Li Zhiyuan
It is no exaggeration to say that in the early days of reform and opening up, people in China began to watch TV. What should they see? Of course, it is a translated TV series that allows foreigners to speak Chinese. In the 50-year broadcast history of China TV, there is a translated drama that is very magical.
1977165438+1On the evening of October 29th, Beijingers with few TV sets stared excitedly at a drama, The Thief Behind the Enemy in the former Yugoslavia. Its broadcast kicked off, letting China people who have been closed for a long time know the outside world. Since then, foreign TV dramas have almost become a hit, and even themes such as anna karenine and Marx's Youth can make a sensation.
But the most telling thing is two American dramas, one is Men from the Atlantic, and the other is Garrison Death Squad.
1964, Irving Allen directed the famous TV series "Travel under the Sea", which lasted for 1 10 episodes. The 2 1 episode broadcast in China is People from the Atlantic. (Show the movie [Man at the bottom of the Atlantic])
Compared with today's gorgeous blockbusters, "People at the bottom of the Atlantic" is very simple. Fade in and out in the scene clip, with a little originality. By today's standards, the clothes of these characters are quite out of date. Even, the soundtrack only uses ordinary electronic organ. This is a fairly clean science fiction film, with no pornography and little violence. The hero and heroine are both handsome and beautiful, caring for each other, often risking their lives together, saving each other many times, but never kissing each other once! Occasionally there are some simple fights, but also for the needs of the plot. It will never take up more space. "The more you know, the more you feel ignorant." This classic line in the play states the theme of the film. Then, after the whole drama 2 1 episode was broadcast, the sunglasses of the leading actor Mike became the necessary clothes for all fashionable young people in China at that time. The glasses worn by Mike were called "Mike mirror", which was also called frog mirror at that time. In China, people who wear frog glasses keep the white circle logo of the left mirror to show their fashion and authenticity. At that time, wearing the frog mirror [the man at the bottom of the Atlantic], an absolutely avant-garde fashion symbol, also made two other fitness sports popular all over the country, that is, breaststroke and flying saucer. At that time, the streets were full of flying saucers, and even old people took part.
[Garrison Death Squad] was filmed in the 1970s and translated by Shanghai Translation Factory in the early 1980s, with 26 episodes. 1980 10 premiered on CCTV, with an episode once a week and broadcast at 8 pm on Saturday. In the late World War II, the war became more and more cruel. The captain's garrison found some thieves, swindlers, robbers and street hooligans from the prison and formed an unprecedented death squad. These people have their own strengths and great personalities, and they joined the team with the purpose of making meritorious deeds and atoning for their sins. They give full play to their respective specialties, crisscross European countries and go deep behind enemy lines. In the cruel war, their humanity, virtue and skills were revived and brought into play, and they became real heroes.
At that time, all the children in China worshipped the "Chief", and almost everyone had several flying knives made of saw blades. Flying knives are very popular in schools all over the country, and many people are killed by domestic flying knives. In addition to killing people and stealing things, eight safes have also been stolen in Shandong, which has always been simple. At this rate, it won't be chaotic at first glance. Stop. Stop it now! So [Garrison Death Squad] was beheaded in episode 13. In short, it was banned urgently. Relevant parties should stop it quickly! So he was beheaded and suddenly banned. The audience has written to CCTV. This has become a major event in the history of CCTV. The last episode of 10 was broadcast after 10 years.
It is worth mentioning that the early 1980s was the most glorious period of Shanghai Translation Factory. The dubbing lineup of Garrison Death Squad includes almost all the elites of Shanghai Translation Factory. The garrison is children, the actor is Qiao Zhen, the head of the team is, Casino is Yang, and Gao Nifu is. The ultra-luxury lineup is really awesome!
People are also deeply impressed by American TV series Hunter and Brave Lion. Any American cultural scholar is puzzled by the popularity of Hunter in China. Today, they don't understand why an ordinary and unremarkable character caused a sensation in China with a sitcom with more than 50 episodes. Come to think of it, the American detective didn't do anything earth-shattering, and the scene of fighting and killing was not at the same level as Jack's performance in the next 24 hours. But at that time, there was no such drama on our TV screen, and there was no hunter. Hunter is always solving crimes. Nowadays, except for this catchy name and the beautiful female detective mccall as his partner, almost all the cases he solved have been forgotten by the audience. Because Fred, who plays Hunter, is so tall, mccall can only stand on a box and play with him. The actress who plays mccall is called Stephanie Kramer. In real life, she is a woman who loves guns. She lives in Los Angeles with a 38 mm pistol under her pillow. It is said that she can shoot a cow in the eye from 30 feet away!
The Brave Lion is the first drama series broadcast by Zheng Da Theatre, with 44 episodes. It tells the love story of Vincent the Lion Face and Catherine, a beautiful young female lawyer who lives in a subway tunnel. This is the modern version of Robin Hood and the urbanized beauty and beast. The heroine is played by linda hamilton, who is the ex-wife of the great director James Cameron and a famous American movie star.
The Yugoslav series [People on the Blacklist] was introduced by CCTV. The monologue "Skillfully Entering the Enemy Rear" is one of the episodes, which describes the heroic struggle between the guerrillas represented by Tie Xi and Poole and the German army. This film has a far-reaching influence in China, with a strong sense of rhythm in the theme music and an unforgettable ending melody. All the national orchestras in China have played fantasia on the theme of Yugoslavia [blacklisted people]. 1984 Beijing TV started the Brazilian TV series [slave girl], 100 episode! This TV series immediately swept the country, and everyone was concerned about Izzola's fate. After Cyclone Izzola, domestic TV stations introduced South American TV dramas one after another, and [Bian Ka], [Defamation] and [Roughness] all had good ratings. One of the characteristics of these TV plays is their amazing length, generally more than 60 episodes. Most of them are housewives who can keep watching, and their noses are full of tears.
China people's vision is also stimulated by TV dramas of the former Soviet Union, the former Yugoslavia and the former Democratic Republic of Germany.
The former Soviet Union has 12 episode [Seventeen Moments in Spring], which tells the story of a lonely hero who bravely broke into the tiger's den and struggled with the devil with the background of World War II. There are almost no large-scale fighting scenes in the film, but the plot of the hero fighting with the enemy runs through the whole work. A major feature of the play is the restoration of the original historical appearance. In addition to normal narration, TV plays are also interspersed with archives and background information of many historical figures.
Nowadays, the era of watching an imported foreign drama is long gone. People can download any TV series they like online. From dubbing to watching subtitles, the appreciation habit of China audiences keeps pace with the times.