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After three months, Jade finally finished shooting "Saving Private Ryan" in the UK and Ireland.During this period, the seven-episode documentary "Nanjing Massacre" jointly produced by the Asian Broadcasting Group and the Chinese Department of the History Channel was officially released on the History Channel of the United States, and the edited version was also broadcast on major TV stations under the ABC. The congressman expressed "regret", but this tragic documentary still aroused widespread discussion in the United States.After all, in the minds of the vast majority of Americans, Japan is the little brother of the United States, submissive and humble, but the pictures on TV make them have to face up to this "most two-faced" nation among the human race.

Perhaps audiences on the east coast of the United States have a good impression of the Japanese. After all, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor at that time, it was nothing more than a "national humiliation" in the literal sense to the residents of the east coast of the United States.But for the residents of the west coast of the United States, the Japanese spies at that time committed some crimes in California.But what makes Jed most ridiculous is that some Japanese expatriates plan to sue History Channel and its parent company Dongfeng Broadcasting Group for "defamation" in American courts.

But unfortunately, the lawsuit was dismissed by Sherman's lawyers before it went to court.The reason given by Sherman's legal team is very simple. The subject of this "defamation" lawsuit is Japan. Either the Emperor of Japan is invited to come to the United States to sue in person, or the representative of the Japanese government in the United States, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, is invited to come. Sue, otherwise this lawsuit will not be established.Of course, the Emperor of Japan or the Japanese ambassador to the United States will not come to sue. No matter how the Japanese right-wing organizations make noise, Japan still dare not risk the disgrace of the world.If they really jump out, it will not only be that China and South Korea are nervous, I am afraid that the United States and Russia will also re-examine Japan's positioning.Americans are not stupid. If the Japanese are good little brothers, the Americans will naturally take good care of this little brother.But if the little brother wants to deny his big brother, the Americans have suffered from the "Pearl Harbor Incident".

On Thanksgiving Day, the first version of the promotional video of "Saving Private Ryan" was broadcast on major TV stations in the United States.Jed directly edited the essence of the landing battle at the beginning of the movie. The shots of bullets flying and corpses everywhere forced the major TV stations to move the advertisements to the late night time slot.Even so, the ad caught the attention of viewers across the United States.At first, the major entertainment media in the United States also reported the constant explosions at the filming site of "Saving Private Ryan", but after seeing the real scene, they were also stunned.This is not a big scene made by computer virtual imaging in the past, but a near-real reproduction of a war scene.Compared with the screen of this landing battle, "First Blood" is simply weak.And when this promotional film was broadcast, members of the National World War II Veterans Association stated that the landing scene was completely real, and they were happy and supported that Galaxy Movies and DreamWorks fully reproduced this scene.

With the endorsement of the Veterans Association, Paramount, as the film distributor, naturally launched the second version of the promotional film. This promotional film does not have any bloody and violent scenes at all, only the memories of the veterans who participated in the war.In order to strive for Oscar nominations at the end of the year, Paramount will not allow anyone to define this film as a pure war film. Once it is labeled as such, let alone competing for Oscars, I am afraid that even nominations will be difficult.Paramount's current plan is to make people feel that this is a historical film about World War II, so interviews with various survivors are necessary.

According to the original plan, "Saving Private Ryan" should be screened on June 6, which is the best day, but due to the production cycle, the entire movie is still scheduled to be released nationwide on November 6.Jed was in charge of the Los Angeles premiere, while Spielberg was in charge of the New York premiere.Everyone knows that Jade is not popular in New York, so the producer of the film had to be sent to New York to be in charge of the premiere.When participating in the promotion of the program, Jed also specifically emphasized that this movie may be the last movie in American film history to be edited with "non-digital editing equipment". Speaking of this, Jed still sighed a little.

With the assistance of computers and other equipment, the work threshold for editors will be much lower.Because using digital equipment to edit is actually the best way to reduce costs, because the final film must be finalized before the final film is developed or simply provided with a digital version of the screening content. This is a very good way for distribution companies to reduce costs.But that's it, the sense of age on the film will disappear without a trace, and the splicing styles brought by different editors will no longer exist.Although Jed just said it in passing, it got the response of many editors. For a while, well-known entertainment publications in the United States such as "Hollywood Report", "Variety Show" and "Vanity Fair" released commemorative special articles, nostalgic for those unknown in the history of American film. Editors who have contributed a lot.With these reports, many young people became interested in this so-called "last hand-edited film".

On November 11, "Saving Private Ryan" was officially released in 22 theaters across the United States.In the cool-toned picture, the Stars and Stripes of the United States are waving in the wind, and then an old man brings his whole family to the World War II Memorial Cemetery.He knelt in front of a tombstone, and then reflected the history of that year in his old eyes.Although the opening scene is very plain, but the film critics appreciate it very much.Whether it is the processing of tones or the texture of the picture, Jed is indeed worthy of the title of "the greatest new generation director in the United States".Many film critics have pointed out that if Jed could make fewer commercial films, he would have been ranked among the greatest directors in the United States along with his teacher, Mr. Spielberg.In the eyes of the old man, the picture returned to the Battle of Normandy.

Boarding the boat, the officer is explaining the last precautions.Then, there is the hell scene of gunfire.It is precisely because of this brutal opening scene that the film was mercilessly rated R by MPAA.However, Jed rejected the suggestion of re-editing, "The truth of history is not a potted plant."Although being a restricted-rated work guarantees that the viewers are all adults over the age of 6, the scenes of broken limbs and disemboweled stomachs on the battlefield still made many people feel uncomfortable.The film critics were also frowning and watching this scene. This scene has no story at all, it is simply a documentary without any editing.But they quickly understood the director's intentions, history is history, where does it need to be trimmed like a feature film?Gradually, the battlefield became less humane. The Allies not only used flame weapons and even refused the surrender of the enemy, but no one blamed the Allies for their actions.Because the scene after a few minutes is the scene of the survivors trembling and crying, while the beach in Normandy is full of dead bodies... After paying such a heavy price, what does it matter if the soldiers are a little angry for the sacrifice of their compatriots?

The scene quickly switched to the aftermath, and many women were typing "death notices" in a small room.Maybe it's because they have seen too much, they are all typing out letters that make their mother cry bitterly.But even so, a typist was moved. She picked up a notice and found her supervisor, and then her supervisor took her to find their superiors, and even superiors... because of a child named Ryan Sacrificial, this is the third child sacrificed by the Ryan family, and their youngest brother also "disappeared" during the Normandy landing.

The next picture is so beautiful that people are intoxicated. The quiet American farm, the golden wheat field and the blue sky and white clouds echo each other. A mother is doing housework at home.There are four stars hanging outside her door, representing that her four sons are all enlisting in the army.A black car drove slowly to the mother's house, and everyone knew that it was here to deliver the death notice.The mother slowly opened the door. She was still expecting a miracle, but when the pastor came out of the car, she knew that her son had died... The misfortune of this mother also made the US military commander feel sad, and he finally ordered that the priest be killed. Bring back the child of Ryan's family who disappeared during the landing battle, and bring it to his mother, so that his mother cannot lose even one son.

In fact, before the movie was released, Paramount raised a question, "Is it worth it for eight people to save one person?" It wasn't until here that everyone understood why eight people were sent to save one person.A female audience member whispered: "I think it's worth it. His mother has already lost three children, and she can't even lose the last child."

But her boyfriend asked back: "But the other eight people also have mothers, what about their mothers?"

The female audience didn't know how to answer, and the special operations team in the movie also set off amidst the controversy.Because this is a battle that goes deep into the enemy's rear, and only eight people are challenging the undefeated German soldiers, the difficulty can be imagined.Even though everyone already knew that someone would die, when the sacrifice really came, everyone still felt sad.And at the end of the story, the director actually killed the leading actor, Captain Miller.Is there anything sadder in a movie than the death of a leading man?Hanks' acting skills here are simply superb, vividly interpreting a soldier's reluctance and relief before death, although they are two contradictory emotions, but under his performance, he is not at all artificial.

He told Ryan, "Live on for us!"

In the narration of a letter, the movie returns to the opening scene.Old Ryan knelt at Captain Miller's tombstone and asked his wife to tell him, "He didn't live in vain!" It was the last thing he could do to rescue the people he died.

In Ryan's military salute, the white tombstone stood quietly, and then the Stars and Stripes fluttered in the wind... The story ends.

As the job list came to an end, the lights went up and Jed was greeted with rounds of applause.Although next year marks the 55th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy, there are quite a few World War II-themed movies, but this "Saving Private Ryan" has conquered film critics with a different style.On the one hand, it reveals the cruelty in war, and on the other hand, it also reflects the humanity in war.Film critics generally believe that this will be a strong team at the Oscars at the end of the year.

Not only the Los Angeles premiere was a success, but the New York premiere was also very successful. The midnight news program that night reported the grand occasion of the film’s release. Regardless of interviews with TV stations, most of the audience thought it was a very great movie. movie of.Some people even shouted the slogan "This is the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture".But Jed was not particularly happy, because he knew that the Oscars this time were very cruel.