Umlawuli wembali uRichard Donner usweleke ngoMvulo eneminyaka engama-91, eshiya ngasemva ifilimu eyenze ukuba sonke sikholelwe ukuba umntu angabhabha.
Umlawuli ozelwe nguBronx, umlawuli wamaYuda wenza into enkulu eHollywood xa wayesenza imovie eyothusayo ngoku Uvavanyo ngo-1976, elonakalisa igama likaDamien ngalo lonke ixesha. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, wenza i-180 enkulu kwaye wenza i-1978 Superman ifilimu. Kuthathelwa ingqalelo yeyona bhanyabhanya ibiza kakhulu eyakha yenziwa ngelo xesha, ngohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwe- $ 55 yezigidi, yayiyingozi kumanqanaba amaninzi.
Iifilimu ze-Superhero yayingeyiyo ibhokisi yeofisi namhlanje, kwaye ngaphezulu kokuchitha imali eninzi, iqela lophuhliso ligqibe kwelokuphosa umdlali ongaziwayo, uChristopher Reeve. UMnikeli wayedubula Superman II ngaxeshanye nefilimu yokuqala, eyenze ukuba yonke into ibe yingozi ngakumbi. Ngexesha ababesele begxile kulo ngokupheleleyo Superman, Kuyabonakala ukuba, iipesenti ezingama-75 zalandelwa. Ngombulelo, ifilimu iya kuba yimpumelelo enkulu efumana ngaphezulu kwe- $ 300 yezigidi kwi-ofisi yebhokisi kunye nokwenza iReeve ilivo.
Umnikeli uya kuqhubeka akhokele IiGoonies , Ukrwada , Isixhobo esiLethal ifranchise yefilimu, kunye neziqendu ezininzi zemidlalo kamabonakude.
Emva kokusweleka kwakhe, uninzi lwabalandeli, abanye abalawuli, abadlali, kunye nabahlobo bathathe i-intanethi ukuze babelane ngembeko. Ngokukodwa uGene Hackman, owayedlala uLex Luthor kwi Superman, ubalise i I-anecdote ukuya Intatheli yaseHollywood:
Ndabonisa usuku lokuqala lweemvavanyo zokwenza izithambiso uSuperman nge-Lex Luthor emadevu ndikhulile ngendima, waqala. UDick, enxibe iindevu zakhe ezintle, wandixelela ukuba kufuneka ndihambile. Ubonisene ngokuphulukana neyakhe ukuba ndenze eyam. Ngokwenyani yelizwi lakhe, wabhiyozela ukubethwa kwam incakuba yam yokugqibela ngokukhupha kamnandi iindevu ezingeyonyani awayezifumanele umsitho.
Ugqibe uHackman, uDick wakwenza kwaba mnandi, yiyo loo nto iifilimu zajika zaba njalo, nazo.
Enkosi, Richard Donner. Undenze ndakholelwa. pic.twitter.com/zmeONQpTUT
-Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) Julayi 5, 2021
Kulephepha lokugqibela le-Omen, URichard Donner uxelele umdlali wakhe ukuba ajonge emva kwikhamera ngokungathi wayenomsindo, kwaye xa wayesenza njalo, uDonner waqala ukuhlekisa Ungancumisi! Awuncume!
Kwaye yiyo loo nto sifumene olunye loncumo olubi kwimbali ye-cinema. #RIPRichardDonner pic.twitter.com/xoGJtX8dqX
- N O S Ɔ ᴚ ᴚ Ǝ ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ O Ɔ S (@scottderrickson) Julayi 5, 2021
Khange ndiphinde ndivumelane ngakumbi nemirhumo ethululela imbeko kuRichard Donner omkhulu. Ndibe nethamsanqa lokuba ndisebenze naye kwimuvi yakhe yokugqibela kumabonakude #SarahT ecaleni @RealLindaBlair . Iprojekthi yakhe elandelayo yayi #Amadoda -enye enye yimbali! #RIP_Dick https://t.co/5E3w4milYP
-Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) Julayi 6, 2021
Ndandimthanda uRichard Donner njengomntu, kwaye ndimthanda kakhulu njengomlawuli. Ukucinga ukuba wenze i-Omen, iSuperman, iGoonies kunye neLethal Weapon kwisithuba nje esingaphezulu kweminyaka eli-10, kunye nezinye ezininzi. Imangalisa. Ngokwenene omnye wabenzi befilimu abaphambili baseMelika ngalo lonke ixesha. Uya kukhunjulwa kakhulu. pic.twitter.com/6BWIkrvfuN
-Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) Julayi 6, 2021
Usale kakuhle sithandwa sikaRichard. Enkosi ngeefilimu zakho, ngobuhle bakho, uburharha bakho, ubuhlobo bakho kunye nezo ntsuku zonwabisayo nezimnandi esizichithe ngexesha lokudubula ababulali. Asisoze sakulibala wena amigo.
LALA KAKUHLE #RichardDonner pic.twitter.com/VumJPZkLe3
-Antonio Banderas (@antoniobanderas) Julayi 6, 2021
Ukwenzela mna, Superman ihlala yenye yezo bhanyabhanya ezingqina ukuba yintoni eyenza uSuperman abe mkhulu kakhulu, kwaye ndiya kuhlala ndiyibamba njengomzekelo wento eyenza uSuperman asebenze: ukufudumala, intliziyo, uncumo. Ezo zinto ziyamvusa ebomini, kwaye ndisatsho ukuba uMnikeli wamzisa ebomini ngokona kulungileyo.
Yeyiphi ifilimu oyithandayo kaRichard Donner?
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