The movie "Wangdao", which was released on March 24, tells the story of Mr. Chen Wangdao, the translator of the first full Chinese translation of "Communist Manifesto", who translated the "Communist Manifesto" in the old China, which was full of wind and rain, and kept watch for the country. It is also an important chapter of the film. The film is not a biography for a single person, but with a rigorous and serious academic attitude, taking history as the keynote, and successfully shaping a group of revolutionaries who pursue the belief in Marxism. Since the film was released, Mr. Chen Wangdao's life of seeking, watching, and guarding the Tao for the nation and the country has infected many viewers.

"Wangdao" stills, Liu Ye as Chen Wangdao

On March 27, under the guidance of the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, an expert seminar on the film "Wangdao" was held in Shanghai jointly sponsored by Wenhui Daily and Shanghai Film Group. Party history experts, literary critics, film theorists and film creators conducted in-depth discussions on the exploration of the works in terms of history, thought and aesthetics.

The participating experts agreed that the film "Wang Dao" is a sincere work that shines with the true meaning of history and the brilliance of thought. The film has absorbed the latest achievements of the domestic party history academic circle in recent years, reflecting academic rigor and seriousness. ;At the same time, the film builds a reasonable dramatic logic in the rigid history, waving the long sleeves of art in the growth space of the characters. On the whole, this is another masterpiece of the Shanghai Film Group following the "Creation of the World" and "1921", which is mainly cast and controlled by major revolutionary themes. Emotional resonance among young people who have longed for the road to save the nation.

Seminar site

Respect historical facts and expand spiritual connotation

Jia Leilei, a literary critic and former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Arts, said that in the process of watching movies, he always thinks of TV series "Awakening Age", movies "Revolutionary" and "1921". "Now is the era of video, and video plays a very important role in the construction and realization of the memory of this generation. Therefore, this batch of film and television works has completed the reflection of the collective memory of our people on the history of the early spread of Marxism in China. Constructing and calling, helping to establish a sense of national identity, is of precious significance." In his view, the theme condensed in the movie "Wang Tao" can transcend time, and it can be called "a collective memory belonging to the Chinese people."

Jia Leilei

At the seminar, many experts mentioned the genre innovation of the film, and believed that "Wang Dao" integrated the characteristics of major revolutionary films and biopics, and realized the extension of the theme.

Stills of "Wangdao"

"After watching the whole movie "Wang Tao", I have to be convinced that this is an excellent movie blockbuster that combines academics, ideology and artistry. It can be called the perfect combination of academics and art." Vice President of Shanghai Party History Research Society Professor Xu Guangshou read the uniqueness of the film in three aspects: academic, ideological and artistic. He especially praised the film "Wang Tao" for its rigorous restoration of the translation and publication process of the first full Chinese translation of "Communist Manifesto". In his view, whether it was Chen Duxiu's search for the first translator of the "Communist Manifesto" from Beijing to Shanghai, or the subsequent proofreading and publication, the movie "Wangdao" respected historical reality and interpreted a major revolutionary film "only Truth is eternal".

Xu Guangshou

From the translation of the "Communist Manifesto", an important event in the history of the party, to the spiritual theme of "Wang Tao", describing a group of people's pursuit of truth and persistence in faith, literary critics, Shanghai Cultural Development Fund Li Guoyi, chairman of the association, believes that "the film has completed an upgrade in content and conception. For example, the director gave many close-ups of 'feet' and 'roads' in the film, implying that when the nation is facing changes and choices, When many roads are intricate and difficult to distinguish, what kind of "Tao" to look at is very important. At that time in China, there was a group of truth watchers who were looking for and following Marxism. It is very necessary." The film also conveys the signal to today's audiences-what kind of truth should one seek in one's life, what kind of path should be practiced, and the life creed of "only with faith can we go far" can be run through of different generations.

Li Guoyi

Visualization of spiritual behavior, looking forward to the portraits of young people a hundred years ago

"Light chaser, fire broadcaster"——At the seminar, the experts unanimously used the image of fire to describe the creation of the theme image of Chen Wangdao in "Wangdao". The participants all believed that the main creator of the film composed a spiritual history of modern Chinese intellectuals in a combination of fiction and reality, and fully demonstrated the courage and responsibility of revolutionaries in the face of life and death choices with film language.

"Many viewers have fragmented perceptions of Chen Wangdao and his work. Except for the translator of the first full Chinese translation of "Communist Manifesto" and his status as the president of Fudan University, they don't know much else." said Dean of the Film Academy of Shanghai Theater Academy, Li Zhenlin, Distinguished Professor of the Changjiang Scholars of the Ministry of Education, analyzed: "In addition to being a rigorous scholar, the film also provides Chen Wangdao with multiple aspects: from understanding the strike of printing factory workers, to fundraising at the Fudan University News Center, to the protests and marches of teachers and students, Chen Wangdao's The characters are distinct." While full of the characters' personalities, "Wang Dao" also reflects the historical facts including Fudan University's school running in Beibei through the portraits of intellectuals, "making the richness of the characters in the film and the literature meaning of modern revolutionary history and higher education history They complement each other. Such an ideological purpose is also the charm of the film."

Stills of "Wangdao"

Yang Junlei, a professor of the Chinese Department of Fudan University and an expert member of the Education Steering Committee of Drama, Film and Television of the Ministry of Education, noticed the difficulties in the creation of "Wang Dao" in similar themes. , A film that expresses the cultural act of translation, how the literary drama is expressed in action, tests the creator's visual expression of official history." She took the details of the film as an example: "Its narrative structure is rich and multi-line; and in terms of expression techniques, there are additions and subtractions, and the additions better highlight the character of the characters, such as Chen Duxiu's treatment of the first edition of "The Communist Manifesto" and the design of him rushing to the apartment on a rainy night to read the freshly translated version; the reduction is to better highlight the main line, such as the flashing Shao Lizi in the film, who actually sent the original manifesto to Chen Wangdao. A person from a "little fellow countryman" was replaced by Dai Jitao handing over the Japanese version, which not only effectively created a sense of legend in the mist of history, but also extended the timeline of the film to incorporate a larger historical perspective into the narrative." In the "increase and subtraction" of artistic techniques, the film not only outlines the joint construction of Chen Wangdao and Chen Duxiu's teachers and friends, but also connects the portraits of Li Hanjun and other young people who looked forward to the avenue of truth in the tide of turmoil more than a hundred years ago. "The translation of the "Communist Manifesto", the core plot, is carried out on two other roads. The first industry is the liberating revolutionary road of the labor movement of the liberators that we see. There is another one, that is, in the The spiritual continuation of the students' education... In these processes, we have all seen a very vivid image of a spiritual behavior that can overcome difficulties and solve this problem It can be transformed, and it can make revolutionaries present in a revolutionary era.”

Yang Junlei

The participating experts also highly praised director Hou Yong's superb skills, and believed that "Wang Dao" fully revealed the topic of many "new mainstream" films, "Why the Chinese Communist Party Wins", with precise film language. Cheng Bo, a professor and deputy dean of the Shanghai Film Academy of Shanghai University, said, "I have moist eyes in several places." He believes that "Wang Dao" can touch the hearts of viewers, which is inseparable from the film's emotional and prose strategies. "The temperament of the situation, human emotion, and image expression in the film is quite a bit of the structure and meaning of our Chinese cultural 'excerpts', which produces an aesthetic reading effect and is a manifestation of Chinese aesthetics on the big screen. "

Wang Jianer, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Film Group, said that in Shanghai, the birthplace of the Party and where the first full Chinese translation of the "Communist Manifesto" was printed and published, the movie "Wang Dao" produced in Shanghai is a reflection of Marxism in China. Looking back affectionately in the early days, it is the feelings and responsibility of Shanghai film creators to continue the red blood and the cultural context of Shanghai.

Wang Jianer

At the seminar, the experts believed that this is a work that can be "retained" and "passed on". Just like the fire in the film finally turned into a red ocean all over the sky, with the long-term screening of the film, more audiences will be inspired by the spirit of "you can only go far if you have faith in your heart", and taste the truth together. fire.