Why is the color of Yue Opera film Butterfly Lovers so good?

The first color film in New China was Yue Opera "Butterfly Lovers", which ended on 1953. It was all the rage at that time and set a box office record in Hong Kong. Of course, the most well-known story is that during the Geneva Conference, this film was praised by Zhou Enlai as "Romeo and Juliet of China" and was used to entertain journalists from all over the world, thus dispelling the doubts of international public opinion about the development of traditional culture of Red China.

1952 in the second half of the year, the first national opera viewing conference was held, and Yuan Xuefen and Fan Ruijuan were ordered to perform "Butterfly Lovers" in Beijing. The superior clearly informed: Chairman Mao instructed to start the color film immediately.

1952 ends, and Liang Zhu starts shooting.

At that time, a black-and-white film invested nearly 200 thousand, and the color film had to double. Despite financial constraints, I devoted myself to filming.

At that time, Soviet experts clearly said: "You have to make a color film, and then we will talk about it in three five-year plans. Now we can shoot black and white movies very well. " Because the lights and potions are not mature, they are filming in the film factory while watching the staff do experiments with small bottles of potions. They weren't used to filming either. They shot a dozen times and lost their emotions. But even this kind of shooting method is aborted because of manual printing, unstable light and uncertain color. Finally, the question of whether it can be made into color film is put forward, and two Ake carbon lamps imported from the Soviet Union are emphatically introduced. Color film must have enough light sources. These two lights are always flashing and can't play their due role. The studio decided to make a black-and-white film. Therefore, the colors of scenery and costumes must be redesigned. When everyone was tearing down the scene, the electrician suddenly found that the Aker carbon lamp installed around could work normally-"the reason is that it is so simple to install it backwards." Yuan Xuefen found Xia Yan, the propaganda minister at that time, and asked him to look at the studio. The color picture seen from the camera lens was very bright, so he held a live office meeting and decided to shoot another color film. When it was most needed, even the searchlights used for air defense in Shanghai were lent to the studio to support the film during the day and sent back for air defense lighting at night. The time is 1953, and the bombing of the Kuomintang continues. "1953 is very hot in summer, and it is 38 degrees Celsius for many days. With so many lights on, we played 10 hours a day, and our faces were swollen after the performance. " Yuan Xuefen said. Fan Ruijuan's eyes can't stand the light stimulation, swollen to the size of grapes.

After 1 1 month's efforts, the film was completed. Chen Yi, then the mayor of Shanghai, came to check the samples and praised the film: "Didn't someone say that we can't make color movies?" Now that it has been filmed, isn't it worth summarizing? "

In fact, the political significance of Butterfly Lovers does not stop there. At that time, international public opinion was generally hostile to the new China. In terms of culture, people think that China, the producer, suppresses cultural development and only produces propaganda materials with military themes. This may also be another reason why Zhongyang leaders decided to shoot "Butterfly Lovers": our country also has classic romantic films and attaches great importance to cultural development.

During the Geneva meeting, Premier Zhou Enlai instructed the press office of the China delegation to show the color film Butterfly Lovers. More than 200 journalists were stimulated by such a strange and beautiful culture. At that time, the main international public opinion turned to the limelight: "Who said that the * * * production party did not want culture? Soon after the founding of New China, such a beautiful love color movie was made. " (Source: Northern News (Hohhot) According to Shanxi Science and Technology News Source: Netease, Xinmin. com)

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