Ukuphononongwa: Amehlo amakhulu kaTim Burton kukuBuyela okuFanelekileyo kuMbono, kwiFilimu yabantu abadala

YenkuluEli xesha lamabhaso ligcwalisiwe nge-biopics yazo zonke iintlobo, kodwa akukho nanye efike ngexesha okanye echukumisa ngakumbi kunefilimu kaTim Burton, Amehlo Amakhulu . Ikwayenye yezona ziqwenga zibalaseleyo zokwenziwa kweefilimu kwabasetyhini ngaphakathi kwistudiyo ngexesha elithile.

Ayabelani ngebali kuphela lomfazi owahlupheka phantsi kwezithintelo ezibekwe kwimfazwe yaseMelika yasemva kwemfazwe; kodwa isinika ibali eliyinyani, eliyinyani eliya kuthi lihlangane nabafazi bayo yonke iminyaka kwaye linike ukuqonda malunga nokuba ubufazi baba njani yintshukumo kwiminyaka yee-1970. Ikwayifilimu entle eyonwabisayo kwaye ivuseleleka ngokwasemoyeni njengoko ikhanyisela. Olu luhlobo lokwenziwa kwefilimu ngobukrwada esifuna ukukubona kwii-biopics.

Akumangalisi ukuba iBurton's biopic yokugqibela, Ed Wood , iya kubeka isiseko se-biopic engaqhelekanga. Ngapha koko, kukho ukufana okubonakalayo phakathi Amehlo Amakhulu, Ed Wood , Intlanzi enkulu , kunye UEdward Scissorhands . Zonke ezine zeenkwenkwezi ezingalunganga ezibalisa amabali ezikhoyo kwihlabathi le-nostalgia engenakwenzeka eyenziwe yiHollywood. Umahluko apha kukubalisa ukungalungi kwi-Big Eyes ngokwenene ngabantu ababini emtshatweni, uWalter noMargaret Keane. Kwaye ngobulumko, uBurton akaze alibale ukuba sisigqibo sabo bobabini sokuxoka eluntwini esiqinisekisa ukutshatyalaliswa kwabo njengesibini kwaye sabangela iingxaki zabo abazifumanayo, ngelixa kwangaxeshanye babesenza izigidi ngokuqhatha umhlaba wobugcisa.

UMargaret, odlalwa ngu-Amy Adams, ushiya umyeni wakhe wokuqala kunye nentombi yakhe (edlalwa nguDelaney Raye njengomntwana omncinci kunye noMadeleine Arthur njengomntwana okwishumi elivisayo) ekuqaleni kwefilimu, ngolonwabo ngaphandle kokunika iinkcukacha zokuba kutheni. Isikhumbuzo sokuba le yi-1950s, xa uqhawulo-mtshato lwalungathandwa kwaye oomama abangatshatanga kwafuneka baphile emhlabeni ngeleta ebomvu. Akumangalisi ke ngoko ukuba uMargaret angathandwa yindoda, uWalter (Christoph Waltz), obonisa umdla wokuba ngutata nomyeni ngokukhawuleza. Njengoko uMargaret exelela umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni we-bohemian, odlalwa nguKrysten Ritter, ndiwuqhawule umtshato nomntwana, uWalter uyintsikelelo. Unokubona ukungabikho kokuzithemba kunye nokuzixabisa ngale ngxelo.

Kwaye ezi zimbini zibonakala zinezinto ezifanayo ezenza ukuba zibe sisibini esigqibeleleyo- ukuhlala ubomi babazobi ababini eNorth Beach, ukupeyinta imihlaba yezitalato zaseParis, nokuzoba imifanekiso yakhe engaqhelekanga yabantwana abanamehlo amakhulu, alusizi. Umdla oqhelekileyo ungabonakala ubenza ukuba bawulungele umtshato, de uWalter aqale ukubonisa imizobo yakhe kwiindonga zeqela lejazz kwaye aqonde ukuba imizobo yomfazi wakhe ichukumisa umphefumlo wabathengi abahlawulayo, abangazinanziyo ezitalatweni zakhe. Ngabo bobabini basebenzisa utyikityo lukaKeane, uqala ngokuvumela abantu bakholelwe ukuba ungumculi, emva koko azithengise, kwaye ekugqibeleni azinyuse njengegcisa lamehlo amakhulu.

Kodwa ukuqhubeka nokuthengisa, uMargaret akanyanzelekanga ukuba aqhubeke nokupeyinta iindidi ezifanayo zemizobo kaninzi, kodwa akuyeke konke ukubhalwa kwemisebenzi. Ayikuko ukulahleka kwemali okanye udumo oluthi lumqhubele phambili kancinci kuxinzelelo noxinzelelo, kodwa ilahleko epheleleyo yesazisi kunye nobomi bokugcina iimfihlo unyanzelekile ukuba akhokele, egcina nabahlobo bakhe kunye nentombi yakhe ebumnyameni.

Ubudlelwane phakathi kukaMargaret kunye nentombi yakhe uJane babonelela ngeziganeko ezithandekayo kumdlalo bhanyabhanya, njengoko ubudlelwane babo buphazanyiswa yimfihlo yobomi obumbaxa bukaMargaret. Kwaye iintloni kunye neentloni uJane anazo xa efumanisa iminyaka yenkohliso athe umama wakhe wayenza sisimo seemvakalelo sokungqina. Ungayibona ngokoqobo imbewu yobufazi ityalwa kwintombazana encinci efana noJane xa ebona umama wakhe exutywa yindoda elawulayo emnyanzelayo ukuya ezithunzini, kunye noluntu oluxelela abafazi ukuba balandele ukukhokelwa ngumyeni wabo, nokuba utyekelo ukuxoka nokukhohlisa.

Enye yamandla angenakuphikwa emovie kukungaqondakali okukhoyo malunga nenkohliso kaKeane kunye nokwabelana ngoxanduva ekwenzeni ubuxoki. UMargaret ulixhoba lomyeni wakhe, oza kumphatha njengebanjwa lobuxoki, egrogrisa kwaye ebhabha enomsindo xa ecinga ukuba sele eza kuphula inzolo. Kodwa uMargaret wazivumela ukuba athethe kwaye abalise ubuxoki, kunokuba ayeke umyeni wakhe umzuzu wokuqala anethuba.

UMargaret ude athathe inxaxheba kudliwanondlebe nomyeni wakhe, exelela oonondaba ewe, wabapeyinta kwaye watyikitya eminye imizobo ayenzayo njengoMGH Keane, eqhubela phambili ubuxoki bokuba uKeane uthetha uWalter. Kwaye uBurton kunye nababhali-skrini uScott Alexander kunye noLarry Karaszewski (ukuphinda bahlangane ngamadoda angasemva Ed Wood ) ungaze umyeke uMargaret aphume ngokupheleleyo. Oko bamnika kona ngumthwalo wobutyala, ukuqonda okunemfesane kobomi babafazi kwelo xesha, kunye nethuba lokuhlengwa xa ekugqibeleni evunyelwe ukuba athethe inyani. Ngelixa ibali lingaphezulu kakhulu kukaMargaret kunoWalter, uBurton, uAlexander, noKaraszewski babonisa uWalter ukuba ukude kwisilo sekhathuni. UWaltz udlala uKeane njengomtsalane, okrelekrele, kwaye kakhulu eyindoda yexesha lakhe. Ngamanye amaxesha ubonakala engaqondi ukuba wenza nantoni na engalunganga, esiqinisekisa ukuba uyakholelwa kwinto ayixelela uMargaret. Ngaba uyindoda elungileyo yokuziphatha okungathandabuzekiyo okanye wayehlala engekho nje ngaphezu komthengisi? Akukho mntu, nkqu noMargaret, uyazi ngokuqinisekileyo. Kwaye kukho uvelwano kuWalter osuka kubabhali, ababonisa ukuqonda ngendoda enomona ngenxa yomfazi wayo ngenxa yokungaphumeleli kwayo kunye nokungabikho kwempembelelo njengegcisa.

Ibango elithandabuzekayo elenziwa yifilimu malunga nelifa likaWalter Keane yimalini italente awayenayo njengomzobi walo naluphi na uhlobo, kodwa ubukhulu becala, uKeane ngumntu ophilayo, ophefumlayo, onesiphene ngokunzulu, kwanaxa esenza isidenge (njengoko esenza Kwi-comic kaWaltz efanelekileyo enkundleni). Ritter njengoDeeAnn ukulungele ngokugqibeleleyo ukudlala umhlobo osenyongweni ongathandabuzekiyo kaMargaret. Kwakumnandi ukubona isitampu seTerence sidlala umgxeki uJohn Canaday (kwindawo yakhe ethandekayo, egqwesileyo), kwaye uDanny Huston ubalasele njengentatheli uDick Nolan, obhala ibali losapho lakwaKeane amashumi eminyaka, kwaye wabalisa umboniso bhanyabhanya kunye naye utyikityo, ilizwi elityebileyo.

UJames Saito ( Eli Stone ) udlala omnye wabalinganiswa bam abathandayo kwifilimu, njengejaji ekufuneka ilungise eli tyala linobuqhophololo nenkohliso. Kuphela nguJason Schwartzman ongasetyenziswanga, kodwa ufumana izihlandlo ezimbalwa ze-caricature yakhe yokuziqhenya. Kodwa iAdams kunye neWaltz zezona zivelileyo, nganye ibonisa ukuba kutheni zizezona zibalaseleyo. UWaltz, osele enee-Oscars ezimbini igama lakhe sele likho, ngokuqinisekileyo kufanelekile ukuba athathelwe ingqalelo ekwenzeni u-Walter Keane umntu wokwenene, ophefumlayo, ngaphandle kwento ebinokuba lula ukuba ngumlinganiswa ohlekisayo. Uhleka ngenxa yokusebenza kwakhe okukhulu kunokubomi, kodwa ufumana ukuqonda ukuba angabakho ngokupheleleyo, ngakumbi kubugcisa.

I-Adams yinto engaqhelekanga njengoMargaret. Ukuthetha ngokuthambileyo nge-aksenti esemazantsi kunye neenwele ezinkulu ezimhlophe, wenza uMargaret indibanisela eqaqambileyo yomoya, ozimeleyo nolusizi, owonakeleyo. Ubuso babafazi abanyanzelwe ukuba banikezele ngobunikazi babo emva kwemfazwe eMelika emadodeni njengentloko yekhaya. Kwaye njengomzobi, uAdams uqinisekile njengowesifazane ozibonakalisa ethe cwaka, esenza aba bantwana banamehlo amakhulu njengeenguqulelo zengqondo yakhe eyaphukileyo. Unyanzelekile ukuba athethe cwaka njengoko esenza isikwere ngokuchasene neWaltz, ezisa abaphulaphuli ngamehlo akhe amakhulu, kwaye wenza njalo ngomtsalane ongalindelekanga kunye nobushushu obamenza ukuba athandwe nguOscar IJunebug kwaye Uzamo lasemelika . Ndiyathemba ukuba siyambona engena kugqatso kukhuphiswano lweOscar kulo nyaka, kuba andinangxaki ukubiza oyena mdlali mhle kulo nyaka Amehlo Amakhulu .

Ukuba ukhe wajonga kubugcisa bokuqala bukaTim Burton benziwa sisidalwa sakhe uEdward Scissorhands, uyakuqonda ngokupheleleyo ukuba yintoni eyenza ukuba umntu ofana noBurton achonge ngokuqatha ngebali lomfazi ofana noMargaret Keane. Kwakwiminyaka elishumi uMargaret Keane wavakalisa imeko yakhe yengqondo ngemifanekiso yabantwana, okwishumi elivisayo uBurton wazibona engalunganga ngezikere eziyingozi ezingenakuchukunyiswa. Ulwaneliseko olunjengoBurton, kunye nabanye abangonelanga kwi-technicolor 50s kunye nama-60s banonxibelelwano olukhethekileyo kubafazi abagutyungelwe lelo xesha abaphulukana nengqondo yabo xa belawulwa ngabayeni babo. Nditsho nembonakalo kaMargaret inokufana kumlinganiswa kaDianne Wiest Izikere . Andithandabuzi ukuba uBurton unonxibelelwano noKeane, kunye nabasetyhini abanjengoKeane, kwaye olo nxibelelwano lomntu buyavakala kwifilimu yonke ukusuka ekuqaleni ukuya ekugqibeleni.

Inguqulelo yasebusuku yasedolophini yaseCalifornia Burton yenziwe Izikere Uziva nje ezantsi kwesitalato u-Keane, ohlala kwi-technicolor yakhe, esihogweni sobugcisa bendalo yakhe. I-50s, 60s, kunye ne-70s ye-pop world yaseSan Francisco ikwenzela indawo efanelekileyo yokuba uBurton ahlaziye owakhe umsebenzi njengomculi, obekwe phantsi kwemicroscope yawo. Ukuqala ifilimu ngesicatshulwa sikaAndy Warhol, ukuba imizobo kaKeane kufuneka ilungile. Ukuba bekukubi, abantu abaninzi bebengayithandi, inokuba sisicatshulwa esichanekileyo esisetyenzisiweyo kowona msebenzi wakutshanje kaBurton.

Ngeemovie ezinje nge UAlice kwiWonderland , Izithunzi ezimnyama , kunye UFrankenweenie ukwenza imali, ngelixa ukukhula ngakumbi kusebenza njenge Sweeney Todd kwaye Intlanzi enkulu kunqabile ukufumana abaphulaphuli. Ngaba wayesenza ezo bhanyabhanya zepopathi ukuze angxengxe abaphulaphuli kwaye enze imali, okanye ngaba yile misebenzi iyinyani ngakumbi… unxibelelwano lomntu esilubonayo kubaphulaphuli.

Kwifilimu, umgxeki weSitampu wabiza umsebenzi kaWalter Keane owaziwayo kodwa kungengobugcisa, ngelixa uSchwartzman, umgcini womnini wegalari elungileyo, ekhangeleka enezothe ekwenzeni imali uKeane. Kodwa ifilimu ishiya umbuzo, kutheni imifanekiso yeLiso eliKhulu iphumelele kangaka? Ngaba yayingeyonto eyodlula umkhwa okanye inkolo yobuntu uKeane ayenzileyo xa wayeqhubeka nemiboniso-ntetho kwaye esenza udliwanondlebe oluninzi. Okanye ngaba imizobo ibachukumisile ngokwenene abantu kwinqanaba lomntu. Ifilimu, ngelixa ingathethi nto iqinisekileyo, iphakamisa ukuba inokuba yayiyimeko yabo bobabini. Abanye batya ukuthatha inxaxheba kutyekelo, kodwa abanye babona imizobo kwaye babandakanyeka kumfanekiso obekwe kwiscreen. Ndothukile ngokwam ukuba inika umdla kwaye ivuselele imizobo yeLiso eliKhulu xa ujonga nje, wakuba ulahle ukugxeka kwakho kwaye unike iimvakalelo.

Amehlo Amakhulu Ngaba lolo hlobo lwefilimu. Ayinakuduma okanye ipolishi yamanye amabhaso exesha lembasa, kodwa into enayo kwimihlakulo inentliziyo eninzi kunye nothando, kunye nabo bonke ubuchule bokwenza ifilimu ngobuchule. Amandla kunye nothando olunokubonwa kwaye luve kwiscreen luyenza ibe ngamava atyebileyo kamnandi ngeli xesha leeholide. Ewe, oku kuyonwabisa-kumdlalo bhanyabhanya, kodwa kuthintela ukudlala ezantsi kubaphulaphuli, ngelixa iseyimpumelelo yenkuthazo yomfazi owaphulukana naye emtshatweni ngexesha lokuba babini babe banye, oko kwakuthetha ukuba babenjalo yena.

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