UJonathan noJosh Baker, abanye babaqondisi be- I-Kin, hhayi nje abafowethu. Bangamawele afanayo.

I-Kin, okuyisici sabazalwane esiqondisa okokuqala, kusekelwe kwifilimu emfushane yabazalwane isikhwama Man (bukela ifilimu lapha), emayelana nomfana wase-Afrika-waseMelika waseHarlem onesikhali esingaqondakali esinamandla okuphefumula noma yini ehloselwe yona.

Nini Indoda Yesikhwama Ekhonjiswa okokuqala eNingizimu ngeSouthwest (SXSW) Film Festival ngo-2015, abazalwane bazithola sebethandana nezitudiyo ezahlukahlukene zaseHollywood. Ukuqoshwa kwe I-Kin yaqala eToronto ngo-Okthoba ka-2016, cishe inyanga eyodwa ngemuva kokuthi iLionsgate ithenge amalungelo efilimu okuthi I-Kin eToronto Film Festival ngama- $ 30 million.

In I-Kin, umfana osemusha wase-Afrika-waseMelika ogama lakhe lingu-Elijah (Myles Truitt) uphatha isikhali esingaqondakali esingaziwa ukuthi sivelaphi futhi uzithola ezingelwa ngamasosha ezomhlaba kanye nesigebengu esinonya. Kule ngxoxo, iB Baker Brothers baxoxa ngohambo abaluthathe nephrojekthi, kusuka kwifilimu emfushane kuya kokufakiwe, kanye nobuhle bokuqondisa ngokubambisana.

I-DG: Yize amafilimu wezici eziqondiswa ngokubambisana engakajwayeleki, kube khona enye ifilimu eqondiswe ngokubambisana ekhishwe eminyakeni eyishumi edlule kunangekhulu elidlule. Iyini imizwa yakho mayelana nendlela yokuqondisa ngokubambisana yokwenza ifilimu?

UJonathan: Ukwenza ifilimu kucindezela kakhulu, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi i-duo yokwenza ifilimu inyusa ukusebenza kahle. Sisebenze ndawonye cishe iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu, kanti ngenkathi singalethi ngaso sonke isikhathi imibono nemibono efanayo ngqo kuphrojekthi, siyayihlonipha imibono yomunye nomunye, futhi sihlala sihlangene phambi kwabalingisi nabasebenzi. Uma kukhulunywa ngenqubo yokwenza amafilimu, ngicabanga ukuthi amakhanda amabili nakanjani angcono kunelilodwa. Ngicabanga ukuthi uzobona kwenzeka ngokwengeziwe ngokuzayo ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi kuyindlela engcono yokwenza ifilimu.

I-DG: I-Kin isuselwa kwifilimu yakho emfushane ka-2014 Indoda Yesikhwama. Ngesikhathi wenza ifilimu emfushane, ngabe ubona ngeso lengqondo ukuthi ekugcineni uzoguqula umqondo ube yifilimu yesici?

UJonathan: Besingahlosile Indoda Yesikhwama ukuze ube yisici sefilimu. Kwakuwuphrojekthi oqukethwe, futhi sasingenayo inhloso, ekuqaleni, yokuwenza ifilimu. Kuze kwaba yilapho sesiphendule kahle emcimbini weSouthwest lapho siqale khona ukucabangisisa ukuthi sizoyiguqula kanjani ifilimu emfushane ibe yinto.

UJosh: Lapho senza Indoda Yesikhwama, besisebenza ekukhangiseni, sidubula izikhangiso, cishe iminyaka eyishumi nambili, futhi besifuna ukuvuselelwa okulandisayo. Yize sakujabulela ukwenza izikhangiso, kunzima ukuxoxa indaba ngaphakathi kwefomethi yezohwebo, ngakho-ke Indoda Yesikhwama kwabonakala kuyinto ehlakaniphile ukuyenza. Nge Indoda Yesikhwama, besifuna ukukhombisa inganekwane yesayensi ngenye indlela futhi sihlanganise izindaba eziqanjiwe zesayensi nedrama nezinye izinto.

DG: Ungayichaza kanjani inqubo yokuphendula umzuzu weshumi nanhlanu Indoda Yesikhwama kubude besici I-Kin?

UJosh: Ngena Indoda Yesikhwama, kunesikhwama semali, umfana, isibhamu ngaphakathi kwesikhwama, futhi kunezigebengu, futhi lokho kuhle kakhulu. Nge I-Kin, besifuna ifilimu ibe nomuzwa opholile nethoni kuyo, futhi besigxile kakhulu kudrama kanye nobudlelwano phakathi kwabalingiswa. Akukho namathonya esilethe kuwo I-Kin kwakuhlobene nenganekwane yesayensi. Lapho sihlangana [nomlobi wesikrini] uDaniel Casey, samtshela ukuthi asifuni ukubona noma iyiphi inganekwane yesayensi ayibhalile. Besifuna ukubona umlingiswa nomdlalo kuphela. UDaniel ungowokuzalwa eDetroit, okwaholela ekutheni sisuse isethingi sisuke eHarlem siye eDetroit.

DG: Ungamchaza kanjani u-Elijah, ophikisayo osemusha wefilimu, odlalwa nguMales Truitt?

UJonathan: U-Elijah uyingane ehlakaniphile emgwaqweni ehlakaniphe kakhulu kuneminyaka yakhe. U-Elijah wamukelwe emndenini osezingeni eliphakathi nendawo wasePoland-American, futhi bahlala eDetroit, ePoletown, lapho kunobugebengu obuningi khona kanye nempilo yamaqembu ezigelekeqe. Njengomfana wase-Afrika-waseMelika ohlala emndenini waseCaucasus, u-Elijah akakaze azizwe amukeleka ngokweqiniso, yize esondelene kakhulu nomfowabo owamtholayo, uJimmy, osanda kuphuma ejele. UJimmy ungumuntu opholile onentshisekelo eningi kodwa ukhethe indlela embi empilweni yakhe. Yize u-Elijah noJimmy bengabantu abahluke kakhulu, abamsulwa uma kuqhathaniswa nenkohlakalo, bathandana kakhulu. Ngemuva kokuthi u-Elijah esithole isikhali, baphoqeleka ukuba babaleke.

DG: Ungabuchaza kanjani ubudlelwano bukaElijah nesikhali esiyindida esivela kule filimu?

UJosh: U-Elijah unohlobo oluthile Inkemba in itshe ubukhona kule filimu, maqondana nobudlelwano bakhe nesikhali nohambo u-Elijah aluthatha kuyo yonke ifilimu. Isikhali usithola ekuqaleni kwefilimu, cishe imizuzu eyishumi nambili, futhi isikhali sisebenza njengophawu kuyo yonke ifilimu. Isikhali sinjenge-ray-gun, futhi siyefana nesikhali esikufilimu emfushane, esivuthise wonke umuntu asidubula. Isibhamu sinokuphela okuyisicaba, futhi singazishintshela ebhokisini, ngakho-ke asihlali siqiniseka ukuthi sibheke muphi umkhawulo. U-Elijah unobudlelwano bokuzonda uthando nesikhali kuyo yonke ifilimu.

DG: Ngabe yini ugqozi lwakho maqondana nokucabanga isikhali nemvelaphi yaso?

UJonathan: Isikhali efilimini siyindida ngokuthi siyini nokuthi sivelaphi — njengebhokisi nje Lost. Ingabe umfokazi? Ingabe kuvela esikhathini esizayo? Isebenza njenge-ray-gun, nomphumela wayo ovuthayo, futhi inselelo kithina bekuwukwenza okuthile okuthokozisayo ngesikhali esikwifilimu. Besingafuni ukuthi ibukeke njenge-ray-gun kusukela ngawo-1950. Isikhali sikule filimu ukuthi yindandatho eyini INkosi ye Izindandatho. Ifanekisela konke okwenzeka kwifilimu.

DG: Ungamchaza kanjani uTaylor, umlingiswa odlalwa nguJames Franco?

UJosh: UTaylor uyisikhohlakali se-mash-up emthanjeni wama-villain kumafilimu afana Alikho izwe Yabadala futhi Ngaphandle Kwesithando Somlilo. Ungumuntu ophansi, umgulukudu wesikhashana uJimmy akweleta yena ngenxa yesikweletu sasejele. Kwakungenye yalezo zinto lapho uJimmy kwakudingeka akhokhe imali yokuvikela ukuze aphile ejele, izinkulungwane zamaRandi, futhi lokho akuzange kuphele lapho ephuma, futhi manje uTaylor usemlandela. Ngingamchaza uTaylor njengofana noMfundisi Harry Powell kule filimu The Ubusuku Bomzingeli. UJames wayemkhulu. Uyakuthanda ukudlala abalingiswa abehlukene, futhi ukujabulele ukuhlanganisa indlela abukeka ngayo kule filimu. Une mullet nezinwele ezinentambo.

DG: Iyiphi inselelo enkulu owabhekana nayo ekwenzeni ifilimu?

UJonathan: Inselelo enkulu esabhekana nayo ekwenzeni le filimu kwakuqopha ifilimu eToronto ngesikhathi sekusondele ubusika. Saqopha eToronto kusuka ngo-Okthoba kuya kuDisemba ngo-2016, futhi sasiqopha okuningi ebusuku, imvamisa ngehora lesithathu nelesine ekuseni, futhi kwakunzima. Kwakumnyama thile kwesinye isikhathi singaboni lutho, futhi kwakudingeka sikwenze lokho ngoba ifilimu eningi yenzeka ebusuku.

DG: Ucabanga ukuthi kungani izethameli kufanele zijabule ukubona le filimu?

UJosh: Ngesikhathi senza ifilimu emfushane, besifuna ukudlala ngokulindelwe yizethameli, sibenze bakholelwe ukuthi bazobona into eyodwa, babone uhlobo olulodwa lwendaba, bese bebakhombisa okunye okubamangaza ngokuphelele.  I-Kin isendaweni yezinganekwane zesayensi, kepha ayiqukethe izinto ezijwayelekile ezikhona kumafilimu amaningi we-blockbuster yesayensi. Yidrama nefilimu yamaqembu ezigelekeqe nefilimu eqanjiwe yesayensi. Kungaphezu kwento eyodwa.

I-Kin kuvulwa kumatiyetha ngo-Agasti 31. Bukela i-trailer yaseshashalazini lapha.