IHlick Vampire Flick yaseHollywood yokuqala yajongana neRhwebo ngamakhoboka, ubuhlanga nothando olumnyama ngo-1972

UWilliam Marshall eBlacula (1972)

Ngaphandle kwe- ukudityaniswa kokuhlwempuzekileyo ukwamkelwa Umbimbi wexesha ifumene ukuba ikwazile ukufikelela kwi # 2 kwi-ofisi yebhokisi emva I-Panther emnyama Kutshanje kunqumle uphawu lwewaka lezigidi. Oku kuphawula okokuqala kwiifilimu ezimbini ngabalawuli abamnyama ababini abane- $ 100 yezigidi kunye nohlahlo-lwabiwo mali olwake lwabekwa kwiibhokisi ezimbini zokuqala zeofisi, ngokwe-CNN.

Ngo-1971 wasinika Shaft, eyayikhokelwa ngu Iipaki zeGordon , kunye neefilimu ezintathu kuphela ezinenzuzo ngaloo nyaka kwi-MGM, ezixabisa i-13 yezigidi kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwe- $ 500,000. Yazala ukuqhelanisa njengoko sisazi namhlanje, ngolonwabo olwahlukileyo lokuba ngomnye wabambalwa ababhaliweyo kwaye baveliswa ngumlawuli omnyama. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, ibingomnye wabokuqala abamnyama abafanelwe yiposti, kodwa ndiyothusa kwaye ndifuna ukuthetha ngomnye umntu omkhulu omnyama ophume… kunyaka olandelayo.

Yayiyenye yeefilimu zohlobo lokuqala ezazikhokelwa ngumlawuli omnyama kwaye zinenkwenkwezi ikakhulu kumdlalo weqonga omnyama owaba yenye yeefilimu eziphezulu kakhulu ngo-1972, kwangalo nyaka usizisileyo Utatomkhulu kwaye Cabaret . Ndiyathetha ngoWilliam Crain UBlacula .

Umboniso bhanyabhanya owoyikisayo uxelele ibali leNkosana uMamuwalde, ovela kwisizwe esintsomi sase-Abani, esithunyelwa ngabadala bakhe ukuba bayokufuna uncedo ku-Count Dracula ukuze aphelise urhwebo lwamakhoboka ngo-1780. UDracula, ngokwendalo akanamdla woku, ekubeni efumene ubutyebi Ngokurhweba ngamakhoboka, kwaye endaweni yoko uzama ukulukuhla umfazi kaMamuwalde, uLuva. UMamuwalde ulwa nabantu bakaDracula, uyaphulukana noDracula umguqula abe yivampire, amhlube igama lakhe ambize ngegama elithi 'Blacula' kwaye amtywinele ebhokisini, eshiya uLuva ukuba asweleke ecaleni kwebhokisi. Ngo-1970 ibhokisi yakhe ifunyanwa sisibini esithandanayo kwaye uyakhululwa.

Umboniso bhanyabhanya ngelixa uzaliswe yinkampu, umculo omnandi welo xesha, ukubonakaliswa kwengxaki yabantu abathandana nabantu abathandanayo (ngelixa bekhwaza abantu abathandana nabantu abathandana nabo ngexesha elinye), kwaye ngokwenene, ukhetho lwefashoni olubi kakhulu, UBlacula Kwakuyimovie efanelekileyo yokuhamba ngexesha layo. Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu yokuba ngomnye wabokuqala ukwenza iibhloko ezinkulu ngumlawuli omnyama eWillaim Crain. UCrain wayevela eColumbus, eOhio, kwaye waphumelela kwisikolo sefilimu se-UCLA. Ngelixa umsebenzi wakhe awuzange uzibonakalise udlulile kweli nqanaba, usaphule umhlaba kunye nefilimu.

Phambi kokuba aguqulwe nguDracula, iNkosana uMamuwalde ibonakalisiwe ikrelekrele, ifundile, kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, iyazingca ngelifa layo. Ngelixa engakhawuleziyo ukuba nomsindo xa uDracula esithi uvela ehlathini, uyeza ukuzikhusela kwinkosikazi yakhe. Ngomnye wemifanekiso ehloniphekileyo yenkosana yaseAfrika neyaseAfrika.

Ngaphandle kohlobo olunzima lokubetha yonke imovie ithatha ngaphaya kwesingeniso, uKayin usebenzisa isingeniso (esiboniswe apha ngasentla) ukuqaqambisa imicimbi ethile ebalulekileyo yoluntu. U-Mamuwalde ehluthwe igama lakhe kunye nobuntu ngu-Dracula, usapho olumnyama lwahlulwa ngenkani, ndingasathethi ke ngendlela uKayin asebenzisa ngayo i-vampirism isikweko sokwenza ikoloniyali kunye nendlela eyoyikekayo yamadoda amnyama alwayo kwaye atshatyalaliswe yile nkqubo.

Eyona nto inamandla ngakumbi kwaye ifihlakele malunga nefilimu ibonisa ukuba uthando olumnyama luyindlela esa elusindisweni. Ngelixa Shaft I-hyper-masculine kakhulu kwaye inzulu malunga nezesondo, UBlacula ngeendlela ezininzi ngothando nendlela amadoda amnyama nabasetyhini abamnyama kunye abanokuwaphilisa ngayo amanxeba obukhoboka kunye nekoloniyali. Eyona njongo iphambili kaMamuwalde kuyo yonke imovie kukuphinda aqhagamshelene nokuzalwa kwakhona komfazi wakhe, ogama linguTina kumhla wanamhlanje. Unobuntu kakhulu kwaye yiyo loo nto ukubhubha kwakhe ekupheleni kwefilimu, kubangela ukuba uMamuwalde alahle ithemba kwaye azibulale ngelanga. Ngelixa uTina engenguye oligorha, uvumelekile ukuba abuthathaka kwaye athandwe kwaye aphathwe okomntu onexabiso, ngaphandle kokulalana ngesondo.

Ngokufana I-Panther emnyama kwaye Umbimbi wexesha , UBlacula yadalwa ngeendlela ezininzi ukonwabisa kunye nokuzalisa isithuba. Kukho into enamandla ukuba ikwazi ukuxelela amabali akho ngaphaya kwefilimu eyakhayo yeklasikhi. Ukuthatha izimvo ezinje ngobukhoboka kunye nobuhlanga kwaye uzijike zenze iifilimu ezoyikisayo yinto enje Phuma unamandla amakhulu. UBlacula ayibhalwanga kakuhle njenge Phuma kodwa inxenye yesizathu sokuba ihlale kuyo yomibini inkcubeko kunye nenkcubeko eyoyikisayo kungenxa yokuba kukho into exabisekileyo kwinto eyenzileyo kwilizwe elikhulu le-cinema.

UBlacula Yayiyimboniso bhanyabhanya yokuqala eyoyikisayo eyakha yaphumelela eyona Horror eBalaseleyo Amabhaso eSaturn kunye nokudala amaza ezinye iifilimu ezothusayo ezimnyama. Uninzi lwazo alulunganga, kodwa ezininzi zazo ziyonwabisa.

Njengomntu othanda uloyiko kunye nokuxhonywa, ndiyakonwabela UBlacula . Ndiqale ukuyibona kwikholeji kwiklasi yoncwadi lwevampire apho ibindim ndedwa umfundi ontsundu (kwaye uninzi lwabavampi berekhodi) kwaye abanye abafundi baphoxekile besibukele UBlacula ngaphandle kwe IDracula: Ufile kwaye Unothando It. Omnye umfundi wandibuza ukuba Mna ndandonwabela imovie (ngokungathi ndiyikhethile), kwaye ngelixa bendimnika impendulo ye-meh, ndiyonwabile. Ndiyonwabele kuba yayiyinkampu, kodwa yayiyenye yeefilimu zokuqala ukuphatha abantsundu ngesidima nentlonipho. Kwakhona i-vampire flick yokuqala yaseHollywood. Kwaye yenza imali eninzi phantsi kwesikhokelo somlawuli omnyama.

Ingqumbo.

(umfanekiso: MGM)

-UMary Sue unemigaqo-nkqubo engqongqo yokuphawula engavumiyo, kodwa ayikhawulelwanga, ukuthukwa nabani na , Intiyo nentetho egonyamelayo. —