After watching "Three Thousand Miles of Chang'an," everyone brainstormed: who should be featured in a Song Dynasty film, who in a Ming Dynasty film, and how should they be portrayed?
The Song Dynasty certainly wants to portray Yue Fei.
Don't play around; just diligently organize the historical materials and then shoot them honestly.
And filming Yue Fei is not just about filming Yue Fei.
To shoot the Jingkang Incident the sky falls and the earth splits.
To capture Zhao Gou's abandonment of the capital and the difficulties of fleeing, the arrangement of abandoning the two rivers, and the execution of Chen Dong and the demotion of Li Gang, summoning laundry maids for pleasure.
To depict Yue Fei fighting bravely in the Tokyo 留守司 (留守司 refers to a 留守 office or 留守 commandery) under Zong Ze, Zong Ze devoted himself completely, and in the end, he was exhausted. On his deathbed, he called out three times for the crossing of the river.
Yue Fei, along with Zhang Xian and Wang Gui, suffered defeat after defeat and fled southward, far away from their hometown of Xiangzhou, like stray dogs, but they never lost their spirit.
To shoot Xu Qing first followed Kong Yanzhou, but in the end, he witnessed Kong Yanzhou oppressing the people, and had a change of heart, breaking ties with him and joining the Yue Family Army.
To shoot Niugao, Dongxian, and others followed Li Yanshen, Dazi, and Xiaozhai in He Luo to fight hard.
After the fall of Shaizhou, Shao Yun was flayed alive by Wanyan Lou Shi, and Li Yanxian, who had broken through the encirclement with a severed arm, refused to live on and threw himself into the Yellow River to commit suicide.
To shoot Zhai Xing, Zhai Jin fought and transferred to the He Luo region, struggling hard under the circumstances of having strong enemies ahead and no reinforcements behind, ultimately Zhai Xing was poisoned by a traitor, and Zhai Jin died fighting.
To shoot the scenes of their hometowns being massacred and their subordinates being slaughtered, Niu Gao, Dong Xian, Li Bao, Liang Xing, Wang Jing, Li Dao can only find ways to defeat the Jins in their repeated escapes.
To depict how these disheartened, defeated, discouraged, and cowardly individuals, these vanquished generals, rural landlords, soldiers, and farmers, who are also battle-hardened warriors, come together, and how they launch one northern expedition after another, fighting bloody battles to reclaim their lost territory.
Yao Pai said to Qin Hui, "If there is no Great Jin, what use does Great Song have for me as Chancellor?" Yao Pai said to Zhao Gou, "This place is extremely blissful, I do not think of the old capital."
To expose the petty and despicable acts of the Southern Song Dynasty's small court, which have betrayed the blood and lives of millions.
To shoot the fourth northern expedition, to shoot the Battle of Yan Cheng.
After Yue Fei captured Yancheng, he hung a sword on a tree and ordered that no one should commit any plunder. Whoever dared to loot would be beheaded with this sword!
Wanyan Wushu personally led a large army to confront Yue Fei, with all the elite forces of the Jin Kingdom, including heavy and light cavalry, in full array, advancing in great numbers directly towards Yue Fei's base, like a mountain pressing down.
The heavy infantry of the Song army remained unmoved amidst the harassment by the Jurchen cavalry.
To shoot Yang Zaixing leading two hundred cavalry to charge the Jin army formation, to shoot him invincible, to shoot him maneuvering left and right, and more importantly, to shoot him even when exhausted, charging alone into the enemy ranks to directly target Wanyan Wushu, ultimately being killed by a hail of arrows, with the arrowheads collected from his burned body amounting to two liters.
Yue Fei ordered Yue Yun to lead a small contingent of the Backwei cavalry to charge and disrupt the light cavalry of the Jin army 拐子马. "If you retreat, I will be the first to cut you down." Yue Yun, holding two iron-tipped lances, led the heavy cavalry of the Backwei army to suddenly emerge from both flanks of the main formation, fighting a few against many, with blood soaking through their heavy armor, causing the formation of the 拐子马 to fall into chaos.
The Song army's infantry formation moved forward, enveloping the out-of-control 拐子马 (guai zi ma) in a pincer movement.
Yao had no choice but to order the heavy cavalry, the Iron Floating Tower, to charge the Song army's heavy infantry formation head-on to save the 拐子马.
Note: "拐子马" (Guai Zi Ma) is a proper noun referring to a specific military formation or unit, and is thus left untranslated.
Yue Fei, as the marshal, personally took the field, fighting with all his might to annihilate the last of the Jin Kingdom's elite Iron Floating Tower troops.
Yao Pai Wan Yan Wushu barely escaped, looking at the slaughtered Iron Floating Tower, he said to his subordinates: "Since the uprising at sea, we have always relied on this for victory, but now it is over!"
To portray the Hebei righteous army, the brave men of Shanxi, the heroes of Shandong, and the valiant heroes of Guanxi responding to Yue Fei. To depict how the upper echelons of the Jin state are in a state of panic, preparing to retreat to Liaodong beyond the Pass.
To capture this moment, the unification of the world has never been so close, the great division since the late Tang Dynasty seems to be about to end, and the world will be stabilized, unified under one rule! The Song Dynasty will eventually become one of the cultural symbols of the Han people, just like the Tang and Han Dynasties. The two hundred years of national prosperity are within reach.
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Then, take twelve gold coins.
To capture the shock, fear, and anger of the northern people. They stopped Yue Fei's warhorse from returning south and said, "We all rose up in response to the general's call. What will we do if the general returns south?" "We carried incense basins on our heads and transported grain to welcome the imperial army, which the Jin people know well. Now if you withdraw, we fear none of us will survive!"
Yue Fei, in great sorrow, looked up to the sky and sighed deeply: "Ten years of effort, wasted in a moment. The states and counties gained, lost in an instant. The state and the nation, hard to revive. The world, impossible to restore."
Yue Fei felt disheartened and decided to retire to the countryside.
To portray Zhao Gou's cowardice and selfishness, Qin Hui's flattery, and Wanyan Wushu's arrogance, ‘must kill Fei, to start the peace talks’.
To have Yue Fei imprisoned.
He Zhu, who had been trying to blacken Yue Fei for over ten years, became increasingly uncertain and fearful while interrogating Yue Fei about his alleged treason. After seeing the tattoo of 'Serve the Country with Utmost Loyalty' on Yue Fei's back, he dared not bear the curse of a thousand years and told Qin Hui that there was no solid evidence.
To shoot Qin Hui, let Wan Si Xie investigate again; even if there is no evidence, it must be made into a dead case.
Niu Gao, at the age of sixty-one, and having served as an attendant, said with great sorrow before his death: "What I regret is that the peace between the north and south has prevented me from dying on the battlefield, and instead I die under the eaves of a house!"
To capture Zhang Xian's sneer when facing torture, to capture Yue Yun's disdain when facing the executioner's axe, and more importantly, to capture Yue Fei being tied up, with two prison guards using large iron rods to break his ribs one by one.
After confirming that Yue Fei was dead, Qin Hui and Wan Shixie laughed heartily, saying to each other that they could now rest easy.
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Finally, there was a tree with a knife hanging from it, and beneath it, the Northern Chinese people waited for the Northern Expeditionary Army. Spring came and went, and the Northern Chinese people died. The village gathered and dispersed, then gathered again. The rope holding the knife broke, and the knife fell to the ground, gradually rusted by wind and water, and eventually turned to dust. Only this tree grew taller and thicker.
Until a helmeted and armored marshal came to the tree, stroking the large tree, and asked the person behind him, "Tian De, you are well-versed. Tell me, who was the person who came to this place during the last northern expedition?"
The middle-aged general behind the marshal thought for a moment and said, "It's probably Yue Fei, Marshal Yue... It happened more than two hundred years ago."
"It has been more than two hundred years." The marshal sighed longly: "It has actually been more than two hundred years, it is truly too long."
After saying this, the marshal fell silent for a long time, then forcefully struck the ancient tree: "In the end, it's still up to me to settle the affairs of this world!"
The marshal turned his head, looking at the generals behind him, as well as the thousands of troops holding up the banner with the character 'Ming'.
"I, Zhu Yuanzhang, will lead you to settle the century-old affairs of the nation in this battle! Northern Expedition!"
"Northern Expedition!"
Edited on 2023-07-31 20:24・IP Location: Hebei
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Let me come up with an idea, or I'm afraid you'll talk the company into bankruptcy..
《Chang'an Three Miles》 is appealing because it has a heroic spirit, and the "Tang Dynasty All Stars" top male group makes their debut, with Li Bai, Gao Shi, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Wang Changling, Cui Hao,岑参, and Zhang Xu all appearing together. Who wouldn't want to see it?
So, shooting a series about the Song and Ming dynasties won't work. Su Shi, Yue Fei, and Xin Qiji all have great stories, but they can't be connected. Besides, with the great Song dynasty standing behind as a backdrop, it already feels suffocating before even starting to shoot.
明朝也不行,“三国耗尽英雄气,两晋尽是鼠辈出”,两晋当然不会尽是鼠辈,但从故事性上来说,就是没有吸引力。明朝也是一样的问题,单拍某个人或某件事应该可以,串起来拍反而效果不好。
如果真要按着《长安三万里》的路数拍,那最应该拍的是汉朝,准确的说是汉武帝时期。
中国古代历史上,故事性最强的就是秦灭六国、楚汉争霸、三国演义、隋唐群雄,全都被拍了无数次。
开元盛世当然故事性很强,但大部分都跟着《长恨歌》去拍李隆基和杨玉环了,盛唐气象反而变成了配角。
《长安三万里》就好在把盛唐最令人神往,最吸引人的气质拍出来了,雄州雾列,俊采星驰,李白杜甫、王维高适,这些名字, 这些诗句,这些人所对应的那个繁华似锦却又猛然陨落的时代才是盛唐。
再想找这么一个顶流人才辈出又充满英雄气的时代,那就只剩下“武皇开边意未已”的汉武大帝了。
先看看都有哪些顶流IP。
汉武帝、卫青、霍去病、李广、李陵、司马迁、张骞、苏武,这些人活在同一个时期,互相之间还都有交集。
刘彻和卫青互相娶了对方的姐姐,互为姐夫,当然,也互为小舅子……
霍去病是卫青的外甥。
李广、张骞,和苏武的父亲苏建,都是卫青的下属。
张骞和李广一同出征,结果迷路侯没迷路,自带GPS的活地图张骞迷路了。
霍去病杀了李广的儿子。
司马迁深受刘彻器重,极有可能当过李广的下属。
李陵是李广的孙子,司马迁为李陵求情而遭宫刑。
苏武和李陵同困匈奴,多有交往,一个是名垂青史的义士,一个是身败名裂的叛将。
这故事讲出来好不好看?
还有名气低一些的,东方朔、董仲舒、司马相如、卫子夫、霍光、张汤、刘病已、任安,几乎全都能互相串起来。
好故事也是一个接一个:
寇可往,我亦可往。这不得让刘小猪来一段?
匈奴未灭,何以家为。这不得让冠军侯来一段?
人固有一死,或重于泰山,或轻于鸿毛。这不得让太史公来一段?
罢黜百家,独尊儒术,影响中国历史的决策,得来一段。
苏武牧羊,十九年不改汉节,得来一段。
推恩令,千古第一阳谋,得来一段。
金屋藏娇,渣男从小就是渣男,得来一段。
夜郎自大,两千年前的西方(夜郎是西南夷)脱口秀,得来一段。
征讨天下、开疆拓土、凿空西域、封狼居胥,这不都得拍一下?
和盛唐一样,同样是从巅峰滑落,穷兵黩武,轮台罪己,奠定了繁华下的悲凉基调,戏剧冲突拉满。
飞将军引刀自刭,白发将军,终不复对刀笔之吏。
太史公忍辱偷生,独自写下千古绝唱,从此不知所终。
冠军侯英年早逝,祁连山下,只有“马踏匈奴”相伴。
长平侯上将之元,永远的“汉大将军”,死后卫氏被武帝清洗。
博望侯开辟丝绸之路,却因与李广出征失败,被贬为庶人。
关内侯孤守贝加尔湖,死前终返长安,与李陵大漠相别,李陵泣下数行。
这满满的史诗感,直接又是168分钟走起。
主角都不用选,就用太史公,他就能把所有人串起来,千万别用刘彻视角,那就俗了。
结尾也能收得住。
白发苍苍的刘彻在病榻回顾自己的一生,想起了卫青、霍去病、卫子夫、刘据,自己终于也要去陪他们了,但这大汉天下又该交给谁?这时有人在老皇帝耳边私语,老皇帝惊呼“速去”……
丙吉缓缓打开牢门,一缕阳光照入,霍光站在门外宣告武帝驾崩的消息。
监牢里,一个5岁的孩子抬起了头,挽狂澜于既倒,将大汉王朝推至巅峰的汉宣帝刘询登场了。
最后再来个彩蛋。
老迈的苏武在山间独行,却见一个银鞍白马的少年,正在对着匈奴假人练刺杀,苏武问他为何如此,少年说先皇驾崩后,西域诸国皆反,他要效法卫霍二位将军,平定西域,名垂青史。苏武一笑,问他叫什么名字,少年头一扬,“我叫傅介子”。
字幕出:
青海长云暗雪山,孤城遥望玉门关。
黄沙百战穿金甲,不破楼兰终不还。
公元前77年,傅介子孤身刺杀楼兰王,西域诸国震动,重新臣服大汉。
公元前60年,汉宣帝设西域都护府,西域正式纳入中国管辖。
战狼风拉满……
说到宋朝…
今天恰巧陪家人去了杭州宋城,看了宋城千年情的演出,可把我们一家人给恶心坏了。
南宋皇帝
万国来朝
表演异域风情舞蹈,从浓浓的西域风情到肚皮舞到阿里郎。
这倒也罢了,现场女声解说气势磅礴的来了一句“宋高宗忍辱负重,开创了南宋150年的基业……”
我还没吐完,紧接着来了一段表现岳飞抗金的舞蹈“金戈铁马”。
我觉得追光可以研究下这个导演的思路。