UTay Taylor Hackford, ovela kumdlalo oboniswa nguJames L.White, ngokusekwe kwibali likaMnu.Hackford kunye noMnu.White, kwavela kwabangcono nangaphezu kokuba wonke umntu watsho, kwaye ndibhala oku njengomntu ongazange awuthathe umculo URay Charles njengenkcubeko ephambili. Ayikuko ukuba ndinqwenela ukubetha i-pose njengohlobo oluthile lweengcali zomculo; Endaweni yoko, ndifuna ukuqinisekisa abafundi ngokungakhathali kumculo omninzi njengam ukuba uRay kufanelekile ukuba awubone kwaye awuva ngokudityaniswa kwebali kunye nengoma.
Ifilimu ngobuchule ilingisa ubomi bobuqu kunye nobungcali bukaRay Charles Robinson, owazalwa nge-23 kaSeptemba 1930, e-Albany, eGa., Kwaye wasweleka nge-10 kaJuni ngo-2004, eneminyaka engama-73 ubudala. Ulahle iRobinson Kwinqanaba lokuqala lomsebenzi wakhe ngenxa yokuba ubuntshatsheli bembethi manqindi uSugar Ray Robinson wayesele efumene igama likaRobinson kwingqondo yoluntu. Imfama ukusukela kwiminyaka ye-7, uRay Charles kwafuneka oyise ukukhubazeka okongezelelekileyo kokuzalwa ehlwempuzekileyo kunye ne-Afrika-yaseMelika kumazantsi ohlukeneyo eMzantsi
Umntu unokucinga ukuba abenzi bezigqibo baseHollywood bayakube betsiba ithuba lokufota ibali lobomi elinobunewunewu obugcweleyo ngemixholo yenkuthazo yomntu, kubandakanya umzabalazo wamalungelo oluntu afika ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Kwakungenjalo, nangona kunjalo. Umnumzana Hackford, umlawuli, umbhali kunye no-Ray, wadibana no-Ray Charles okokuqala ngo-1987 ngethuba bezama ukufumana amalungelo ebali lobomi bakhe, kwaye intsebenziswano yabo kule minyaka ili-15 izayo yashiya umbono ongapheliyo. umenzi wefilimu, njengoko echaza kumanqaku emveliso: Ukuqonda ngokwenene uRay Charles, umculo ubalulekile, kodwa kuninzi kakhulu endodeni. Ukuqala kwam ukuva amabali obomi bakhe, ndacinga, 'Thixo wam, andizange ndibenalo nofifi.' Khange ndiqonde ukuba uvele njani, ukuba yimfama njani, uhamba njani kwibhasi yeGreyhound esuka eMantla eFlorida isiya eSeattle , ukwehla kwakhe kuloo bhasi njengendoda eyimfama eyedwa, ucalucalulo olunamava, umlutha kunye nosizi-kodwa ke wayifumana indlela yokuba ngumculi ongenakuthelekiswa nanto, usomashishini ongathethekiyo kunye ne icon yaseMelika. Ndacinga, 'Ibali lale ndoda kufuneka libaliswe.'
Ngomntu ngokwakhe, Mnu.Hackford uqaphele: Wayeyindoda enobabalo, ukanti futhi wayelukhuni. Wayengomnye wabantu abakrelekrele endakhe ndadibana nabo kwaye naye wayeyindoda ethembekileyo kakhulu. Ewe wayengengomntu olula, kodwa akukho mntu uphumeleleyo olula. Emva kokuba oyisile imiqobo emikhulu awayejamelene nayo ebomini bakhe, uRay wakhupha ukuzithemba okunokuvela kuphela ekubeni yindoda eyenziweyo. Wayekwangumntu ofuna ukugqibelela efuna uxinzelelo olupheleleyo kunye nokuzinikezela kwabanye. Kwaye kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba angakhuthazwa nguye.
Emva kokuba uMnu.Hackford kunye nomvelisi wakhe, uStuart Benjamin, befumene amalungelo kubomi bukaCharles, bothuka bakufumanisa ukungabikho komdla kwiHollywood kangangokuba kungathatha ngaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka ukuba iprojekthi isuswe emhlabeni. Njengoko kwavela, oku kulibaziseka kudala kwakuthetha ukuba uCharles akazange aphile ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuba abone imovie awayesebenze kuyo ngokungakhathali.
Kwicala elilungileyo, ukukhanya okuluhlaza ngaphambili kwiprojekthi kusenokwenzeka ukuba kwakuthetha ukuba uJamie Foxx ngekhe athathelwe ingqalelo njengemvumi eyaziwayo. Kwaye masenze ukuba kungabikho mathambo malunga nayo: UMnu Foxx uza kufutshane nokuzalwa ngokutsha kukaRay Charles njengaye nawuphi na umntu ofayo onokulindeleka ukuba eze. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ngubani onokucinga kwangaphambili ukuba uMnu.Foxx, ukongeza ekubeni ngumlingisi onobuchule wokuma kumabonwakude kunye nomlingisi okhuthazayo kwiOliver Stone kuyo nayiphi na iCawa enikwe (1999) kunye noMichael Mann's Ali (2001) kunye neCollateral (2004) ), wayenetalente yomculo eyeyakhe, kwaye wafunda ukudlala ipiyano ngo-3? Oku kuqinisekisa ukuzithemba kwikhibhodi kunye nokuhambelana kobuso kwizandi ezingaze zingcatshe eyokuqala.
Ewe, izinto ezininzi zihambe kanye ngale mveliso inamabhongo-kwaye ngokukodwa ukusebenza kukaMnu Foxx ngokumangalisayo nangokungaxakekanga-kangangokuba u-Oscar nje ubonakala engonelanga kwimbuyekezo. Ukulahlwa kunye nokwenziwa kwabasetyhini bebodwa banegalelo kumtsalane womntu okhulayo ngokwenyama kaJamie Foxx-Ray Charles persona. UKerry Washington njengomfazi weCharles-imvumi yomfazi wevangeli, uDella Bea Robinson, uchasene ne-sassy, umsindo, i-heroin-umlutha-mlingisi-isilingo, uMargie Hendricks (uRegina King), kunye nemvumi eyazingcayo uMary Ann Fisher (Aunjanue Ellis), ohambahambayo in kwaye iphuma kwiRay Charles orbit; bonke baphucula ifilimu ngobabalo babo babasetyhini kunye namazwi abo anesingqisho.
Njengomama omncinci kaRay onamathambo amancinci, umama wentsimbi, uSharon Warren ka-Aretha Robinson ubonelela ngothando olunzima olufunekayo ukukhokelela umntwana ongaboniyo kude nendlela yokufuna isisa kunye nendlela evulekileyo yenkululeko ekhaliphileyo. Umnumzana Foxx uqaphele ukuba wayefuna i-nuances kwimpawu kaCharles, nangona wayezakubonakala enezandla ezigcweleyo njengomdlali weqonga ohambisa ubumnyama obungenasiphelo semvumi eyimfama. Umnumzana Hackford uhlengahlengise iiseti zakhe zekhamera ukuze uCharles abonakale ngathi uvela ebumnyameni, kwaye abeke imiboniso apho ukuva kwakhe ngokukhawuleza kuboniswa; kwaye umlawuli akoyiki ukubonisa ukukhohlisa kukaCharles ngezinto ezothusayo.
Umlutha we-heroin obangele ukuba i-brushes ibhengezwe kakuhle kunye nomthetho inokuba inike ikhefu kwii-honchos zase-Hollywood kule minyaka ilishumi bayirhangqileyo kwaye bayitsala ngale projekthi. Umnumzana Hackford akophuli mhlaba mtsha kule ndawo, nangona iziqwengana ezinzima zokuvuselela kunye noPatrick Bauchau u-no-nonsense uGqirha Hacker wenza ukuba ukubuyiswa kokugqibela komlutha kubonakale kufanelekile. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, umama wakhe oliqhawe wayemfundise amandla okujongana neengxaki ngqo.
Ukurhaxwa komntakwabo omncinci othandekayo kwingozi eyoyikisayo kwityhubhu encinci yangaphandle kubeka umjikelo wokuphulukana, usizi, ityala kunye nokuqala kobumfama umntwana anokukutolika njengesohlwayo esivela kuThixo ngokusilela kwakhe ukugcina umntakwabo. Ndimele ndivume kweli nqanaba ukuba ukusweleka komntakwethu kwingozi yokuntywila esibhakabhakeni xa wayeneminyaka engama-28 ubudala kwaye ndandineminyaka engama-32 akuzange kundishiye ndingenatyala kwaphela ngokusinda, kwaye ke ndaye ndachonga ngokupheleleyo umdlalo weqonga umothuko wabazalwana. Kodwa apho umboniso bhanya-bhanya waphumelela kunkqonkqozo lweemvakalelo kum yimifanekiso yokurhoxisa iziyobisi eyenziwe ngumzalwana kaRay oswelekileyo ephaphazela ezingalweni zakhe zothando ngelixa umama kaRay, naye kudala wasweleka, evuma ukuhlangana kwakhona kobuzalwana.
Amava kaCharles okuqala njengemvumi ye-saloon aboniswa ngendlela enxunguphalisayo njengezihlandlo zokuxhaphaza ukungaboni kwakhe, kokubini ngabantu bakhe nabaqeshi bakhe abamhlophe-kangangokuba uCharles ufuna umvuzo wakhe omncinci uhlawulwe ngeedola ukuze akwazi ukubala umvuzo wakhe ngaphandle ngeminwe yakhe engaboniyo kodwa ephathekayo. Njengokuba umvuzo wakhe wawusanda ngokwanda, uCharles wayexhomekeke kulandelelwano lwabancedisi kunye nabaphathi beshishini ukukhusela umdla wakhe kwizidlakudla ezaziwayo kwishishini lomculo. Ngamanye amaxesha utshintsho kwithamsanqa lakhe lwaluthatha ukuba kubi, ngakumbi xa wayethatha indawo yomqhubi wexesha elide kunye nomphathi wendlela uJeff Brown (Clifton Powell) wamtyhola ngokuba. Ifilimu ayiyenzi isepha ethambileyo yotshintsho kuTrump kuCharles njengoko ii-megabucks zihlala zigalela ezingxoweni zakhe. Kwangokunjalo, ukungathembeki kwakhe rhoqo kwindlela kujongwa ngamehlo omfazi wakhe othotyiweyo.
Umanyano lomculi olwenziweyo kunye neAtlantic Records, eyenzelwe ngu-Ahmet Ertegun waseTurkey-American (Curtis Armstrong) kunye no-American-American Jerry Wexler (Richard Schiff), kamva wagwetywa ejele ngenxa yesivumelwano esingenakuphikiswa ne-ABC-Paramount; Phantsi kwesi sivumelwano sitsha, uCharles wavunyelwa ukuba agcine ubunini beekhasethi zakhe, isivumelwano sokuba akukho mvumi-nokuba nguSinatra-owayekhe wanikwa yinkampani erekhodayo. Kwimuvi, uMnu Ertegun uhlala enobuhlobo noCharles emva kwekhefu, kodwa uMnu Wexler ucaphuka ngokupheleleyo kukungabi nambulelo nokungathembeki kukaRay, nangona kubomi bokwenyani uCharles ekugqibeleni wabuyela kwiAtlantic Records.
Kukho iingoma ngokwazo, zimbalwa eziculwa nguMnu Foxx kodwa uninzi lwazo zibhalwe nguRay Charles-14 zazo ezibhalwe nguRay ngokwakhe, eziphindwe kabini ezibhalwe ngabanye abantu kodwa eziguqulwe ligcisa laba zii-anthem zomntu, ikakhulu uHoagy Carmichael noStuart IGorrell yaseGeorgia Engqondweni Yam, uPercy Mayfield's Hit the Road Jack (eculelwe umboniso nguCharles noMnu Foxx), kunye no-Ahmet Ertegun's Around Around, owenze ukuba uCharles abe nengxaki yexeshana kwikhondo lakhe lokurekhoda. Abanye abavavanyi bakhalaze ngelithi azonelanga iingoma kumxube, kodwa ngaphezulu kweengoma ezingama-40 zomculo ukwenza iimood ezahlukeneyo, kunzima ukubona ukuba yintoni, ngaphandle kwefilimu yekonsathi kaRay Charles, enokuzanelisa ngokupheleleyo abagxeki. Eyam indlebe ye-tin eyamkelweyo kulo mmandla, iingoma zazilungile, kwaye azizange zininzi kakhulu.
URay Charles wangena kumzabalazo wamalungelo oluntu kwi-60's kwaye emva koko waba negalelo kwinjongo. Ukwala kwakhe ukwenza kwiholo elahlulwe e-Augusta, eGa., Kwakhokelela ekubeni avalwe ubomi bakhe bonke; Ngo-1979, urhulumente wasirhoxisa eso sigqibo ngokucela uxolo ku-Charles kwaye wabhengeza iGeorgia ngengqondo yam ingoma yaseburhulumenteni.
Umnumzana Hackford ubonakala ngathi utyibilikise i-radar yomntu wonke emva kwempumelelo yakhe e-1982 kunye neGosa kunye ne-Gentleman kunye nendima yakhe njengomvelisi weyona nto ibalaseleyo i-documentary xa sasingooKumkani (ngo-1996), kumlo ka-Ali-Foreman eZaire. Emva kukaRay, nangona kunjalo, uMnu.Hackford ufumene ilungelo lokuphononongwa ngokutsha komsebenzi wakhe.
NguLili lowo
UClaude Miller's La Petite Lili, ovela kwiscreen sikaJulien Boivent kunye noMnumzana Miller, ubonakala ngokusekwe-nangona evunywa ngokukhululekileyo eChekhov's The Seagull. Kodwa ikwachaphazeleka nje kangako okanye nangakumbi ngabalinganiswa abathandathu bakaLuigi Pirandello ekukhangeleni uMlobi. Ngapha koko, uMnumzana Miller uvuma ukuba ungumbhali owahlulelweyo ka-La Petite Lili ngokubonga uMnu Boivent ngokupheleleyo ngenxalenye yesibini yefilimu, kunye nomdlalo wakhe wesikrini owahlukileyo kaMnumzana Miller we-anti-Chekhovian.
Kudliwanondlebe, uMnu. Miller utyhila uhlobo lwefilimu yakhe: Malunga neminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, ndaphinda ndafunda i-Seagull. Nangona umdlalo usetelwe ngenkulungwane ye-19 kwihlabathi lezemidlalo kunye noncwadi, ndifumene ukufana okuninzi ebomini bethu njengabenzi beefilimu kunye nabadlali beemovie endikhe ndafuna ukuzilungiselela ukubonisa ukuba bangabalinganiswa banamhlanje . Bonke abalinganiswa kulo mdlalo ngamaqhawe efilimu. UNina nguLili (uLudivine Sagnier), owayephupha ngokuba ngumdlali weqonga. UTreplev ube nguJulien (uRobinson Stevenin), umenzi bhanyabhanya oselula ongenamdla. U-Arkadina, umama wakhe, nguMado (Nicole Garcia), umdlali onetalente. UTrigorin nguBrice (uBernard Giraudeau), umlawuli ophumeleleyo kunye nomthandi kaMado. UMasha nguJeanne-Marie (uJulie Depardieu), uJulien akaqondi ukuba uyathandana naye, kwaye uSorin nguSimon (uJean-Pierre Marielle).
Ke, i-Seagull yayiyindawo yokuqala yeLa Petite Lili, ngaphandle kwento yokuba ndandivakalelwa kukuba umthetho IV awuzukusebenza nabantu abancinci kule mihla. Uhlengahlengiso lwam luhamba luye kwi-deouément eyahlukileyo.
Ukongeza kwiindidi zeChekhov kunye nePirandello (kunye neMiller kunye neBoivent), kukho intwana yeFrench-pastry oo-la-la kunye noNks Sagnier ekuqaleni kwefilimu. Okwangoku, kanye embindini womdlalo weqonga kukho isimanga sokugweba esisebenzayo emsebenzini kunyango lwesimilo sakhe. Emva kokushiya i-idealist encinci ukuba abaleke kunye ne-pragmatist endala kwaye aqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe wefilimu, uLili uboniswa ezisola kukhetho lwakhe xa ebona ukuba owayethandana naye ngoku utshatile, unomntwana, kwaye ungumenzi wefilimu ophumeleleyo ngaphandle. Kule meko intsha, uLili usondele kumfazi u-Alfie kunomlinganiswa waseChekhov.
Abanye abadlali baseFrance bangaphezulu kokwaneleyo, nangona uninzi lwezinto ezifanayo phakathi kwehlabathi laseChekhov lokujika kwezinkulungwane zemidlalo yeqonga kunye noncwadi kunye nehlabathi lanamhlanje le-cinema ye-autobiographical ibonakala inyanzelekile kwaye iphikisana. Kodwa eyona ngxaki inkulu nguLili ngokwakhe: Emva kokubona uVanessa Redgrave kaNina kwiscreen, kunye nomlingiswa ofana noNina owayedlala kumdlalo weqonga we-Ibsen, kufuneka nditsho ukuba uNks. Sagnier ugqibe ngokukhanya kancinci ngokuthelekisa. Cinga ngo-Audrey Hepburn noLeslie Caron kwi-prime yabo, okanye uNicole Berger kwi-Game of Love kaClaude Autant-Lara, okanye uSimon Simone kwi-La Bête Humaine kaJean Renoir, kwaye ufumana ingqiqo yoluhlu lwamathuba omlingo.
Kukho ukuphazamiseka okukodwa kwifilimu-ngaphakathi-kwefilimu ethatha ubuninzi besenzo esitsha sesine, kodwa kuya kufuneka ulumke ngakumbi ukuze uyibambe. Ngokubanzi, iLa Petite Lili yindawo yokuzonwabisa enesidima kwii-Francophiles ezinzima njengam.
