Listen to the story of the famous director Li Qiankuan and Chongqing by the writer Huang Jiren
Chongqing Daily all-media reporter Huang Qi'ao
On August 12, Changchun Film Group released the news that Li Qiankuan, a famous director, a national first-class director and honorary chairman of the China Filmmakers Association, died at the age of 80 in Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, at 8:29 a.m. on the 12th.
According to reports, Li Qiankuan graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1964 and was assigned to the Changchun Film Studio, where he created many classic main theme films throughout his life. His representative works include "General Sabre", "Founding Ceremony", "Chongqing Negotiations", "After the Decisive Battle", "July 7 Incident" and so on. He co-directed the historical film "The Founding Ceremony" with Xiao Guiyun, which won the Best Feature Film Award at the 10th Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema and the Best Feature Film Award at the 13th Hundred Flowers Awards of Popular Films; "Chongqing Negotiations" won the "Huabiao Cup" Government Excellent Film Award and the 17th Hundred Flowers Award for Excellent Film.
Li Qiankuan and Chongqing have quite a relationship. In addition to filming the film "Chongqing Negotiations", he also has a deep relationship with Huang Jiren, honorary chairman of the Chongqing Writers Association, and has directed three of his works. At noon on the 12th, the reporter interviewed Huang Jiren by phone and listened to him tell the story of Li Qiankuan.
"Li Qiankuan died? I also spoke to him on the phone the other day. "When the reporter informed the Huangji people of this news by phone, the Huangji people on the other end of the phone looked a little surprised." You wait 5 minutes and then call again. Huang Jiren told reporters.
Five minutes later, when the reporter dialed Huang Jiren's phone again, his mood calmed down. "I'm a very good friend with Lee, who has directed three of my works." Talking about his relationship with Li Qiankuan, Huang Jiren said.
Huang Jiren told reporters that his first intersection with Li Qiankuan was in the 1990s. "In 1991, in order to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the Western Film Group decided to adapt my novel 'The General's Decisive Battle is Not Limited to the Battlefield' into a movie, and hired Li Qiankuan as the director."
"At that time, after Li Qiankuan read my novel, he gave high recognition to the novel." Huang Jiren recalled, but he thought that if the title of the film was "The General's Decisive Battle Is Not Limited to the Battlefield", it would seem a bit lengthy. "After much deliberation, we decided to use 'After the Showdown' as the title of the film."
"Like 'Chongqing Negotiations,' 'After the Decisive Battle' was also filmed in Chongqing." Huang Jiren said that when the film was filmed, the relevant departments in Chongqing gave great support to the crew. "At that time, there was a war scene in the film that was filmed in Jiangbei. In order to better restore the war scene, At that time, Chongqing organized thousands of people to perform group performances. ”
After the release of "After the Decisive Battle" in 1991, it was sought after by many audiences. Li Qiankuan was also nominated for the Best Director Award at the 2nd Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema for this film. "Another meaning of this film is that Li Qiankuan fell in love with Chongqing, laying the foundation for him to come to Chongqing many times to shoot movies." Huang Jiren said.
The film "Chongqing Negotiations", based on another novel by Huang Jiren, was also directed by Li Qiankuan. "At that time, Chongqing was the biggest location for the Chongqing Negotiations." Huang Jiren said that in order to make the film well, Li Qiankuan tuned 17 American jeeps from Changchun in the 1940s, "At that time, in order to show the grand scene of ordinary people sending Mao Zedong to Chongqing for negotiations, someone needed to sing folk songs from afar in northern Shaanxi." In order to ensure the smooth shooting of the movie, Li Qiankuan personally went to the battle and sang a folk song in northern Shaanxi. ”
After filming "Chongqing Negotiations" and "After the Decisive Battle", in 1997, Li Qiankuan's film "Rising Sun Thunder" was also adapted from Huang Jiren's novel. Many times of cooperation, so that the two of them formed a deep friendship. "Some time ago, I told Li Qiankuan that I hoped he would come to the director of another Chongqing-made film, "Da Peng Shizu.") Huang Jiren said, "When he heard that this was not my work, he proposed to see the script. After reading the script, he also called me and pointed out that the script had some hard wounds and was ready to find a time to interview in Chongqing, but he did not expect that this had become a wish that could never be realized. ”