Xa umlingisi uAndy Whitfield wasweleka eneminyaka engama-39 ye-Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, iindaba zamkelwa ngomothuko. Wayekhe wafunyanwa kwiinyanga ezili-18 ngaphambili kwaye kunyaka nje omnye ngaphambili wayenenkwenkwezi njengeyona yomeleleyo kumlo wokulwa, uSpartacus. Yayiyindima yokuqala yokubambela injineli-yomlinganiso-oguqukayo-ongumlingisi, kwaye washiya ngasemva abantwana ababini abancinci kunye nenkosikazi yakhe yeminyaka eli-10, uVashti. Kodwa ngelixa besilwa esi sifo, yena noVashti bagqiba kwelokuba basebenzise udumo lwakhe ukubalisa ibali lakhe kwabanye abajamelene nemizabalazo enjalo. Nangona uAndy waphulukana nomlo wakhe, umlo wakhe womhlaza wabanjwa ngu-Lilibet Foster ongumlobi we-Academy Award kwifilimu yakhe entsha Yiba lapha ngoku .
Ngethemba lokuqhubeka nethemba likaAndy noVashti lokusebenzisa ifilimu ukunceda abanye abajamelene nemizabalazo enjalo, uFoster wasebenzisana neLeukemia kunye neLymphoma Society, Yimani kuCancer, kunye neCommer Support Community ukukhupha ifilimu kwaye basebenzise ukukhululwa kwayo ekufumaneni imali.
U-Lesley Coffin (TMS): Wadibana njani noAndy noVashti? Ngaba ukhe wachazelwa malunga nokwenza uxwebhu okanye ubusazi ngaphambili?
Umlweli weLilibet: Andizange ndibazi, kodwa ndandimazi uAndy ngenxa yendlela awaduma ngayo kuSpartacus. Kuyinto engaqhelekanga, kuba uAndy waba yinkwenkwezi yehlabathi, ke ndinxibelelana nabantu kwihlabathi liphela, abantu abathetha zonke iilwimi ezahlukeneyo, malunga noAndy. Kodwa ngelixa esenza umboniso bhanyabhanya kwisizini yokuqala wayenentlungu yomqolo, ethatha ukuba yayiyintlungu yemisipha evela kwigladiator kwaye wenza iziqwenga. Kodwa uqhubekile waya kunyango lomzimba kwaye omnye ugqirha ekugqibeleni wamxelela ukuba afumane i-scan, kulapho bafumana umhlaza, i-Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Kwaye xa eqala ukufunyaniswa ukuba unengxaki, yena noVashti baya ngqo kwikhemotherapy kwaye bacinga ukuba icinyiwe. Kodwa xa wayesiya kucoca ukuba asebenze, bafumanisa ukuba usenomhlaza. Ngelo xesha, yena noVashti baya kwivenkile yokutyela kwaye babona indawo yokubhala itrato ngaphesheya kwesitalato kwaye bafumana ukuba lapha ngoku batyhalwa ezandleni zabo.
Kwaye kulapho ke bagqiba kwelokuba basebenzise amandla enkwenkwezi kaAndy ukubalisa eli bali, kuba ukuba boyike kakhulu kwaye babodwa kwaye boyike, abanye kufuneka bazive njalo kwaye mhlawumbi oku kunokubanceda. Kwaye babesazi ukuba ayingobantu abanomhlaza kuphela kodwa abantu abanawo nawuphi na umceli mngeni okanye naliphi na iphupha, kuba uAndy akazange abe ngumdlali weqonga kude kube sekupheleni kweminyaka engama-30. Ke banethemba lokuba ibali labo linokukhuthaza. Ngelo xesha babiza umphathi kaAndy uSam Maydew, ongumlingane wam ovelisa kumdlalo bhanyabhanya, kwaye xa bemxelela into abafuna ukuyenza, uSam wathi ngumbono ombi lowo. Ngaba ufuna ikhamera elandelayo? Kwaye bathi baqinisekile, ke uSam wakhwela, kwaye kulapho uSam andizise khona. Kwaye ngelo xesha, ndandisebenza kumdlalo kamabonakude malunga noDennis Hopper, ngelo xesha wayenomhlaza naye. USam undicelile ukuba ndithethe nje nabo, ndaye ndathi ndiqinisekile ndathetha nabo emnxebeni. Kwaye xa sisenza intetho encinci, ndabuza ukuba uvelaphi eNgilane, kwaye wayevela kwidolophana encinci ekuMantla eWales, kwaye loo dolophu ikwayiloo dolophu utata wakhulela kuyo. ithi bendingenile.
NJL: Ngaba bakuthathela ingqalelo ukwenza uxwebhu ngokwabo, okanye ngaba bahlala befuna ukuba nomphathi wamaxwebhu ababandakanyekayo?
Umfundi: Bahlala befuna umntu wesithathu ukuba abandakanyeke, kodwa njengoko ubona kwifilimu, bafuna imifanekiso ethile yobuqu nayo. UAndy wayefuna ukuba nekhamera yevidiyo ekhaya ayisebenzise njengohlobo lwesivumo anokusisebenzisa nangaliphi na ixesha. Ndaye ndathenga ikhamera awayeyisebenzisa kwifilimu ndaza ndambeka ngemakrofoni, ke kuya kuba lula ukuba bayisebenzise. Kwaye uVashti wagqibela ukusebenzisa loo khamera. Kwaye bayifumana le khamera iyinto ye-cathartic, kubo bobabini. Kwaye ndaye ndagqibela ukusebenzisa eso sitayile sokuvuma izono ngexesha lodliwanondlebe lwam nabo, kwaye ndicinga malunga nokuba kufanele nini ukuba badliwanondlebe kunye, xa befuna ukuthetha bodwa. Kodwa unokwazi ukuxelela okuninzi malunga nabo ngendlela ababephila ngayo ubomi babo bemihla ngemihla. Banendlela yokukholelwa ekubonakaliseni ikamva labo, indlela abathethe ngayo malunga nokufumana uAndy indima kwiSpartacus, kunye nendlela abayamkele ngayo le ngcamango yokuba lapha. Kwaye ndacinga, ndifuna ukuzama ukuyibamba ngendlela yokujonga, ye-vitre. Kwaye kukho ibali labo elithandekayo, elihlala lixhuma liza kum. Bahlekisa ngokwenene, bayadlala omnye komnye, bayalwa kwaye bayaxabana, kwaye banesisa esikhulu. Ke ndiye ndabuya ndaya kubukela imovie yothando Ibali ngenkuthazo.
NJL: Kuba oku kubandakanya abantwana bakaAndy noVashti kunye nabazali endlwini, ngaba umisele imigaqo ethile nosapho malunga nodliwanondlebe okanye xa uza kube ufota.
Umfundi: Ndenze udliwanondlebe nabazali bakhe, nangona kungenjalo. Njengomlawuli wesitayile se-cinema vérité, andinguye umlawuli we-vérité ngokungqongqo, kodwa into ekufuneka uyenzile kukuseka ukuthembana nabo, endaweni yokubeka imigaqo ethile. Kwaye kufuneka kube kukuthembana phakathi kwethu, kuba khange sikwazi ukucwangcisa okuninzi, bekufuneka nje sibone apho izinto zihambe khona. Kodwa loo ntembelo yayithetha ukuba nothethathethwano rhoqo ngexesha lonyango. Kwaye kukho amaxesha apho baya kufana, kungekhona namhlanje, u-Andy akayikulungela. Kodwa besinokuthetha ngokwenza inxenye yexesha elicwangcisiweyo nokuba kutheni besenza njalo, kwaye bendizakuphela ndize ngaphezulu kwaye ndithathe umboniso bhanyabhanya mhlawumbi isiqingatha sosuku. Kwaye kamva babendibulela kuba, njengoko uVashti watsho, ukuthetha ngayo kwikhamera kwakufana nokukrazula i-Band-Aid. Kwabavumela ukuba baqokelele iingcinga zabo ngelixa befota, ngakumbi xa ndibabuza ndedwa. Kodwa kananjalo, kuninzi okwenzekayo, kangangokuba xa bendizifota nje endlwini, ndicinga ukuba khange baqwalasele ikhamera. Ukubandakanyeka kwabantwana mhlawumbi ekuphela kwento apho uAndy noVashti bazobe umgca, kodwa oko kwafika ngokwendalo kum kwaye kwacaca ukuba yintoni enokuthi kwaye ingafaneleki. Ke andiqondi ukuba sasinengxabano malunga nendlela esasibabandakanya ngayo abantwana.
NJL: Kukho amacandelo amabini efilimu xa uAndy wayeshiye usapho ukuba ahambe yedwa, kwaye okokuqala xa wayehamba noAndy baya eIndiya. Uthathe isigqibo sokuba ngubani omele ukulandela xa uVashti noAndy besahlukene?
Umfundi: I-99% yexesha, ikhamera yalandela uAndy, ndiye ndaya eIndiya naye. Kwaye uAndy wayehlala ebuza, kwaye wayexhalabile, malunga nomdlalo bhanyabhanya wokuba ngumdlalo bhanyabhanya. Kwaye ndathi, kulungile, ndenza amaxwebhu emidlalo yeqonga. Kwaye andithethi ukuba amaxwebhu kamabonakude akabalulekanga kangako okanye obugcisa, kodwa kukho umahluko kumava wokubukela, kuba xa ubukele ifilimu kwindawo yemidlalo emnyama, ingqalelo yakho ijolise kulo lonke ixesha kwiscreen. Ukubukela iTV, unokuvuka kwaye uyimise kwaye kukho ikhefu elilungiselelwe ukujonga. Ke kuye kwafuneka ndiyenze ngokwembono yokuba le iya kuba ngamava okubukela kumabala emidlalo. Kwaye imovie inezinto ezininzi ezingaphantsi, malunga nembono kaAndy malunga nendalo kunye nesithende, kunye nebali labo lothando, ke kuye kwafuneka ndamkele ithuba lokwenza into ecekeceke, ngelixa ndisenza ukuba ijongeke kwaye izive i-cinema, ngelixa iyinyani kwaye iluhlaza. Ke ukuhamba naye ukuya e-India kwakubalulekile kwibali likaAndy, ukuyinika loo ndawo ye-cinema.
NJL: Ngaba uziva ubuchwephesha bukaAndy njengomdlali weqonga kwaye ungumntu oqhele ukuba kwikhamera, endaweni yomnye umntu oye walwa umlo ofanayo kwakhona umhlaza, ichaphazele indlela eyenziwe ngayo okanye yavela ngayo ifilimu?
Umfundi: Ekuqaleni kwefilimu, sineziqeshana zikaAndy njengoSpartacus kunye nomdlalo bhanyabhanya wokuqala, kunye neentengiso zakhe ezininzi. Kodwa ngokukhawuleza, ushiya ngasemva umhlaba weqonga kunye nehlabathi esimbona ekulo kanye obunye ubomi awayebuphila xa wayegula. Wayehamba olunye uhambo, eyokufumana unyango lomhlaza wakhe, kwaye olo yayiluhambo endandifuna ukululandela. Ke icandelo lokudlala kunye nelosaziwayo alize lize ebalini. Kodwa njengoko benditshilo, kunqabile ukuba babenolwazi ngekhamera, ke andazi ukuba uAndy uhlukile kwiscreen okanye ngaphandle. Kodwa beza njengaba bantu bavulekileyo kwaye benyanisekile kuba nje beyile nto babayiyo. UAndy, owaziwa ngokudlala uSpartacus, esithi ndiyoyika, unamandla. Kwaye nguAndy nje. Babengabantu abangaqhelekanga ukuba ndibekho.
NJL: Ngaba ikhona into oyitshintshileyo malunga nendlela obenze ngayo kunye nodliwanondlebe nabo xa bexelelwa ukuba iziphumo ziya kwahluka kuleyo babeyicwangcisela ukuqala kwabo ifilimu?
Umfundi: Uninzi lwabaphulaphuli ababonayo ifilimu bayakhuthazwa yiyo kwaye baziva benamandla, ke ndiyathemba ukuba baziva luhambo lobomi, nokuba bayazi ngoAndy. Ngokomntu, ndandikholelwa ngokuqinisekileyo ngelixa ndiyifotayo ukuba uAndy angayenza. Kwaye ngekhe ndiyenze imovie ukuba bendinokuthandabuza. Bekuya kuba yinto ephosakeleyo ngam ukuba ndibekho ukuba ndiziva ngokwahlukileyo kuba kukho inzululwazi malunga namandla okucinga okuqinisekileyo, kwaye ngekhe kubekho indawo yamathandabuzo ebomini babo. Ngaba ndikulungele ukuwela umgca ukubanceda baqhubeke besilwa? Ngokuqinisekileyo, ndingumenzi wefilimu kwaye bekuya kuba yinto engaqhelekanga, kodwa ngumdlalo bhanyabhanya nje kwaye ubomi bukaAndy babubaluleke ngaphezu komdlalo bhanyabhanya. Ndingaye ndishiye imovie ngalo naluphi na usuku lweveki ukuba ndiziva ukuba yinto elungileyo ukuyenza. Xa usenza ifilimu yokujonga, uyalibala ngobomi bakho kwaye ugxile kuphela kubomi babo. Ke ndaye ndangumhlobo kaVashti noAndy kwaye ngekhe ndenze nantoni na ukubanceda kule nto.
NJL: UVashti wayibona nini ingxelo yefilimu?
Umfundi: Kusoloko kukho inqaku kwinkqubo yokuhlela xa imovie ipholile ngokwaneleyo ukuba lixesha lokuba ubonise imovie kuloo mntu imalunga nayo. Ungalinda kude kube sekupheleni, kwaye salinda de kwaba kukufutshane ukusikwa kokugqibela. Kodwa ndinokholo olomeleleyo lokuba awusoze ubonise umntu imovie malunga nabo kwisithuba. Kuya kufuneka bangqongwe ngabahlobo kunye nosapho, ukuze babenenjongo ethile. Ke xa sasihamba ngenqwelomoya uVashti esiya eNew York simzise kwithiyetha eUTA, kwaye wamema abahlobo nabantu asebenza nabo kunye noJai Courtney, owayengumhlobo omkhulu kaAndy kunye noGodfather ebantwaneni. Babekhona bonke kwaye babukele umboniso bhanya-bhanya noVashti, ukunika inkxaso, kwaye yayingamava amangalisayo. Kwaye uVashti wandixelela ukuba ndibeke into endiza kuyishiya ngaphandle, ndicinga ukuba kunokuba nzima kakhulu kuye ukuba abekho. Kwaye wathi kufuneka ibekhona. Ungumntu omangalisayo. Ndifunde lukhulu ukuhlala nje kwakhe.
U-Lesley Coffin ukufakelwa kweNew York ukusuka kumbindi mpuma. Ungumbhali / umhleli wepodcast osekwe eNew York Ifilimu negalelo lefilimu kwi Interrobang . Xa engakwenzi oko, ubhala iincwadi kwiHollywood yakudala, kubandakanya U-Lew Ayres: I-Hollywood's Objector ngenxa yesazela kunye nencwadi yakhe entsha Iinkwenkwezi zikaHitchcock: UAlfred Hitchcock kunye neHollywood Studio System .
