Last February, two Chinese movies were pulled from the Berlin film festival: Better Days, a high-school bullying drama, and One Second, set during the Cultural Revolution and made by the renowned director Zhang Yimou. The movie tells the story of a group of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers in 1937 who put up a four-day defense of a Shanghai warehouse complex just as Japanese forces are overwhelming China. Lacking anything close to a main protagonist, it focuses not only on dozens of the 88 th ’s soldiers but also on refugees, foreign observers, and pretty much everyone else nearby. Then again, the movie ends with the Chinese soldiers abandoning the Sihang warehouse and the ruins of Shanghai, and crossing the bridge into the bustling, multicultural foreign zone. Mulan only just beat The Eight Hundred to the No 1 spot, but its takings are expected to be small. Shot entirely on the giant-screen Imax format (a first for a Chinese movie), it took 10 years to make, with a reported budget of $80m. If left unchecked, it will certainly deprive the entire Communist party of its historical basis. In 2009, Chan, who has now lived in China for more than a decade, said: “We Chinese need to be controlled. Zudem hat der Film bereits durch Previews 31,8 Millionen Dollar eingenommen. On October 25, 1937, Shanghai fell to the invading Japanese forces after nearly three months of staunch resistance. September 1, 2020 | Full Review… You can see where the money went. Synopsis: The film is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in 1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. Movie stars find themselves in a similar bind. Ben Ji, a former Chinese executive at Warner Brothers and Disney, said, "The movie-going experience, the all-star cast, visual effects and screenplay of this film can never be replaced by watching drama at home. It provides nutrition to form your own thoughts and ideas through a 45-minute live debate and interviews. The film is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in 1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. ‘No one knows how this history will be written,” a soldier muses portentously in the new Chinese blockbuster The Eight Hundred. In a report last month, PEN America condemned Hollywood’s pro-China self-censorship. The Eight Hundred depicts the legendary defence of the Sihang warehouse in Shanghai, where, in 1937, an isolated battalion of Chinese soldiers held out against the invading Japanese for … The Eight Hundred’s history had to be rewritten. “Because Hollywood films like The Avengers still play such a huge role in the Chinese box office, there’s a desire to displace that, or at least to have domestic films which are seen to be of as high a quality, both for the global market in terms of soft power, but also for the domestic market,” says James Mudge, director of the UK’s Chinese visual festival, which has been bringing Chinese cinema to the UK since 2011. While the rest of the world’s cinemas are still in coronavirus recovery mode, most of China’s 70,000 screens have been open since early August, and The Eight Hundred is a sign it no longer needs Hollywood content to fill them. The film has broken new ground as pandemic-era global theatrical top-grosser, and Asia's first film shot entirely with IMAX cameras, giving a huge boost to the Chinese film industry. Before The Dawn by Andrew Kawczynski 3:31 16. At one point, the soldiers rally round the flag, Iwo Jima-style, as the Japanese try to shoot it down – except the flag is that of the Republic of China (red, with a white sun on a blue square in the corner). There are around 400 Soldiers (so called Eight Hundred Heroes in history), holding out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for 4 days and 4 nights in order to cover Chinese principal forces retreating west. The bigger China’s movie industry becomes, though, the greater the urge to control the message. It is now the national flag of Taiwan. “They have to see the interview questions first, and any they don’t like you have to take out. Synopsis: The film is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in 1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. There are around 400 Soldiers (so called Eight Hundred Heroes in history), holding out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for 4 days and 4 nights in order to cover Chinese principal forces retreating west. Trailer for The Eight Hundred, starring Zhang Yi, Yao Chen, Yu Haoming, Augusta Xu-Holland, Jiang Wu, Huang Zhizhong. The film is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in 1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. The Eight Hundred. There are around 400 Soldiers (so called Eight Hundred Heroes in history), holding out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for 4 days and 4 nights in order to cover Chinese principal forces retreating west. The film is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in 1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. “The biggest thing is not the censorship itself; it’s the unpredictability of it,” says Mudge. Read Full Synopsis These will be enough to pull the audiences back to movie theaters. Last Stand by Andrew Kawczynski 2:34 18. The movie The Eight Hundred, which raked 188 million U.S. dollars as of Wednesday, sparked hopes that China's hard-hit cinema industry is ready for a comeback. Um 18 Uhr waren es bereits 12 Millionen Dollar. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a … He has other films in the pipeline. The Eight Hundred movie reviews & Metacritic score: From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. True Story of China’s ... that has kept “The Eight Hundred” out of cinemas. This is a film that is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in 1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. There are around 400 Soldiers (so called Eight Hundred Heroes in history), holding out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for 4 days and 4 nights in order to cover Chinese principal forces retreating west. Last month, Chinese authorities released a document calling for more homegrown sci-fi, and suggesting such movies should “highlight Chinese values, inherit Chinese culture and aesthetics, cultivate contemporary Chinese innovation”, as well as implementing “Xi Jinping thought”. Hide Info. Directed by Guan Hu and produced by Huayi Bros., “The Eight Hundred” tells the true story of a ragtag band of soldiers who attempted heroically to hold off imperial Japanese troops in 1937. So why go near it?,” says Yau Yee-ning, a culture reporter based in Beijing. The World Is Watching Us by Andrew Kawczynski 3:11 15. Last year, four of the top 20 highest-grossing movies worldwide were Chinese. When survival, patriotism, courage and triumph in the face of imminent defeat are projected onto the big screen amid an epidemic, the audience finds it easy to root for the underdog. Others, such as Jackie Chan – for decades the global face of Chinese cinema – have sided with the mainland, and against pro-democracy protesters. 2 hr 29 minNR Aug 28, 2020 While the movies are getting bigger and better, China seems to have little interest in exporting its culture. It is also a problem for Hollywood film-makers, who are effectively playing by the same rules in order to get their product on to China’s screens. The appetite for Chinese blockbusters seems to be coming from both directions. CGTN host Tian Wei sat down with Wang Zhonglei, the co-founder and CEO of the film's studio Huayi Brothers Media, and a group of Chinese filmmakers, on the stories behind the film and how the box office miracle happened. Last year’s Chinese film The Wandering Earth was one of the highest-grossing movies worldwide, but its special effects relied on western expertise. Beijing ICP prepared NO.16065310-3, The Eight Hundred: The story behind Huayi's pandemic-era blockbuster. One of the problems with the Sihang warehouse story is that the resisting Chinese forces were from the nationalist side, the Kuomintang, who were later defeated by Mao’s communists and retreated to Taiwan in 1949. With a home audience of 1.4 billion, the focus is still inward. It has s special meaning to some sixth generation directors back in 1990s and the current generation.â. “As US film studios compete for the opportunity to access Chinese audiences, many are making difficult and troubling compromises on free expression,” it said. More Info. Characters in The Eight Hundred are forced to make hard choices and forge their own codes of morality: Army deserters are torn between fleeing or alerting comrades of danger, and civilians have to choose between bringing aid or staying away. Last year was the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, so for the ruling Communist party to be glorifying the future founders of Taiwan was not a good look. Characters in The Eight Hundred are forced to make hard choices and forge their own codes of morality: Army deserters are torn between fleeing or alerting comrades of danger, and civilians have to choose between bringing aid or staying away. In a revealing comment, the secretary general of the China Red Culture Research Association, a government-affiliated group, reportedly said of the film: “It is a reversal of history and misleads the audience. Once the party’s leadership is lost, the Chinese nation is bound to fall into the deep, miserable abyss of colonised and semi-colonised countries.”. Teng Jimeng, a freelance cultural commentator, pointed out that the film's director Guan Hu, among many sixth generation directors in China, tend to focus more on the social realities. The Eight Hundred tells the story of the 88 th Division of the Kuomintang (nationalist) army, who held off twenty thousand Japanese soldiers in Shanghai for four days during the Sino-Japanese war. The film is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in 1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. The recent controversy over Disney’s Mulan filming in Xinjiang province, where major human rights abuses have taken place against Muslim minorities, led to a media blackout of the film in China, where it was released last weekend. From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. The new Chinese war epic The Eight Hundred arrives in Canadian theatres this weekend with a background far more intriguing, and complicated, than its on-screen content.. The Eight Hundred draws attention to the meteoric progress of China’s increasingly blockbuster-oriented film industry, but also to the Chinese government’s determination to stamp its authority on it. Releasing the film at the rocky reopening of cinemas in China was a risky move. The Shanghai set – a huge project that took 18 months to build – is detailed and convincing, especially the foreign concession area, populated by Europeans and Americans as well as Chinese civilians. Das Prestigeprojekt sollte das Shanghai-Filmfestival eröffnen, wurde dann aber kurz davor wegen angeblicher technischer Schwierigkeiten zurückgezogen.Technische Schwierigkeiten "It shows the national spirit of rising up to difficulties, and inspires personal choices in the face of unknowns and uncertainties," he added. That year, the government also carried out a huge clampdown on tax evasion in the film industry, making an example of the actor Fan Bingbing, who mysteriously “disappeared” for three months. In 2018, the Communist party’s propaganda department took direct control of the entertainment industry. It turned out that over 90 percent of the Interviewee knew little about the Battle of Songhu and the story behind this warehouse," Wang said. Votes: 2,774 | Gross: $0.37M Director: Hu Guan | Stars: Zhi-zhong Huang, Zhang Junyi, Hao Ou, Xiaoguang Hu. The Eight Hundred is being released in 33 UK cities and 60 countries worldwide, but none of China’s recent blockbusters has made even 1% of their revenues from foreign sales. One Second seems to have disappeared completely (such disputes can take years to resolve), but Zhang’s career is by no means over. For now, it seems, China is happy to be in the position of the soldiers in The Eight Hundred: barricaded in its stronghold, fending off incursions from without, but earning the admiration of the foreigners all the same. Zhang is an illustration of how fickle the relationship between censor and film-maker can be. The film is about the Defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 Shanghai during the Battle of Shanghai and the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in 1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. Bouncing back on the silver screen with a mainstream blockbuster has some special meaning to other sixth generation filmmakers. Book The Eight Hundred sessions at a Palace Cinema location near you. Then, in 2013, he was fined more than US$1m for violating China’s one-child policy. Take Cover by Andrew Kawczynski 6:47 17. But to criticise the Chinese authorities would be career suicide. There are huge, often violent action set-pieces. Day 4 by Andrew Kawczynski 4:54 13. Politics of War by Andrew Kawczynski 3:58 14. Leading the pack were Ne Zha, a family animation, and The Wandering Earth, an effects-heavy space sci-fi later picked up by Netflix. The film is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in 1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. The Eight Hundred Heroes 八百壮士 (1938) was a 53-minute feature directed by Ying Yunwei 应云卫 (Plunder of Peach and Plum 桃李劫, 1934) and starring Yuan Muzhi 袁牧之 as the troops’ leader, Xie Jinyuan, and his actress wife Chen Bo’er 陈波儿 as Yang Huimin, the Girl Guide who patriotically swam across Suzhou creek to deliver a flag to the warehouse (see still, with Yuan, left, and Chen, centre). Zur Differenzierung: Bis 17 Uhr lokaler Zeit schaffte "The Eight Hundred" laut des Branchendienstes "Variety" am Freitag 62,7 Millionen chinesische Yen, was rund 9 Millionen Dollar entspricht. The Eight Hundred , which depicts the 1937 battle between Chinese soldiers and the invading Japanese army. In the 1990s, the arthouse darling’s films (such as Raise The Red Lantern and The Story of Qiu Ju) regularly won awards at foreign festivals, even if they were often banned in China. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army. The Eight Hundred is directed by Guan Hu and stars Yi Zhang, Chen Yao, Augusta Xu-Holland and Haoming Yu. As for the troublesome flag, it is usually seen from a distance, and is conspicuously missing its white sun symbol. Any mention of the government or anything a little bit sensitive, they won’t answer it.”, Hong Kong’s film industry once dwarfed mainland China’s, but as the balance has shifted, its own stars have been forced to pick sides. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army. The 800 ist ein Kriegsfilm aus dem Jahr 2020 von Hu Guan mit Zhi-zhong Huang, Zhang Junyi und Hao Ou.. Der historische Kriegsfilm The 800 konzentriert sich … The incident boosted national morale, rallying international support at the upcoming Brussels Conference. “He’s getting more patriotic as the years pass, so Hong Kong people just totally rule him out now, but he’s become an international star so he doesn’t really care.”. The success of The Eight Hundred has not only breathed life back into the movie industry, but also retold a piece of history which deserves not to be forgotten. China lost that battle but won the war, and the resistance of the Eight Hundred Heroes earned the legendary status it retains to this day. The symbolism might not be on-message, but this history is still being written. It was pulled from a film festival, censored by the state and now it’s the year’s second biggest film. The Eight Hundred depicts the legendary defence of the Sihang warehouse in Shanghai, where, in 1937, an isolated battalion of Chinese soldiers held out against the invading Japanese for four days and, as the film would have it, “restored the pride of a nation”. If he could see 80 years into the future, he would have the answer: as an epic, effects-enhanced patriotic action movie. Summary: From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. Most stars studiously avoid commenting on anything political, she says, and interviews are carefully controlled. There are around 400 soldiers (so called Eight Hundred Heroes in history), holding out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for 4 days and 4 nights in order to cover Chinese principal forces retreating west. The Eight Hundred’s success is not quite as straightforward, though. "This film centers around national salvation and national revolution. The vast Shanghai set for The Eight Hundred took 18 months to build. The Japanese avoided striking this British-governed area, which was just across the creek from the Sihang warehouse, giving western observers a ringside seat. The movie was scheduled to open the Shanghai film festival in June 2019, but its release was suddenly cancelled just days before, owing to “technical difficulties”. Is The Eight Hundred an exhilarating war movie – or slick propaganda? At this point, China was seeking western support in the Sino-Japanese war, so the Sihang warehouse incident was already, in part, a theatrical exercise. From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. “It is a hornet’s nest. But for the Huayi Brothers, the 463-day wait was finally over. True Gold Fears No Fire by Andrew Kawczynski 4:38 11. Mulan star Liu Yifei’s support for Hong Kong police suppressing pro-democracy protests prompted boycotts of Mulan in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It has been compared to western war movies such as Dunkirk (although there is more than a touch of Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor in there), and so far it has taken more than $400m (£308m) at the box office, making it the second-highest-grossing movie of the year worldwide. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army. She reemerged after making a grovelling public apology and paying a fine of nearly $130m. The document also called for the industry to support research and development in key areas such as visual effects (both The Eight Hundred and The Wandering Earth rely on western expertise for their effects). If we’re not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.” As a result, Chan is now deeply unpopular in Hong Kong, says Yau. Discussion. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army. The cravenness could have backfired. The Eight Hundred (2020) Synopsis. The Eight Hundred is by no means the first film to find its release suddenly cancelled. Guan Hus teures Kriegsdrama The Eight Hundred zeigt, wie chinesische Soldaten im Jahr 1937 versuchen, die japanischen Invasoren in Shanghai aufzuhalten. The two might be on a collision course. China’s film industry might also take some pride in The Eight Hundred. “The things to avoid are pretty much the same” – chiefly politically sensitive issues such as Mao, Tibet, the Tiananmen Square massacre and Hong Kong democracy – “but if you’re a film-maker or an investor or a producer, and you know that your film could get yanked the day before it’s supposed to be released, even after you’ve spent all your marketing money, it’s a problem.”. There are around 400 soldiers (so called Eight Hundred Heroes in history), holding out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for 4 days and 4 nights. The film is based on true stories taking place during Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai, China, in1937, the battle and protection of the Si Hang Warehouse. It is dangerous to annoy China’s censors, but it is dangerous to appease them, too. There are around 400 soldiers (so called Eight Hundred Heroes in history), holding out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for 4 days and 4 nights in order to … There are around 400 soldiers (so called Eight Hundred Heroes in history), holding out against numerous waves of Japanese forces for 4 days and 4 nights in A war epic about a battered Chinese army platoon's heroic last stand against invading Japanese forces in 1930s' Shanghai has smashed China's box office records since the epidemic outbreak. World Insight with Tian Wei is an international platform for debate and intelligent discussion. The Eight Hundred is thin on characterization, and too often slips into rote narrative and war movie cliches. It is impossible to know what was changed, but in the finished movie much is made of the support of the Chinese civilians across the river, who catapult over supplies and lift spirits. An unlikely band of soldiers known as "The Eight Hundred Heroes" held their ground against waves of fierce Japanese attacks for four days at Shanghai's Si Hang warehouse built by the Suzhou River. The Eight Hundred (Chinese: 八佰) is a 2020 Chinese historical war film directed by and co-written by Guan Hu, and starring Huang Zhizhong, Oho Ou, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, Wang Qianyuan, Du Chun, Vision Wei, Li Chen, Yu Haoming, Tang Yixin, and Zheng Kai. It is the meeting point of both the highly influential and rising voices, facilitated by host Tian Wei. A Vision by Andrew Kawczynski 2:49 12. "Our team conducted street surveys at the site of the bullet-riddled Si Hang warehouse, a structure still standing in Shanghai. Zhang was gradually brought back into the fold, directing the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It might be too early to tell, but reopening with a blockbuster helps big time. Will The Eight Hundred bring the broader film industry back to life in China? 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