Ibhondi kwi Vuka Woyike . I-Excelsior! Eyona bhanyabhanya ibalaseleyo evekini zezona ndaba zimuvi zibalaseleyo zonyaka. Vuka Woyike , umsebenzi wobugcisa wase-Australia owawulahlekile kudala, ufumanekile, ubuyiselwe kwaye wakhululwa ngokushicilelwa okutsha okufumanekayo kuluntu okokuqala kwiminyaka engama-40. Ukuqala kwam ukuyibona, iboniswa kukhuphiswano kwi-Cannes Film Festival ka-1971, kunye nesihloko sayo sokuqala Emaphandleni , Ndonakaliswe kakhulu bubuhle bayo obukhangayo nangamandla angaqhelekanga, alaliswayo ngomkhosi wayo omandla obalisayo, andinakukwazi ukuhamba. Ibali elingenalusini likatitshala ophucukileyo ovaleleke iintsuku ezintlanu kwidolophu esemagqagaleni ekwimigodi eyomileyo ebizwa ngokuba yiBundanyabba ibonakalise icala eliphambili nelisoyikisayo e-Australia-intliziyo yobumnyama engazange ibonwe ngaphambili kwifilimu. Ifumene uphononongo olukhulu kuwo wonke umntu, kubandakanya nabagxeki baseAussie, kodwa xa ikhutshiwe yacatshukiswa ngomsindo ngabantu ababedlala imiboniso bhanyabhanya eSydney kangangokuba yanyamalala unaphakade — ewe, phantse. Babothukile kwilizwe lobundlobongela, ubundlongondlongo, ukusela ngokwesiko, ubundlobongela kwindalo kunye nokuziphatha gwenxa ngokwesini abazenza amadoda kunye nokuzikhohlisa ngamadoda. Emaphandleni yayiyibhokisi yeofisi-yebhokisi. Eli yayilixesha elitsha kwiifilimu zokuthand 'izwe ezivulela uthando lwase-Australia njengelizwe lemfihlakalo nothando, kwaye Emaphandleni yayikhokelwa yiCanada (uTed Kotcheff), ehlengahlengiswe kwiscreen nguJamaican (uEvan Jones) osuka kwintatheli uKenneth Cook's blistering autobiographical inoveli ka-1961 Vuka Woyike , kwaye wadlala iinkwenkwezi ezimbini ezinkulu zesiNgesi, uDonald Pleasence noGary Bond. NjengoNicolas Roeg Ukuhambahamba kunye noTony Richardson UNed Kelly , yehlelwa lilishwa lokuba yenziwe ngexesha elingelilo, kwindawo engafanelekanga nangabantu abangalunganga. Ii-Aussies ukusukela oko zamkela umbono olula womhlaba ophantsi, njenge Ingwenya Dundee .
Ixesha libonakalise ukuba bayiphutha.Ukhuthazwe ngumlawuli owaziwayo wase-Australia uPeter Weir, omsebenzi wakhe ubuphenjelelwe ngokucacileyo yile minyaka, lo mhleli ungatyhafiswanga walandela ifilimu eya eDublin, emva koko waya eLondon nase-US ngokungummangaliso, emva kweminyaka yomsebenzi wobucuphi, eyokuqala ezimbi zafunyanwa kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma ngaphandle kwelebhu yefilimu ePittsburgh ephawulwe ngokutshatyalaliswa. Ibuyiselwe kwixesha layo lokuqala lokubaleka, imizuzu emithandathu mfutshane kwiiyure ezimbini, ifilimu, ngoku ebizwa Vuka Woyike , waphula zonke iirekhodi xa iphinde yakhutshwa e-Australia ngo-2009 kwaye iphuhlise inkolo elandelayo. Ushicilelo olutsha olungenasiphako kwiForam yeFilimu, eyandulela ukukhutshwa kwakhona kwilizwe lonke eMelika, kujongeka ngathi ikhuselwe kwidrowa eneekawusi ezindala zomntu. Eyona ibaluleke ngakumbi kunangaphambili, ukusuka ekuvuleni kwayo i-pan ye-360-degree yentlango yase-Australia, umboniso bhanyabhanya uxhoma umbukeli kwindawo yoyikeka engenakuphepheka. Isiphumo luhambo olothusayo kwilizwe ledrako.
UJohn Grant, inkcubeko engafanelekanga ethathwa njengenye ye-snob, ungutitshala onobuzaza nongenaxabiso kwindawo ethe tyaba ebizwa ngokuba yiTiboonda, xa esiya eSydney ngekhefu leKrisimesi, olahlekelwa yimali yakhe ngexesha lokumiswa kumaphandle aseYabba andinakuphuma. UGary Bond, umdlali weqonga waseBritani oqaqambileyo nonwele lwesafron owayekhangeleka njengoPeter O’Toole oselula, wenza umboniso bhanya-bhanya obalaseleyo kwindima, ekhazimla kwaye emtsha ekufikeni kwakhe enxibe isuti yakhe emhlophe nakwiishedi ze oxford. Ukuphulukana nemali yakhe kwisithethe sokungcakaza esimsulwa ukuhambisa ixesha, utyelelo lwakhe lujika lube sisifundo esothusayo sokuzifumanisa ngokwakho phantsi kweemeko zakudala njengoko ukuqala komfana ukuya ezantsi. Ukurhintyelwa emaphandleni phantsi kobuhlobo begqirha lasekuhlaleni elinxilisayo (uDonald Pleasence), utitshala onengcinga kungekudala uye watyibilika ngokungacacanga kwinyaniso yangaphakathi malunga nelinye icala lesilwanyana-ukuthanda kwakhe igazi, ukuthanda kwakhe ukuxoka, ukukopela, ukuphepha imali ahlazeke, kwaye ekugqibeleni ukufumanisa ubufanasini bakhe obuncinci.
I-odyssey yakhe iqala ngengqondo yokuphakama kwakhe, kodwa ngothotho lokuhambisa intliziyo, Umviwa -njengee-adventures, kungekudala uza kujongana nokuphelelwa lithemba kunye ne-hysteria, aphoswe phakathi kunye nama-cretin alala ngesondo afudumeleyo, bazihlekise ngokudubula imiqondiso yendlela, bebethana ubuso ngobuso xa bekhaba kunye nokuxhela izilwanyana zemidlalo kwimoto yamapolisa ebethiweyo. Ngaphandle kwemali yokubaleka, uJohn utshona ekonakaleni nasekuphantse ukuzibulala. Ukwakha iinkcukacha zokuba nesithukuthezi, imeko ngokwenzeka, ekhokelela ekuweni kukaJohn yeyona nto iphambili kwifilimu ekhulayo. UTed Kotcheff ungenise Vuka Woyike ngokungathandabuzekiyo kunabaninzi abonwabisayo, kwaye banike inkangeleko enomdla kwintlango eyinkangala neyonakeleyo apho izisu zebhiya zibhiyozela iKrisimesi kwirekhodi ebushushu bedlala oomatshini bokungcakaza kunye nokubhomboloza uRudolph iRed-Nosed Reindeer ngelixa ukubila kususa iintamo zabo ezimdaka. Akumangalisi ukuba izinga lokuzibulala liphezulu kangaka kumaphondo ase-Australia.
Ubuninzi bevidiyo benzelwe imeko eyoyikisayo, ekunzima ukuyithatha apho iirowdy zingqina ubudoda bazo ngokuxhela kunye nokukhupha iimbambo zekangaroos emva kokubamfamekisa ngezibane zokukhangela. Kodwa kukho ubuhle oburhabaxa nakwezi ndlela zilandelelanayo zokufota, kwaye ukuzingelwa kwe-kangaroo kuzisa uqhanqalazo ngokuchasene nokuxhelwa kwezilwanyana ngabavelisi bokutya kwezilwanyana zasekhaya. Kukho ubungqongqo bobudoda kuyilo kunye nokuziva uburhabaxa kumfanekiso bhanyabhanya oba sisihobe: ubundlobongela obunobukrakra bendawo yangaphandle (edutyulwe njengendawo yokuxhela evulekileyo ekungekho ndlela yokuphuma kuyo) xa kuthelekiswa nobuntununtunu kunye nokuthantamisa kokufunda. Utitshala ungumqolo wongquzulwano olukhulu phakathi kwe-Australia kunye nehlabathi eliphucukileyo. Isalathiso sikaMnu Kotcheff sisityhilelo kubantu ababuhloniphayo ubutyebi bengxelo yemveli ekunqabile ukuba ububone nakwezinye iifilimu.
Vuka Woyike mhlawumbi wenzele ukhenketho lwase-Australia ngo-1971 yintoni Ukucacisa ezinzulwini zobusuku yenzele iTurkey. Kodwa kuhlalutyo lokugqibela, isenokuba yeyona bhanyabhanya inkulu yase-Australia yakha yenziwa. Ubuncinci yeyona nto ndiyithandayo- impumelelo enkulu edlula ezinye ii-Classics ze-Oz ezinje IGallipoli , Umaphuli Morant kwaye Umsebenzi wam oqaqambileyo . Iphawula ukubonakala kwescreen sokugqibela yiChips Rafferty, iSpencer Tracy yaseOstreliya, kwaye yenziwe ngokuqaqambileyo ngabahlali bendawo yangaphandle. Ii-encomiums ezikhethekileyo zokudumisa ziya ku-Mnu. Bond, omsebenzi wakhe uthembisayo njengentliziyo yeqonga laseLondon wancitshiswa kukusweleka kwangoko ngo-1995. Akalibaleki xa umfana waye waziphanzisa kwicandelo lehlabathi apho Akukho ziwotshi. Ekugqibeleni, lonke ixabiso awakha walazi sele lichithakele, lonke ikhonkco kwimpucuko yeencwadi, umculo kunye nezinto ezazisenziwa engqondweni zacinywa. Ukuvuka ze ze wadlwengulwa emva kweentsuku ezintlanu zokuziphatha kakubi, ukubhujiswa ngokomzimba kunye nokuphela kwengqondo, uhlala ngokuchasene nomthi njengonodoli we-rag, ejonge umpu onembumbulu enye kuwo. Kuxhomekeke kuwe ukucinga ukuba iphupha elibi liya kuphela njani. Vuka Woyike Yeyona ikufutshane imovie enokufikelela kwisikhalo sokuqala.
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Ibhalwe nguKenneth Cook (inoveli) kunye noEvan Jones
Ekhokelwa nguTed Kotcheff
Kudlala uDonald Pleasence, uGary Bond kunye neeChips Rafferty
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