1. Introduction to "The Galloping Era"
The TV series "The Galloping Age" is a period drama directed by Xu Zongzheng and starring Tong Dawei and Jiang Xin.
The play tells the story of young technician Chang Hanqing and combat hero Jin Canlan who dedicated their lives to the research, innovation and continuous development of electric locomotives in New China after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In 1960, young technician Chang Hanqing had just returned from studying abroad and met Jin Canlan, a female fighting hero who was transferred from the railway corps and assigned to the factory.
They went from being dissatisfied with each other to understanding and falling in love with each other. They overcame interference from family and the outside world, and finally united together. After marriage, they overcame various difficulties in life, researched technology, and spent their entire lives working together to develop and build electric locomotives in our country.
As time passed, their children finally chose the profession of locomotive construction and built a world-class high-speed rail for our country. 2. My thoughts after watching "The Age of Era"
I watched the movie "The Age of Era" more than once, and changed my online name to "Sea Biscuit". In my opinion, the two hours were The lingering aftertaste to this day.
The ancients once described "the voice will not stop lingering for three days" to describe the impact of this movie on me. Borrowing Confucius' "three days without knowing the taste of meat", I want to "The Age of Pentium" is likened to a feast, a feast with all the "shape", "color", "smell" and "taste" in the sports film industry. First, let’s talk about “shape”. “Shape” is the structure of the movie.
Its main line is the story of a horse and three people, which can be said to be a history of struggle. This story gave me the feeling of twists and turns.
Charles was going smoothly in his career, but he lost his son in middle age and his family was shattered. This was the first ups and downs; if some people grow up with a silver spoon in their mouth, then Rhett can be said to have been wandering since childhood. This is the second ups and downs; Tom is an excellent horse trainer, but has been buried, just like Yu Boya who lost Zhong Ziqi. Horses with thousands of miles of horses often come, but Bole does not. This is The third ups and downs: Although "Biscuit" has excellent pedigree, he is short in stature and lazy by nature, and is abandoned by others. This is the fourth ups and downs. When these four ups and downs came together, they became turbulent waves on the sea, erupting with astonishing power. The cheers on and off the racecourse explained it all.
However, the story does not end there. After achieving success, it spares no effort to depict failure. After overcoming failure, it uses external tests to fuel the flames. At this point, the second half of the film is a climax. After Red and Ma were injured, the film calmly narrated their lives with a lot of writing, just like there is always peace in the eye of a tornado, and around the eye of the wind, we, as the audience, all cried sadly, lamenting the impermanence and uncertainty of fate. have no choice. If the film was just about telling such a story, then such ups and downs would not be considered first-class in front of Hitchcock.
As for its structure, the finishing touch is the interplay of fiction and reality in the film. Historical photos interspersed with real-life shots are so natural, leaving no trace of modification.
When reality is gloomy, those black and white photos bring us memories of that era. The era may be depressed, but the memories are fulfilling. Such photos make us feel real; such reality makes the biscuits’ story more relevant.
Let’s talk about “color”. Color is the most direct impression on us. In “Heroes”, we remember the last drop of golden color; in “Schindler’s List”, we remember Remember the last red rose; in "The Matrix", green is given a unique temperament; in "Blue Sea and Blue Sky", the dream becomes the eternal blue color. In the movie "The Age of Era", we can easily find that the first half of the movie is in black and white and focuses on high-profile.
In such colors, we feel depressed. This kind of high-profile depression was born in a depressed era and in a life of twists and turns. Depression makes it easier for the audience to be involved in the film. There is a Gaoke in the dark sky, where is the wandering warbler yesterday?" It wasn't until Seabiscuit appeared, lying lazily on the grass, that people's eyes lit up. This "brightening" was a turning point in the color of the film.
From this, the color in the second half begins to brighten. Especially after winning a horse race, the flower petals sprinkled by Rhett make people happy both physically and mentally.
The days when Seabiscuit and Red were together, the colors were completely bright. Although, this kind of companionship is a sad story, the endless green grass, the flat and thick runway, the white paint that has just been painted Fences are of indescribable beauty. Since ancient times, when people see beautiful things, they are always so fleeting, and they will feel sad. They use beauty itself to modify the sadness. They can't help but want to say to Rhett and Biscuit, one day, where in the world are we lost? No matter we are on this shore or the other shore, we will meet again, this is fate.
The color makes the story achieve the state of "petals and tears falling in the wind, sad but calm". "Scent" is a factor that arouses our senses in addition to our visual senses.
Therefore, I prefer to use factors other than visual senses to compare the "scent" of "The Pentium Age".
Its fragrance comes from its music. The rich and atmospheric music combined with the noisy live sound is the horse racing of that era. The various small instruments combined with the fluent gossip commentary are the journalism of that era.
The entire music sets its grand tone. The extension of the music is to give people the feeling that history is extending under their feet. Its fragrance also comes from its lines.
"I was crippled for the rest of my life. I got better. He made me better. Hell, you made me better." When Rhett shouted these words, I cried, He was unwilling to bear the proclamation that there would be no pain in horse racing. Including Charles’ numerous declarations, they all make us feel excited in the midst of depression.
Its "fragrance" comes from its details. From how much Red eats, we can judge his complex psychological activities. He hopes to create glory by riding a sea biscuit, but on the other hand he is worried that his body shape is too big. He is big and restrains his appetite. In addition, there are many details that reflect the times.
Finally, let’s look at the “taste” of “The Age of Era”, that is, the feeling it gives the audience. As we all know, this is an inspirational movie, which faces difficulties and disabilities, and the sportsmanship of daring to challenge affects the audience.
However, I think it is not enough for a movie to just describe the spirit of sports. We can taste deeper content from it. The first is the spirit of the times. Optimism is the main line of the American spirit.
Hollywood has always been a place that has long been an American dream. Therefore, in terms of cultural background, it is the embodiment of the spirit of American native culture.
Secondly, we know that the three people all believe in "nothing is impossible", so that they can launch this business with great fanfare. But this kind of belief, raised to the level of philosophy, means that there are no miracles in the world. The time when people are closest to miracles is not when God shows miracles to people, but when people realize that there are no miracles in the world, and they still maintain their belief in the world. When you are persistent.
Therefore, when Red steps onto Seabiscuit again, it is an oath to a miracle. 3. Introduction to "The Age of Pentium"
This is a true story that happened in the United States during the Great Depression. Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges) was a former bicycle mechanic who made a fortune by introducing automobiles to the American West. Howard bought a short old horse named "Seabiscuit" (Seabiscuit), and he decided to have a relationship with the former professional boxer Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire), who is blind in his right eye, and the horse trainer. Tom Smith (Chris Cooper) joins forces to turn Seabiscuit into a racehorse. "Sea Biscuit" and its three-person team began a legendary journey. They created a miracle with tenacity, enthusiasm and perseverance.
Prior to this, Howard, Pollard and Smith were all frustrated in life, abandoned by their family and friends, unable to realize their respective ideals. Howard made his fortune from cars, but his son was killed in a car accident, and his wife also asked for a divorce. He suffered huge financial losses during the Great Depression; Pollard loved horseback riding since he was a child, but was abandoned by his parents at a young age. He had a bad temper. , wandering around, using his fists as a tool to vent his anger; Smith is a homeless horse trainer who is unaware of his situation, but full of love for animals. Seabiscuit was like them, a small bay horse that had been abused and worthless. However, their nature and fighting spirit have not disappeared. On the fast-moving field, their tenacity and victory have brought hope to the entire country in an era of depression... 4. Ending of the Galloping Era
The ending of "The Galloping Age" is that Chang Hanqing and Jin Canlan went from being dissatisfied with each other to understanding and falling in love with each other, overcoming interference from family and the outside world, and finally united together. After marriage, they overcame various difficulties in life, researched technology, and spent their entire lives working together to develop and build electric locomotives in our country. "The Galloping Age" is a period drama directed by Xu Zongzheng and starring Tong Dawei (Chang Hanqing) and Jiang Xin (Jin Canlan). The play tells the story of young technician Chang Hanqing and combat hero Jin Canlan who dedicated their lives to the research, innovation and continuous development of electric locomotives in New China after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In 1960, young technician Chang Hanqing had just returned from studying abroad and met Jin Canlan, a female fighting hero who had transferred from the railway corps and was assigned to the factory. They went from being dissatisfied with each other to understanding and falling in love with each other, overcoming interference from family and the outside world, and finally united together. After marriage, they overcame various difficulties in life, researched technology, and spent their entire lives working together to develop and build electric locomotives in our country. As time passed, their children finally chose the profession of locomotive construction and built a world-class high-speed rail for our country.
The meticulous control of details by the crew of "The Pentium Age" can be described as "harsh". From historical scenes of various periods and train models at various stages to various props and various parts, everything is as consistent as possible with the original appearance of history.
In order to restore the development history of China's electric locomotive industry and reproduce the craftsmanship spirit that generations of electric locomotive people have striven for, the show searched and dispatched various types of trains that met the filming requirements from all over the country, including steam trains, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, etc. Nearly 20 types of trains will be displayed in the play. At the same time, in order to meet the shooting requirements, the crew spent a lot of money to make multiple train locomotives and carriages in a 1:1 ratio. The shooting scene became a train museum.