The history of the party has been read every day for a hundred years| the first documentary in the West to positively show China's resistance to Japan, as recorded by evans, the "film warrior"
From the first time he came to China in 1938 to shoot "Forty Million People" to 1988 when he finished filming "The Story of the Wind", he used a camera to record the changes in China in the next half century, and he once said with enthusiasm: "I love China, China is my second hometown!" He's the "movie warrior" Julius Evans.
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Evans's documentary on China's anti-Japanese resistance, "Forty Thousand People" (Source: CCTV)
Evans was born in 1898 and is Dutch
He started filming at the age of 13
He witnessed the Spanish Civil War and the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan
As well as the revolutions and struggles of the peoples of Cuba and Vietnam
It's different from the average photographer
Evans used movies as a weapon
Concerned about the development and change of the world
Where there are major events happening
He racked the cameras wherever they went
He always focused the lens of the documentary on ordinary people
He is recognized as a pioneer in documentary film in the history of world cinema
Is a "film warrior" full of passion and faith
In 1938, Evans first came to China
He wanted to go to Yan'an to photograph the Chinese Communist Party's anti-Japanese resistance
Before leaving New York, he secretly contacted the CCP
He also met Song Qingling and Liao Chengzhi in Hong Kong
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However, due to various obstructions by the Kuomintang government
The trip did not reach Yan'an
Evans traveled to Wuhan, Taierzhuang and other places
A documentary called "Forty Thousand People" was filmed
It reflects what you have seen and heard from Wuhan to the Taierzhuang battlefield
A "nation that disintegrated in the fires of war and formed in the fires of war"
It was also the first documentary in the West to positively represent China's resistance to Japan
He became acquainted with the Chinese Communist Party for filming the War of Resistance
Evans met in Wuhan
Zhou Enlai, Ye Jianying and other Communists
And with them a personal friendship
With the help of a communist member of the filming team
Evans took many precious pictures
Precious historical archives have been preserved for New China
In the film "Forty Thousand People"
There were Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu, Ye Jianying and so on
Scene of a military conference held by the leaders of the Ccp
and footage of Zhu De (filmed by an American journalist in Yan'an)
He also included the anti-Japanese song "March of the Volunteer Army"
After "Forty Thousand People" was screened in the United States
It played a positive role in solidarity with the Chinese people in the War of Resistance Against Japan
At the same time, the influence of the "March of the Volunteer Army" was expanded
Due to obstruction, he could not go to Yan'an to shoot films
Evans before leaving China
Put an EM Brand One-Eyed Dragon camera and thousands of feet of film
The secret was handed over to the left-wing filmmaker Wu Yinxian
Autumn 1938
Wu Yinxian and Yuan Muzhi carried the camera
As well as a full set of film equipment purchased from Hong Kong arrived in Yan'an
The Yan'an Film Troupe was established under the General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army
The Yan'an Film Troupe used this camera
Recorded in the difficult war years
CCP leaders Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Liu Shaoqi
And the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee, and yan'an life
and other major historical video materials
Start with the first time you set foot on Chinese soil
Evans was a staunch supporter of the revolutionary struggle of the Chinese people
After the founding of New China
He came to China more than a dozen times
Filmed "Early Spring" and "Yugong Moving Mountains"
and films such as "The Wind's Tale"
It records the late 1950s and 1970s
As well as the Chinese style of different periods of reform and opening up
From the perspective of a foreigner
Witnessed the changes in China for half a century
These documentaries have opened a window for the world to understand China
He also suggested that Liao Chengzhi shoot "Doctor Bethune"
And a lot of work was done to get the shoot done
Evans is an advisor to the Chinese Ministry of Culture
He is also an artistic consultant to the Central News Documentary Film Studio
He passed on his knowledge and experience to
Young film artists in China
Cultivate film talents for New China
And to objectively introduce China to the world
Many misunderstandings of China by the international community have been dispelled
He lectured at film school several times
Specific instruction at a film studio
Evans thinks
True reflection of life is the life of a documentary
He demanded that every shot of himself be real
Never go against the truth in filming to create a plot
Early Chinese film artists
Most of them have been influenced by him
In the course of decades
Evans used cameras to record different gestures of China
Witnessed the image of China in different periods
China also became the longest time span for his shooting
One of the countries that produces the most works
In 1988, "The Story of the Wind" was completed
This is Evans' last work on China
It was also the finale of his film career
He hopes to tell people through this film:
"Peace is the most important thing"
June 28, 1989
Julius Evans died in Paris, France
Sources | Party History Study and Education Officer Micro Comprehensive Study Times, China News Network, CCTV Network, etc