than some stories and events. The plot structure of the scattered culture is light and bright. Light and shadow, emotional photography, it enables the audience to think about the relationship between war and people from a philosophical perspective. There is no doubt that this is a pure and clear film, although it also has its sadness, but its green and beautiful, let our souls get a wash. What we see is a clear and pure heart, like a clear sky, like the rays of the sun.
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