Ilanga elingunaphakade likaMichel Gondry leNgqondo engenachaphaza, ukusuka kumdlalo wescreen nguCharlie Kaufman, khange kundisebenzele, ngaphandle (okanye mhlawumbi ngenxa) yazo zonke iimpendulo ezibi eziye zafunyanwa. Ukusukela ukuba uKate Winslet, odlala ihippie-chick uClementine Kruczynski, uhlala ebambe indawo ekhethekileyo entliziyweni yam-okokoko wajikeleza kwiZidalwa zaseZulwini zikaPeter Jackson (1994) -ithemba lokuzibandakanya kwakhe kwibali lothando olunzulu noJim Carrey kwabonakala kufutshane kakhulu ingenakuphikiswa. Ke yintoni enokuthi ihambe kakubi? Okanye, endaweni yoko, kwenzeke ntoni?
Enye into, Mnu. Carrey udlala uJoel Barish, ongahlekisi kwaphela; endaweni yoko, ungumntu odumbileyo, ophantse ukuba urhoxe ngokungenabungozi. Ekuqaleni kwefilimu, simbona esokola ukuphuma ebhedini esiya emsebenzini, ehamba ngololiwe esuka eRockville Centre esiya eNew York. Ngelixa wayemi eqongeni kugcwele umnqwazi woboya obubi, ngequbuliso wabaleka enqumla umzila ukuya kukhwela uloliwe ongenalutho oya kwindawo yokugqibela eMontanauk. Ukusuka kwindawo yomnxeba kawonke-wonke eMontanauk, ubiza abagulayo eofisini kwaye uqhubeka nokuhamba elunxwemeni olunobulolo. Umfazi olilolo, bonke abotshwe kude, baya kuye, kodwa akamamkeli kuba, njengoko evuma kwilizwi, unentloni kwaye unqabile ukuba ajongane namehlo nomfazi yazi.
Kuba uNksz Winslet udlala lo mfazi, kucacile kuye ukuba enze inyathelo lokuqala ukuba ibali liza kuhlala lithatha, kwaye akaphoxi. Ewe, unoburharha ngokungenazintloni ekuqhubekeni kwakhe noJoel osisigxina kangangokuba kungekudala kuya kubonakala-njengoko omnye umvavanyi sele etshilo-ukuba UNks Winslet wabelwe inxenye kaJim Carrey, kunye noMnumzana uCarrey ophantse waba yintombazana uKate Winslet indima.
Kodwa ngokurhabaxa njengoClementine esiya kunyanzela uJoel ukuba aphume kwiqokobhe lakhe leemvakalelo, imeko ayijoliswanga kubahleki. Yeyona nxalenye yakhe ibalulekileyo ukusukela uFrank Darabont's Omkhulu (2001), kunye noMnumzana uCarrey ukhenkcezwe kukungakhathali kuninzi lwefilimu. Nangona uJoel noClem behlangana kamnandi kwaye beqhubeka nenkundla entle kumaxesha amangalisayo kunye neendawo, uninzi lwefilimu luxhalabile ngesiseko se-tech-tech sci-fi: Inkampani encinci ixhotywe ngamandla wetekhnoloji ukucima iinkumbulo zothando olungaphumeleliyo iingqondo zabathengi bayo abacaphukisayo. Kuqala uClem ucima uJoel engqondweni yakhe, emva koko uJoel ngengozi ufumanisa into ayenzileyo kunye nendlela ayenze ngayo, kwaye ngokuziphindezela uyalela inkqubo efanayo yokumkhumbula. Kodwa phakathi kwenkqubo, uJoel watshintsha ingqondo, ngaloo ndlela wabonelela ngeyona ndawo ingumfanekiso bhanyabhanya.
Kulungile, ndiyazi: I-Sci-fi ayikaze ibe yindebe yam yeti, kwaye ubuncinci kuwo onke amasebe e-sci-fi aqala ukuphazamisa nengqondo. Andazi ngawe, kodwa nangaphambi kokuba ndenziwe i-hematoma engaphantsi kweminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo, andikaze ndikhululeke kwimbono yokuba nabani na ujikeleza kwikakayi lam, okanye nabani na ongomnye okwi-screen okanye ucimile. . Kunzima ngokwaneleyo ukukhumbula amava obomi njengoko enjalo, kwaye ke andinakucinga ukuba nabani na usisidenge ngokufuna uncedo lwezenzululwazi (okanye i-sci-fi) ekuhlawuleni ukulibala.
Kodwa ayisiyiyo kuphela ingxaki ebendinayo ngale bhanyabhanya. Umnumzana Gondry kunye noMnu Kaufman bayakuthanda ukudlala imidlalo kunye nabaphulaphuli ngokutyhila ngokuthe ngcembe ukubuyela umva kwexesha elibandakanyekayo ekuveleni kobudlelwane bukaJoel-Clementine. Kungoko ingxelo iqala ngexesha apho abalinganiswa ababini babonakala behlangana okokuqala, kodwa ke bevuselela uthando olucinywe ngobunono kwimemori nganye yabo. Umnumzana Gondry kunye no Mnu. Kaufman bongeza i-shaggy-dog element kwi-sci-fi gimmickry apho uJoel noClem basukelana omnye nomnye kumaqhekeza exesha angabalulekanga kwimemori.
Kuyenzeka nje ukuba ndigule ngenxa yokwahlulwa njengesixhobo esibalisayo. Ngomatshini wokukhawulezisa ixesha abanalo, uMnu Gondry kunye noMnu Kaufman bathintela uJoel noClementine ekubeni babe nexesha lokuseka ubudlelwane bemvakalelo obufanele ukugcina okanye ukukhumbula. Kukho umtsalane omncinci ekudibaniseni kwaye phantse kungabikho kufutshane phakathi kwabantu abathandanayo, luthotho nje lokungqubana kwencoko yomntu otyhafayo.
Njengokuba bebesazi isithuba esivelileyo sebali labo, abenzi bemiboniso bhanyabhanya babonelele ngesiqwengana esirhangqiweyo esibandakanya ukungcola, abaqhubi berenti ephantsi yomgunyathi wengqondo obizwa ngokuba yiLacuna. Ugqirha Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson) ngokoqobo ubuchopho besinxibo, kwaye uncediswa ziingcali ezimbini eziphazamiseka ngokulula, uStan (uMark Ruffalo) noPatrick (Elijah Wood). Omnye umsebenzi nguMary (uKirsten Dunst), unobhala oqhelekileyo wesini, ogqiba ukuphazamisa wonke umsebenzi emva kokuhlangana kwabo bobabini uStan nomphathi wakhe. Ndifumene ii-titters ezimbalwa ezivela kubaphulaphuli ngaphezulu kwe-shenanigans ye-horny ye-Lacunae enobuqhophololo. Ubuncinci abalinganiswa besekondari babenoluhlobo lokonwaba ngokukhululekileyo benqabe ukuthanda abathandi abakhokelayo.
Uninzi lokuphoxeka kwam lujolise kumlobi wesikrini uCharlie Kaufman, obonakala ngathi uyathandeka kubagxeki emva kokucotha, ukukrokra kweminye yemizamo yakhe yangaphambili (yomibini ibikhokelwa nguSpike Jonze), Ukuba nguJohn Malkovich (1999) kunye Uhlengahlengiso (2002). Ngokungafaniyo noogxa bam, bendikuthanda uhlengahlengiso ngakumbi kunelanga elingapheliyo lengqondo engenabala. Kodwa andiqinisekanga ngokupheleleyo ukuba ngubani onetyala. Umnumzana Carrey noNks Winslet benze konke okusemandleni abo ngento abayinikiweyo malunga nophuhliso lweempawu ezingekhoyo. UNks Dunst, Mnu. Ruffalo kunye no Mnu Wood bafanelwe nangamanqaku aphezulu ngokugcwalisa umda weendima zabo ngamandla kunye ne-vivacity. Ndiyoyika ukushiya umkhombandlela kaMnu Gondry oqeqeshwe yiMTV ukuze athathe indawo. Mhlawumbi i-closet literalist kum yayikhathazekile kukusilela kolwazi endalunikwayo. Umzekelo, asikaze sibone ukuba uJoel usebenza phi okanye wenza ntoni ukuze aphile. Uthi ngaxesha lithile wayehlala nomfazi ogama linguNahomi. Ngaba ukhona? Akukho bungqina bubonakalayo ngenye indlela.
Kule minyaka ndizamile ukunxibelelana ngento endiyicingayo nendlela endiziva ngayo malunga neefilimu, bendisoloko ndisithi ndijongana nefomu yobugcisa enokuthi okanye ingabi nzulu, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo inzima. Zininzi izinto ezinokungahambi kakuhle, uninzi lweendlela ezinqamlezileyo ziyinyani kwaye zinokuba ziindawo zentlekele yobugcisa, kwaye ukusilela rhoqo kuqinisekisiwe.
Ke ndazi njani ukuba imovie icofa okanye hayi? Malunga nayo yonke into endinokuza nayo emva kwayo yonke le minyaka kukubhekisa kwicandelo lekholamu yam yomqolo eqala ukungcangcazela xa unxibelelwano lweemvakalelo lwenziwe ngokudibana kwesandi kunye nomfanekiso, umxholo kunye nesitayile, ukubalisa kunye nokubonakaliswa. Oku kwenzeke kum kwixa elidlulileyo kunye neemovie ze-quirky ezinje ngeLost in Translation, Adaptation and Groundhog Day. Khange yenzeke kum ngeLanga elingunaPhakade leNgqondo engenachaphaza, kwaye ndiyaxolisa ngokwenyani ukuba ayenzekanga.
Injongo yeMamet
UDavid Mamet's Spartan ubonakala efumene umhlaba ochumileyo wokukhathazeka kwakhe ngokwesiko kunye nokuqaqanjelwa ngamadoda phakathi kwe-cosmic paranoia esisisongelo ngoku. Uninzi lwethu lwaqala ukubethwa ngooMnumzana Mamet abalinganiswa ababaqhushumbisi abangamadoda kumlobi womboniso womlawuli weqonga, uGlengarry Glen Ross (1984), isaga esasiphakathi kwehlathi lezinto ezithengisa izindlu. Ngelo xesha, umntu wayenokuqonda umyalezo weMamet-uhlaselo olunobunkunkqele kwi-credo yongxowankulu kwinqanaba lokuthengisa-kwimixholo yeGlengarry. Kodwa njengokuba ikhondo lika Mnu Mamet lisuka nje lavela, kwiqonga nakwisikrini, umyalezo wakhe uthathe ithuba lokujonga (kwanokugxininisa) phantse kubalinganiswa abangamadoda abanesifo, amadoda athanda ukukholelwa ukuba awanazo iingcinga. Eli lilizwe athe uMnu Mamet, kwaye ngokwenene sonke, silizuze njengelifa; ububi bayo bendele kangangokuba yinkcitha xesha ukushumayela ngohlengahlengiso. Amaqhawe kaMnu Mamet ayayamkela imeko yokuziphatha kunye nezentlalo njengoko injalo, kwaye azame ukuphila ngaphakathi kuyo.
Ndikunye noSpartan, uMnu. Mamet uxhase i-ante yokugubungela inkxalabo yezokhuseleko sikazwelonke phakathi kolonyulo lukaMongameli olwalulwelwe kabuhlungu. U-Spartan ngu-Wag the Dog (1997) othathwe waya kwinqanaba le-hysterical, melodramatic, kwaye uninzi loogxa bam abangafuniyo baye bala ukuthenga onke amaqhinga. Ngalo naliphi na elinye ixesha kwimbali yethu, bendiya kuthanda ukuvuma, kodwa kula maxesha ahlaselayo esiswini, ndikufumanisa kunzima ukucinga ngaso nasiphi na isixhobo sebali esingavakaliyo. E-Spartan, ingxaki uMamet ahlangana nayo ayisiyo ubugrogrisi uqobo, kodwa kunoko bubukroti kunye nokufihla okucelwe ngurhulumente wethu ukuba alwe nayo.
Isihloko sibhekisa kwisithethe saseSparta, isixeko samandulo saseGrisi, sokuthumela ijoni elinye xa iqabane elingummelwane licela uncedo kwezomkhosi. Kodwa no-Plutarch hayi u-Thucydides angacinga nge-arhente ye-anarchic Special Forces ye-Robert Scott (Val Kilmer), ojika nxamnye noogxa bakhe kwi-Secret Service ukuze bathintele ukusebenza ngokufihlakeleyo kwegazi-iyelenqe lokuncama ubomi bentombi kaMongameli ekhululekile. ukuze asindise uMongameli ngokwakhe kwisikrelemnqa esichaza intlekele yonyulo. Nokuba inja yedemokhrasi enombala otyheli njengam ifumana eli yelenqe ngokungenakwenzeka- kodwa, ngethamsanqa, ayizukuphinda ukuthandabuza.
Umnumzana Mamet sele esixelele ngesinye sezinto ezenzeka kwihlabathi lakhe elinobubi: UWilliam H. Macy, othe njengothungelwano weeNkonzo zeMfihlo ze-Secret Service, uStoddard, wenze isenzo sokugqibela esityikitywe kwilitha lakhe eliqaqambileyo. Kwelakhe icala, uMnu Kilmer's Scott uqala njenge laconic, igosa eliqeqeshekileyo elinama-protégés amabini aselula, u-Curtis (Derek Luke) kunye no-Jackie (Tia Texada), bobabini ababanjiswe kurhwaphilizo lukarhulumente olusongela ukutshabalalisa uScott ngokwakhe.
Yintoni enika ifilimu ukuba ilume kukuziphatha okugabadeleyo, okutsala ngamehlo apho abalinganiswa bayo bajongana neentshaba zabo-zangaphandle okanye zasekhaya. UScott wazi ngcono kunaye nabani na ukuba akukho mithetho ingqongqo, yintsingiselo nje yokuphucuka, kwaye ekugqibeleni uhlala inyathelo elinye phambi kweentshaba zakhe ezingenakoyiswa. Umnumzana Kilmer's Scott lelinye lamaqhawe omsebenzi onovelwano endiwabonileyo kangangexesha elithile, kuba uyakwazi ukuphambuka ekuzinikeleni emsebenzini ukuze athintele ububi bungoni kubantu abamsulwa. Ukuzisa ubukhoboka bamhlophe bamazwe jikelele kubalo lwabanqolobi kukhulu kakhulu, kodwa intombi kaMongameli yokuzicaphukela, uLaura Newton (uKristen Bell), ubonelela ngomceli mngeni onomdla kumandla kaScott wokukhuthaza ukuthembela kwilungu lesizukulwana esincinci, esona sikhulu. Elinye loloyiso lwe-kinetic lokwenza i-cinematographer uJuan Ruiz-Anchía njengoko isenzo sihlala sinomdla kwaye sikholisa ekuhambeni, ukusuka eHarvard ukuya eDubai. Ekugqibeleni, iSpartan zombini zifezekisiwe ngobuchwephesha kwaye ngokuzonwabisa ngokuphakathi.
