Long Film’s famous cinematographer Gao Hongbao dies, his masterpiece “The Gunshots of the Secrecy Bureau” – Xinhua English.news.cn

Long Film’s famous cinematographer Gao Hongbao’s masterpiece “The Gunshots of the Secret Service”Fly into the homes of ordinary people

Caption: “The Gunshots of the Secrecy Bureau” Source: Photo courtesy of Gao Xuan, daughter of Gao Hongbao (the same below)

Changying Group announced on the 15th that the famous Changying cinematographer Gao Hongbao passed away at 19:38 on the 14th of this month at the age of 85. Gao Hongbao has worked as a photographer in many feature-length films such as “The Gunshots of the Secrecy Bureau”, “Inside the Heart” and “Roadside Guitar Team”.

Gao Hongbao, a native of Panshi, Jilin Province, was born in 1937. In 1958, he entered the performance training class of the Changying Actors Troupe. After graduating in 1960, he worked as a Changying actor. He played an important role in the movie “Red Plum Blossoms”, and in 1965 he became a camera assistant and in 1979 he was a photographer.

Caption: Gao Hongbao’s work photo

Since 1979, Gao Hongbao and Chang Yan, the famous film director of Changying Film, have cooperated in five works, namely “The Gunshots of the Secrecy Bureau”, “Love the Heavens and Hate the Sea”, “Deep Heart”, “Behind the Defendant” and “Roadside Guitar Team”. Among them, the photography style of the film “The Gunshots of the Secrecy Bureau” is dominated by dark tones, and the panorama and close-up appear alternately. The combination is appropriate, and it has made a new exploration in the processing of light and shadow, modeling and other aspects. Film Awards.

In addition, the films for which Gao Hongbao is the photographer also include “Bear Trail”, “Xiajiang Suspect”, “Liberation”, “A Monster in Suzhou”, “Kwantung Woman”, “The King of Guns”, “No. 1 Adventure Action” and “Big City 1990” “The Grand Canyon”, “The Great Rout of 731”, “The Descendant of Dayu”, “The Master of True and False Humor”, “The Street of the Prodigal Son”, “The Woman Who Smuggled”, etc. Many works have won important awards.

Gao Hongbao also passed on his love for movies to the next generation. The representative works of Gao Xuan, daughter of Gao Hongbao and famous screenwriter, include “Farewell, Vancouver”, “Who is the Master of My Youth”, “Marriage Defense”, “Return”, “The Ferryman Together” and other realistic works, which have won many awards. Chinese TV drama Feitian Award and Golden Eagle Award.

It is reported that Gao Hongbao’s farewell ceremony will be held in Beijing on February 18.

Editor: Wei Jiawei



Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.