Umdlali weqonga uBurt Young, obekade ekumidlalo bhanyabhanya phantse eyi-100 kodwa waziwa kakhulu ngokudlala uPaulie, umzalwana okruqulayo kaTalia Shire kwi-movie yaseRocky yasekuqaleni kunye neeRocky ezine, wayehleli kumnquba eBravo Gianni kwi-East 63rd Street, apho uqhelekile.
Wayesenayo i-paunch kwaye i-70-yexesha le-cabdriver ijongeka. Ngama-62 eminyaka ubudala, uyinkunzi yenkomo yomfana, eneengalo ezinkulu ezifana nezikaPopeye. Wayebetha ingxowa enzima kwangoko ngala mini kwaye ejikelezisa isleyham ejikeleze iyadi yakhe yangasemva kwi-Upper East Side. Ngoku wayesebenza kwi-whisky kunye neCamel engacocwanga. Utshaya iipakethe ezintathu ngosuku.
Kutshanje, enomdla wokupapashwa kunye nomhambisi woMbulali kwisitrato iMott, ifilimu awayibhalayo, wayikhokela, kunye neenkwenkwezi, uMnu. Young wazibulala. KwiWebhusayithi enesihloko esithi ugqirha ofunyenwe kwigumbi lendlu laseMott-Ngaba yayikukuzibulala okanye yayenye into?, Wathumela umfanekiso wakhe elele ze ebhafini. Kwakukho nemifanekiso yakhe kumatheko kunye neenkwenkwezi ezidlulileyo ezinjengoJames Caan, uSylvester Stallone kunye noTalia Shire. Umnumzana Young ukwelo nqanaba lomdlali ongazange enze lukhulu, kodwa osengoyena mntu ubalulekileyo kwinkcubeko kunye netalente eyaziwayo ngabalawuli abanjengoNick Cassavetes, abamphosa kwi-She's So Lovely, ngo-1997. njengoBurt Young ngenxa yokuba engakhange ayenze ibe nkulu kwaye sekunjalo-usikhumbuza ukuba nathi, sisahleli. Kwaye mhlawumbi khange sibenaso isitshixo esikhulu ukusukela ngo-1976, nokuba. Mhlawumbi sonke sinamagumbi okulala noCorey Haim kunye noAmityville II: Ukufumana kwiipasts zethu, nathi.
Oko kwathethi, ukusebenza kukaMnumzana Young njengesixhobo sokudumba umntu one-emphysema kwisiqendu se-Sopranos kwisizini ephelileyo sasisoyikisa ngokwenene, siyinto entle yokubamba izinto. Ibonakalise ukuba owona msebenzi mhle kaMnu. Young usenokuba phambi kwakhe.
Ukubulala kwisitrato iMott, uMnu.Young udlala uBruno, igcisa lomgunyathi kwi-lam e-Little Italy. Akomelele-ufana nesigebenga esilula, umntu owenzakeleyo, utshilo. UBruno ukhala kakhulu kwifilimu, usele iwhiskey, uzama ukuzibulala, abulale omnye umntu, kwaye ucinga ukuba uyathandana nommelwane oselula. Ukwanendawo ebonakalayo enganxibanga ebhafini.
Wazisa abahlobo bakhe ukuba wayengafanga nyani. Abanye babo bacinga ukuba kungabonakala kutshiphu ukukhuthaza ifilimu ngale ndlela. Ndabaxelela ukuba, ‘Musani ukukhathazeka, akubizi mali ininzi!’ Utshilo Mnu.
Wayengumntu omncinci, nangona wayehleka kabuhlungu. Uthe wayehamba nohambo nentombi yakhe yeminyaka esithoba, ugqirha wesikhumba omnyama ahlala naye kwiFifth Avenue kwi-East 90's. Ndiyabathanda abantu basetyhini, utshilo uMnu. Ndiyacombuluka, njengeqhekeza lodongwe, iLabrador. Andilulanga-ndivele nditshe.
Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, watsho, waphuma kunye ne-Rocky co-star, uTalia Shire, ngokuqhwanyaza kweliso.
Ndayithanda, utshilo, esongeza ukuba ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe wayefuna ukuba aziqhelanise nobunzima akhule nabo. Ndamxelela ukuba ndifuna ukuhlala ndinje. Ndingahamba kancinci. Ndiyabuthanda ububanzi bam. Endaweni yokubhabhela phezulu, ndibanzi. Ndisenamabhongo, kodwa ndiyacotha. Andisoze ndibenguTom Cruise. Abantu abaninzi bandigqithile. Ndifana nesicoci-mlilo. Mhlawumbi kude kwafika nenja yandikhathaza.
Uthe iphupha lakhe kukuba uSean Penn aqondise umdlalo awubhalileyo, obizwa ngokuba yiNcwadi eya kuAlicia kunye noRhulumente weSixeko saseNew York ovela kwiNdoda eneMbumbulu entloko. Wadibana noMnu Penn eSan Francisco ekuqaleni konyaka, kodwa akazange eve.
Inyani yile, bendicinga ukuba yinto egqityiweyo, utshilo.
UBurt Young wakhula kwinqanaba eliphakathi eCorona, eQueens. Wala ukuveza igama lakhe lokwenyani. Ufuna ukuba ndilahlwe? Watsho ehleka. Utata wakhe wayeyindoda ehambisa umkhenkce kunye noomatshini bentsimbi. Umama wakhe unama-95 kwaye bathetha yonke imihla.
Wenza amabakala amahle kodwa wabaleka nabantwana abanzima. Ekuphakameni okuphezulu, wadlala i-hooky-iinyanga ezintathu. Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-15, waqala ukuthandana nomfazi owayefana noKim Novak kwaye wayetshatile enabantwana ababini. Walwa nomyeni wakhe, ke utata wakhe wamxelela ukuba abhalise kuLwandle. Umzala wakhe uFrankie wavuma. UFrankie wayenxibe isuti kwaye waqhuba iCadillac. Wayenamanani. UFrankie wandixelela, uthi, 'Ngeli xesha unesiqingatha sendoda, isiqingatha somntwana,' utshilo uMnu. 'Yiya kwinkonzo iminyaka emibini, emva koko uyaphuma, kwaye ukuba usamfuna, uyakuthatha isigqibo njengendoda.'
Xa wehlayo ebhasini kwinkampu yeebhutsi, igosa labamba umnqwazi wakhe, lawuphosa phantsi laqala ukutsiba kuwo. Ndothukile, utshilo uMnu. Ndicinga ukuba ndijonge kancinci ndifuna ukuthuthunjiswa.
E-Okinawa, Mnu.Young wabangela uqhushululu oluncinci phakathi kweqela labaqhankqalazi abachasene neMelika. Ke bandifaka kwi-brig, utshilo. I-Okinawa brig ngelo xesha yayiyeyona nto imbi-abantu besiya amandongomane apho.
Umdlalo wamanqindi wamsindisa. Ndilungile, kodwa bendifuna ukugoduka, utshilo. Bendimkhumbula umama notata wam. Ndandibuhlungu.
Emva kweminyaka emibini, washiya amaMarines waza watshata nomfazi ogama linguGloria. Umzala wakhe eNew York wamfumanela umsebenzi kwishishini lakhe lokubolekisa.
Wayehamba edolophini, kwaye wandinika zonke iiakhawunti zakhe ezimbi, utshilo uMnu. Ndizamile ukuziphilisa. Bendikho kwishishini ngalinye elingadingi luhlu. Ukuhlamba iikhaphethi, yonke into. Walwa imidlalo eli-17 yomdlalo wamanqindi eringi-kwaye abanye bangaphandle kwayo. Xa wadutyulwa ithambo shin. Kwityeli lesibini wadutyulwa esinqeni abanye abantu basweleka. Ke yena noGloria bapakisha izinto zabo bafudukela kwisiqithi saseNantucket, apho umntu othile wamlungisa ngomsebenzi wokuhlola isilika. Emva konyaka onesiqingatha apho, unkosikazi wakhe wayenza yacaca into yokuba uyayicaphukela kunye nendlu eyonakeleyo ababehlala kuyo.
Emuva eQueens, wamtyhalela ukuba angene kwinto ezinzileyo, efana nococeko. Zehla iinyembezi emehlweni akhe xa ethetha ngoGloria. Usweleke e1972.
Andizange ndiyingcuka xa nditshatile, watsho. Andizange ndiqhathe. Mhlawumbi kube kanye, kabini.
Ungene ekulingiseni ngo-1969. Ngenxa yetajita egama linguNorma. Wayemhle kakhulu, wawungakholelwa ukuba mhle kangakanani, watsho. Kwaye wayengathethi nam. Wayethetha naye wonke umntu. Ndizamile ukuthobeka, akukho nto. Ndizamile ukuba ngumntu onzima, akulunganga. Ekugqibeleni ndathi, ‘Kutheni ungenguye umdlali weqonga?’ Wakhanyisa. Uthe ufuna ukufunda no-Lee Strasberg, qha akakwazi kungena. Andazi ukuba ngubani lo u-Lee Strasberg. Ndacinga ukuba yintombazana leyo.
Umnumzana uYoung uqikelele ukuba angangena kule Studio Studio, mhlawumbi angangena nakuNorma, naye.
Ke wabhala uStrasberg, esithi ufuna ukufunda ukwenza kodwa evuma iingxaki zakhe ngomthetho. UStrasberg wammemela kwigumbi lakhe laseCentral Park West. Emva kwengxoxo emfutshane, umphathi obambeleyo wamxelela ukuba akacingi ukuba angangumdlali weqonga, ke uMnu Young waphakama. Hlala phantsi, watsho uStrasberg, emxelela ukuba akazange abone uxinzelelo olunje ebusweni. Ngokuka Mnu. Young, uStrasberg wamxelela, ndiziva ndilithala leencwadi elinemvakalelo. Ungasebenza nam? Wayeneminyaka engama-29.
Umnumzana Young wadlala kwimidlalo yeqonga kunye nabadlali beStudiyo, kwaye wafumana uNorma kuvavanyo. Kodwa woyiswa kukoyika phambi kweStrasberg, uShelley Winters noPaul Newman. Phuma kuNorma. Kwiminyaka esixhenxe kamva, xa wayenyulwa ukuba abe ngu-Oscar kwiRocky, uMnu.Young wafumana iiselfowuni ezimbini. Omnye wayevela kumlingane wasebumelwaneni owayefuna uMnu Young ukuba akhankanye i-bowling alley, iVinnie's Hideout. Omnye wayevela kuNorma, wabhala, Khumbula ukuba unetyala kum yonke into. Uthando, uNorma.
Ndindim kuphela umdlali okwakungekho mfuneko yokuba aphicothwe uRocky, utshilo uMnu. Baphicotha uBurgess Meredith, Talia. Ndingoyena mdlali uhlawulwa kakhulu. Ngelo xesha, ndandiloluhlobo ndikhangeleka ngathi ngumdlali weqonga.
Umnumzana uYoung uthe wayedlala umlinganiswa wakhe uPaulie njengayo yonke ingcungcu ngaphandle kwaye nayo yonke intlabathi engaphakathi. Ibluster yamgubungela, indlela awayehamba ngayo. Ndimenze wabanzi. Ndinxibe iimpahla ezimbini. Ndimenze wangabinantamo. Ukungazithembi kwakhe, ewe, ndihlelele kum.
Ngaphambi koRocky wayekade ekwimiboniso bhanyabhanya embalwa, kubandakanya iChinatown. Wayeza kuba ngumhlobo noJames Caan, kwaye wahlala naye eHollywood. Sasingahlukani, utshilo uMnu Caan. Ndamfumana kwinkqubo yoqeqesho. Wabaleka i-12 yeemayile ngemini kwaye wafumana i-12 yeepawundi. Eyahlukileyo. Eyodwa kakhulu.
Ungomnye wabahlobo bam abasenyongweni, utshilo uMnu Caan. Ndiyazi ukuba ndithe, 'Burt, ndikudinga apha ngenxa yayo nantoni na,' ebeza kuba sendizeni yokuqala.
UMnu Caan wazama ukucacisa isibheno sika Mnu. Zininzi izinto abantu abazikhethayo njengabadlali, kwaye ezo zidikayo zezona zicacileyo, utshilo uMnu Caan. Udlala umntu ombi, unzima; udlala umntu obulala abantu, uyakorobha-uyazi, ezo zinto zibaxekileyo. Ewe, kukho ukhetho oluqinisekileyo kunye nokukhetha okungalunganga, kwaye ukhetho oluqinisekileyo luya kuba ngumbulali owenza ukuba ukholelwe ukuba wonke umntu ambulalayo ubulala inceba, kwaye uyenza ngothando. Abaphulaphuli akufuneki bayazi loo nto, kodwa ukuba yile nto uyidlalayo, oko kukwenza ube nomdla- 'Thixo usomandla, loo mfo woyika,' kodwa abaphulaphuli abazi ukuba kutheni kunjalo. I-Burt inepenchant yokwenza ezo ntlobo zokukhetha; yeyona nto imenza abenomdla wokubukela. Yinto ongenakufundisa mntu, kwaye okwesibini, uneebhola zokwenza. Wenza iibhola eludongeni. Unesibindi, bambalwa kakhulu abantu abanaso.
Ukubhabha, nangona kunjalo, ngumcimbi owahlukileyo. Umnumzana Caan uthe uMnu. Young wayesoyikisa ukubakhona emoyeni. Ndithetha malunga noloyiko olukhulu, utshilo uMnu Caan. Wayeza kuthatha ipilisi yehashe; wayefuna ukuba comatose. Ngelinye ixesha wayekwipaseji kwaye ndandisecaleni kwakhe, kwaye umgcini wempahla wayehamba ndaya kufikelela kuye ndaza ndambamba nje ngempundu. Uye wajika wanika uBurt ujonge ngokungathi uza kumbulala. Kwaye uBurt waginya nje ulwimi, kuba kuyenzeka-uya neentloni angabinakuthetha nto. Uye wajika ndaphinda ndaphinda. Weza kufutshane ngokumbetha!
Emva koRocky, ukongeza kwimisebenzi emininzi engalibalekiyo, uMnu.Young ufumene ukwamkelwa ngendima yakhe kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya enje ngePopu yaseGreenwich Village, Kanye Kwilixa elithile eMelika, Ukuphuma kokugqibela eBrooklyn naseMickey Blue Eyes. Wayehlala rhoqo eSpark Steak House naseRao's (umniniyo, uFrank Pellegrino, unendima yakhe ekubulaweni kwisitalato iMott). Wathenga indawo yokutyela eBronx wayibiza ngokuba yi-Burt Young ka-Il Boschetto.
Indima kaPaulie, nangona kunjalo, yayihlala ibuya. I-Rocky V, eyokugqibela, yenziwa ngo-1990. UMnumzana Young usanxibe iwotshi yegolide yeCartier uMnu Stallone wamnika ngelo xesha, kubhalwe, To Burt, umhlobo omkhulu.
Ndicinga ukuba bayilahlile isiphelo, utshilo uMnu. Ndacinga ukuba yimbonakalo bhanyabhanya. Kukho umboniso ophambili kuloo bhanyabhanya ubhalileyo uStallone. Indawo apho uPaulie engaqondanga asayine ubukhosi babo-konke kuphelile, ngobuyatha bakhe, ubukrwada.
Isitudiyo asizange siwuthande lo mbono, apho uPaulie owayedakumbile ekhupha umpu .45.
Ndizakuzenza, utshilo uMnu. Emva koko uRocky uyangena aze athethe nam phantsi. Kwaye imovie yayiyidinga! Kwakukumovie ukuya kuthi ga kwiiveki ezimbini ngaphambi kokuba ikhutshwe. Ndithe kuStallone, ‘Qiniseka ukuba ihlala kwi-movie engamanyala. 'Kwaye bayilahlile. Bangayilahla njani eStallone ngelo xesha? Ke oko kuthetha ukuba wayilahla. Kwaye ndathi, 'Ukuba loo nto ayikho kumdlalo bhanyabhanya, uyazi, unqumle isitrato, andiyontanga yakho.' Yile nto ayenzayo ngoku xa endibona-uyalishiya igumbi.
