Izikhathi ezimbalwa ngenyanga, ngithanda ukuthatha ingozi ye- "movie nerd", bese ngithenga ukukhishwa kwe-DVD yefilimu ye-indie, ngaphandle kokuyibuka ngaphambi kokuyithenga. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, ngiphinde ngaziphonsa, ngaphinde ngathenga i-'Proxy ', ifilimu iZack Parker ekhishwe yi-IFC Midnight, Along the Tracks, ne-FSC Productions.

U-'Proxy 'ufaka udaba olumayelana no-Esther Woodhouse okhulelwe kakhulu (u-Alexia Rasmussen), othe ngenkathi ebuyela ekhaya evela kudokotela wakhe wokugcina, wahlaselwa ngesihluku futhi wakhubazeka ngendlela yomhubhe ngumhlaseli ogqoke izingubo. U-Esther uncengwa ngusonhlalonhle wasesibhedlela ukuthi aye eqenjini lokweseka abazali abasosizini.

Eqenjini lokusekelana, uhlangana noMelanie Michaels (Alexa Havins), othi indodana yakhe nomyeni wakhe (uJoe Swanberg) babulawa ngumshayeli owayedakiwe. U-Esther noMelanie bakha isibopho esisondelene, kepha ngokushesha kuyacaca ukuthi bobabili bagcina izimfihlo ezimnyama kakhulu kunalokho ababekuvumela ekuqaleni.

Lapho u-Esther ethola imfihlo emnyama ngoMelanie, kwenziwa esinye isenzo sodlame esishaqisayo, futhi bathola ukuthi ukululama kungenzeka kungenzeki, noma kungadingeki.

'Ummeleli' angaziwa kakhulu ngokulandelana kokuqala kokuvula. Abagxeki eToronto International Film Festival baphawule ukuthi abazizwa bengakhululekile ngale ndawo yokuhlaselwa, futhi babengebodwa. Isigcawu sokuqala sibonisa ukufa kwengane ka-Esther engakazalwa, futhi uma ungadlula kuleso sigameko, uzomangala kakhulu ngalesi siqephu se-IFC.

'Ummeleli' wenza izinto eziningi kahle. Into yokuqala umbukeli ayiqaphelayo, ukuthula okubonakala kungakhululeki okuvezwa yizigcawu eziningi. Iningi lezigcawu, ikakhulukazi izigcawu zesenzo, azinankhulumomphendvulwano encane. Esikhundleni salokho, baqokonyiswa ngumculo odlubulundayo, ocishe ube yisonto lombhishobhi, lokho kuzwakala sengathi kuyindlela yokujikijela amaphuzu kaBernard Hermann ka-Alfred Hitchcock. Umculo wenza izimangaliso zesimo esishubile nesicashile se-movie.

Inkhulumomphendvulwano elula ne-soundtrack eyinkimbinkimbi akuyona ukuphela kwento eyenziwa yi-'Proxy 'efanele. U-Alexia Rasmussen udala u-Esther ophelele. U-Esther unomdlandla, uthule, akanalutho futhi akabonakali kangako. Kuyo yonke i-movie, ungatshela u-Esther ukuthi akukhona "konke lapho". Uzizwa ungakhululekile phambi kwakhe, sengathi ungabona ukuthi angahle angazinzi. UMelanie Michaels, odlalwa yi-Alexa Havins, uphikisana nopholi ku-Esther. Ungumuntu okhulumayo, okhulumayo, onakekelayo ngandlela thile, futhi unobukhulu obukhulu. Kodwa-ke, njengo-Esteri, izindaba zakhe kanye nempilo yakhe uqobo kuyakudalula futhi kunephimbo elingaphansi elinezinkinga. 'Ummeleli' unokuthuthuka okuhle komlingiswa, lapho wonke umlingisi edlala indima yakhe ekupheleleni. Imizwa enganakile umbukeli ayizwayo ingumphumela oqondile wabadlali.

I-movie inamahloni, ayikhathazi, futhi ibonakala ingenanembeza wokuziphatha, njengabalingiswa. Izigcawu zibonakala ziqhubeka, ngenhloso yokwakha isimo sengqondo esingazinzile. I-movie yenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokwakha okulindele, futhi ikwanelise nge-twist ehlanyayo. Ngazithola ngicabanga ukuthi i-'Proxy 'kwakubonakala sengathi kuyaphonswa kumabhayisikobho kaHitchcock, Kubrick, ngisho noLars von Trier.

Ingxenye yokuqala ye-movie izwakala impela njengesiqongo ngaphakathi kwezimpilo zabesifazane abasangene. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokuqalwa kwesakhiwo sokuqala, i-movie ithatha ijubane elihlukile. Ngithole uhhafu wesibili we-movie ubonakala sengathi uhudula, futhi ucishe wabhoreka, uma uqhathaniswa nengxenye yokuqala. Yize uthola umbono ocacile wezimpilo zabalingiswa abaqavile, uhhafu wesibili webhayisikobho unokuncane ongakhuluma ngakho. Kusekhona izinga lokungakhululeki, ngisho nokusola, kepha ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu.

Ngasekupheleni kwe-movie, icebo labeka ukushaqeka kokugcina. Iningi le-movie, awukwazi ukusho ukuthi yini yangempela nokuthi yini engekho, ngisho nasendaweni yokugcina. Ngingancoma kakhulu i-'Proxy 'kubalandeli abesabekayo abathanda ama-thriller ahlakaniphile. Uma uthanda ukusonteka kwengqondo kokuzijabulisa kwakho, i-'Proxy 'ingeyakho.

Ngizokushiya wena, mfundi, ngolayini ongihlasele ubusuku bonke ngemuva kokubuka i-'Proxy '…. ”Besingahlala sinenye futhi.”

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