UBenedict Wong njengoKublai Khan. (UPhil Bray weNetflix) Ayisiyo ntsasa nganye oyichitha kwigumbi lehotele imigangatho eyi-42 ngaphezulu kwezitrato zaseNew York noMarco Polo kunye noKublai Khan. Kwaye nokuba le meko inokufika, akunakulindeleka ukuba uMarco Polo kunye noKublai Khan bakhwaze, ngehlombe, malunga nendlela abayithanda ngayo imodeli yeNetflix yokukhupha zonke iziqendu zomboniso ngaxeshanye. Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha, obu bubomi.
Besihleli kumsitho obubanjelwe eMandarin Oriental eColumbus Circle, eyenzelwe ukujonga umboniso omtsha 'wodumo' ukubetha ukusasaza, kwaye bendisandula ukubuza malunga nokubukela utywala.
Inkululeko yoMthengi! wakhwaza uLorenzo Richelmy, odlala indawo yesimo seNetflix's UMarco Polo .
Inkululeko yoMthengi! Sukuyalela ukuba ndifuna ukubukela i-TV yam! Watsho inkwenkwezi yakhe uBenedict Wong, obonisa uKublai Khan, umzukulwana kaGenghis Khan, kuthotho lweNetflix lwantlandlolo.
Yeka ukuhlanjwa ngengqondo ziintengiso, ndoda. Yiyo ifilosofi. Ufuna ukuyibona? Vula nje i-PC yakho kwaye ubethe umdlalo, uMnu.Richelmy undixelele ngesandi sakhe esityebileyo, isiTaliyane. Oku kuyakuba yifilosofi xa iNetflix ikhupha zonke iziqendu ezilishumi elinambini ze UMarco Polo ngomso, nge-12 kuDisemba ukonwaba kokubukela umhlaba.
Kodwa kwiminyaka ngaphambili UMarco Polo yayilungele ukukhutshwa, yayiyiprojekthi enkulu efanelekile kumphandi ngokwakhe. Umboniso, obonisa ixesha likaMarco Polo elichithwe ngokuchasene nentando yakhe kwinkundla yaseMongolia yaseKublai Khan, ixhaswa yiNkampani enamandla ye-Weinstein. Umboniso wokuqala waqokelela uluhlu lwe-A emva kweqela labasebenzi, elincedwa ngabavelisi uJohn Fusco kunye noDan Minahan. Wonke umntu ongatshatanga endithethe naye UMarco Polo Abalingisi kunye nabasebenzi, bakhankanya igama elithi Tim Yip, umyili wempahla yokubonisa oye waphumelela i-Oscar ngaphambili I-Crouching Tiger, Inamba efihliweyo.
Abadlali ngokwabo bangqine i-motley crew, eqokelelwe kuwo onke amagumbi omhlaba. UMnumzana Richelmy, inzalelwane yaseLa Spezia, e-Itali, wathetha isiNgesi esingaphantsi kweenyanga ezisixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba athethe nam. Wafumana kuphela indawo kaMarco Polo ngokwenza iteyiphu yakhe yovavanyo kwaye wayithumela kumlawuli owaziwayo wokuphosa uNina Gold. Ngethamsanqa elithile, le teyiphu yagqitywa yayimfumba nakwizandla zabavelisi benkqubo. Ngokuchasene nomdlali weAustralia ongaziwayo u-Uli Latukefu waphicothwa kuMnu Fusco, owayeseMongolia, ngeSkype ngelixa eseSydney. Baye baqhubeka nokuhambisa ikhamera emva, ukuze ndifike kwisakhelo esipheleleyo, utshilo uMnu. Latukefu. Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba uMnu Latukefu ngumntu omkhulu.
Ifilimu ngokwayo ibingamakhulu amawaka eekhilomitha. Ubuninzi bemveliso benzekile eMalaysia, uninzi lweziqendu zadutyulwa eVenice, kodwa abavelisi bakhawuleza bafumanisa ukuba akukho nto kwezi ndawo iphindwe kabini. IMongolian Steppe . Ngokwendalo, oko kuthetha ukuba sithathe kwaye sidubule imifanekiso eKazakhstan.
Konke oku - abadlali, abadali, indawo - ukuya kuthi ga kwi-90 yezigidi zeedola, eyona Netflix iye yachitha umboniso ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Kodwa ngekhe ubeke ixabiso kubunyani, ndiyacinga, kwaye UMarco Polo akukho nto ukuba ayinyani. Izambatho zikaMnu Yip, zidibene noyilo lokuseta lukaLilly Kilvert, oluxutywe kunye neendawo zokudubula ezenzayo UMarco Polo enye yeTV ebonakalayo ebonakalayo kuyo nayiphi na iqonga. Ezi ndawo zingqongileyo, le osmosis yenkcubeko yokoqobo, yayingelo ncedo lincinci kwintsebenzo yabalingisi. 
UBenedict Wong, u-Uli Latukefu kunye no-Lorenzo Richelmy kwi UMarco Polo. (UPhil Bray weNetflix)
E-Kazahkstan, ungahamba iiyure ezintlanu ngaphandle kwesixeko, apho iindlela zohlobo lokuyeka ukuba ziindlela, kwaye bekusezintabeni, kwaye kuthe cwaka ngokufa, utshilo uMnu Wong. Kwaye wawunokuva kuphela ukungqubana kwamahashe, kwaye yayi luhlobo lokuthula okuhle. Njengokuba ikugubungele.
Umlingane kaMnu Wong uMahesh Jadu, odlala indawo kaKhan ongumcebisi u-Ahmad kumdlalo, undixelele ngamava omculo.
Ndikhumbula ndichola ingqalutye kwaye ndihamba, ‘le ngqalutye ngeyayigqibele ukufunyanwa ngumntu ovela kwixesha [likaMarco Polo], wandixelela uMnu. Jadu. Bendimamele iimvumi zaseMongolia emotweni xa ndihamba ngeSteppes. Kwaye kwakufihlakele, kodwa kuyinyani njengoko unokufumana. Le ndawo yiyo ebakhuthazayo ukuba benze lo mculo.
Ngaba uqhelene kakhulu nokucula komqala waseMongolia? uphazamise uRemy Hii, odlala unyana kaKublai Khan kumdlalo. Iyakhathaza. Ngumjelo. Basebenzisa uninzi lwayo kumdlalo.
Konke oku-le mveliso inkulu kangaka, ezi zimvo zintle- zibuyele kuMnumzana Fusco, owaqiqa umboniso kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo. Ngethamsanqa, wafumanisa ukuba yena noHarvey Weinstein babelana nothando lwe cinema yaseTshayina, kwaye babesiya kwimidyarho. Kwafuneka ndibuze, nangona kunjalo, kutheni iMarco Polo yabo bonke abantu?
Ndikhule ndinomdla omkhulu eAsia. Kwaye ndandingulomntwana wase-Italiya-waseMelika owayethanda iMpuma, kwaye bendihlala ndifunda nge China yakudala. Kwaye awunakuya kwelo hlabathi ungakhange udibane neMarco Polo, utshilo uMnu Fusco. Into endizisele yona kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo yile, ndimangalisiwe kukuba uMarco Polo ebefihlwe phantsi kwesi sigqubuthelo sothuli lwembali nale ntsomi. Njengokuthi, ‘oh, ubuyise ii-noodles eNtshona.’ Yiyo kuphela into endiyivayo. Ndikhe ndathetha nabantu abakrelekrele ngenene abathi, 'Andazi, ungumhloli wamazwe?'
Ndizibonile iziqendu ezithathu zokuqala zoluhlu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kunye nomnqweno kaMnu Fusco, wokuba ababukeli bafunde izinto malunga noMarco Polo ukuba ikhosi esisiseko yeMbali 101 ayinakuze ibafundise, ngokuqinisekileyo izalisekisiwe. Kwaye njengoko uMarco Polo kunye noKublai Khan ngokwabo bebenokundixelela, ukuba bendifuna ukuqhubeka ndigqithe kwezo ziqendu zintathu zokuqala, bendiza kuba nenkululeko.
Amacandelo siwabiza ngokuba ziiyure, hayi iziqendu. Esi sisiseko sebhanyabhanya yeeyure ezilishumi, utshilo uMnu Fusco. Kufana noncwadi, yifomathi yenoveli kakhulu. Uvala incwadi ekupheleni kwesahluko, akufuneki ulinde de kube yiveki elandelayo ukuya kwisahluko esilandelayo. Oko kuyamkhulula njengombalisi wamabali, nanjengombukeli.
(Umfanekiso obonisiweyo: Lorenzo Richelmy kwindawo evela kwiNetflix kaMarco Polo. Ityala lemifanekiso: Phil Bray weNetflix.)
