Ngemva kokwenza ezintathu Ukuqothula amafilimu, umdali wochungechunge UJames DeMonaco wanquma ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokubuyela ekuqaleni futhi uhlole ukuthi umqondo we-Purge wazalwa kanjani. Ku Ukuhlanza kokuqala, ifilimu yesine kufayela le- Ukuqothula uchungechunge, ababukeli bazothola ukuthi i-United States yanquma kanjani ukuthi i-Purge iyisixazululo ezinkingeni zayo.

Kule nhlolokhono, eyenziwe nge-imeyili ngo-Ephreli, i-DeMonaco ichaza umsuka womqondo we-Purge futhi ichaza ngombono wakhe ngekusasa le-Purge. Ukuqothula chungechunge.  Ukuhlanza kokuqala kuvulwa kumatiyetha ngoJulayi 4.

DG: James, yini ekugqugquzele ukuthi wenze ifilimu ye-prequel?

JD: Izwe lingafika kanjani lapho into efana ne-Purge yaba yisixazululo esisebenzayo ezinkingeni zayo ibonakala ithakazelisa kakhulu kimina - ikakhulukazi kulezi zikhathi ezineziyaluyalu. Ukwesaba kungase kubonakale kuyisici esishukumisayo - njengoba senzile emlandweni - kunoma yisiphi isakhamuzi samukele isisombululo esibi kangaka. Futhi ukuthengiswa kokwesaba kwakubaluleke kakhulu emkhankasweni kaTrump kangangokuthi kwabonakala kuhambisana neNFFA (iqembu elibusayo Ukuqothula amafilimu) kanye nendlela abasebenzisa ngayo ukwesaba ukudayisa i-Purge eMelika. Ngakho, ekugcineni, ngithande ukufana nalokho okwenzeka namuhla ezweni lakithi.

DG: James, kulabo bantu ababone amafilimu amathathu okuqala, abajwayelene kakhulu namafilimu Ukuqothula inganekwane, yimiphi imibuzo obufuna ukuyiphendula kule filimu?

JD: Kwaqala kanjani. Lapho kwaqala khona. I-First purge iboniswa kwifilimu - kodwa akuyona i-Purge yezwe lonke. Kuyindlela “yokuhlola” yokuhlanza - ukubona ukuthi iyasebenza yini - endaweni yaseStaten Island eNyc. I-NFFA inethemba “lokubamba iqhaza” okukhulu kusihlwa ukuze ikwazi ukudayisa lesi 'sixazululo' ezweni lonke eminyakeni ezayo. Ngethemba, abantu esibonayo ukuthi kungani konke kwaqala, ukucabanga kukahulumeni ngemuva kwakho konke - kanye nokukhwabanisa kwakho. Futhi ekugcineni indlela iNFFA kanye nepolitiki yayo okubukisa ngayo umbuso wethu wamanje.

DG: Ungayichaza kanjani inqubo iMelika eyamukela ngayo umqondo we-Purge, futhi ungakuchaza kanjani ukuguquguquka komuntu okukhona kule filimu phakathi kwabalingisi abakhulu?

JD: Ngaphandle kokunikela kakhulu, esikufundayo ku Ukuhlanzwa kokuqala ukuthi i-America (ikakhulukazi i-Staten Islanders emele iMelika kule filimu - njengoba iyingxenye yalesi "sivivinyo" sokuqala), ayivumi empeleni i-Purge. Kukhona isisusa semali sokubamba iqhaza kulokhu kuhlolwa kwesayensi njengoba kubizwa kanjalo - yingakho sibona ukuthi kunokukhohlisa kwezezimali kwabahola kancane abase-Staten Islanders ukuze babe yingxenye ye-Purge. Futhi, sihlola ukukhohlisa kukahulumeni, ikakhulukazi abantu baseMelika abantula kakhulu.

Ngokuqondene nokuguquguquka komuntu, abalingiswa bethu ababili abakhulu bangabathandi bangaphambili - bobabili bakhulele engxenyeni yabahola kancane e-Staten Island, futhi bobabili bahluke kakhulu. UNya uyisishoshovu sezenhlalo esiyizwi elihamba phambili endaweni yangakubo ngokumelene ne-Purge ezayo futhi owayekade engowakhe ngu-Dmitri, umphathi wezidakamizwa wendawo - indoda enodlame enhliziyweni yayo, ekuqaleni kwefilimu, ezibheke yona kuphela. Izinto ziyamshintsha lapho ebona ukuthi i-Purge iyini ngempela kanye nomthelela wayo emhlabeni wabo.

DG: Ngemva kokuqondisa amafilimu amathathu okuqala, kungani ukhethe uGerard McMurray ukuba aqondise le filimu, futhi yini uGerard ayilethe kule filimu ehlukile kwabanye abaqondisi ongase ubakhethele le filimu, kuhlanganise nawe?

JD: Ngangihlale ngifuna ukubhala mayelana ne-Purge yokuqala, yokuhlola, kodwa ngemva kokubhala nokuqondisa ifilimu yokuhlanza emithathu eminyakeni engu-5 ngase ngikulungele ukunikeza imisebenzi yokuqondisa. Othile ungithumelele ifilimu kaGerard I-Burning Sands, engangikuthanda. UGerard naye wayengumlandeli omkhulu weqembu Ukuqothula amafilimu futhi ngemva nje kwengxoxo yethu yokuqala ngabona ukuthi ungumuntu ofanele umsebenzi. Wabona i-Purge njengesingathekiso sosizi lwabambalwa eMelika. UGerard ubuye waphila ngesikhathi seSiphepho uKatrina - ukungasiphathi kahle kukahulumeni leso simo, kanye nokuphathwa kwezakhamizi ezihola kancane zaseNew Orleans kwakuyinto eyazisa ukubhala kwami ​​​​ngokwasekuqaleni. Ukuqothula. Ekugcineni, uGerard wabona Ukuqothula amafilimu ngendlela engiwabona ngayo - njengamafilimu ohlobo, i-action/sci-fi/horror - kodwa futhi njengamazwana ezenhlalo nezombusazwe mayelana nobuhlanga, nokulawulwa kwezigaba nezibhamu ezweni lethu.

DG: U-James, ngaphandle komugqa wendaba owandulelayo, ucabanga ukuthi yini eyenza le filimu ihluke kwedlule Ukuqothula amafilimu?

JD: Uhlamvu nephimbo. Ngicabanga ukuthi le filimu ihlola abalingisi nobudlelwano babo phakathi kwabo kanye nomakhelwane wabo nohulumeni kanye nomsebenzi wabo womphakathi ngendlela esingazange siyibone kumafilimu amathathu okuqala. Futhi, iphimbo njengoba uGerard eletha ithoni ehluke kakhulu lapha - udale umhlaba wangempela nomakhelwane ophihlizwe iPurge kodwa ekugcineni wazilwela futhi angavumeli uhulumeni awine.

DG: Iyiphi inselelo enkulu owabhekana nayo ekwenzeni le filimu?

JD: Njengazo zonke Ukuqothula ifilimu, imikhawulo yesabelomali - sifuna ifilimu ibe nkulu kodwa, uma iqhathaniswa nezinye ezikhishwe ehlobo, siyisabelomali esincane futhi. Futhi, vele ibhalansi phakathi kokuphawula komphakathi kanye nokuzijabulisa kohlobo. Asifuni neze ukuba abashumayeli, ngakho kufanele sithole lokho kulinganisela okufanele.

DG: James, ungayichaza kanjani indima kaMarisa Tomei kule filimu?

JD: UMarisa udlala isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo esiqanjwe ngalo mbono - empeleni, ungumdali we-Purge. Kodwa, sifunda ngokushesha, akasebenzi kuNFFA. Akazi ngaphambili ukuthi bazokusebenzisa kanjani lokhu kuzikhukhumeza futhi ngayiphi inhloso. Kancane kancane ufunda, ngokuhamba kwefilimu, ukuthi lo mbono ayenawo mayelana ne-catharsis yomphakathi ngobusuku bodlame usetshenziselwa zonke izizathu ezingalungile - ngokombono wakhe.

DG: Ucabanga ukuthi yini ababukeli abazoyithola ithandeka futhi isabisa ngale filimu?

JD: Ngiyacabanga futhi ngiyethemba (futhi ngibonile ngezithameli ezibuka kuqala) ukuthi ziyabona ukufana nombuso wethu wamanje ku-NFFA kanye nokuphatha kwayo abampofu kanye nokwesaba kwayo - futhi bakuthola kusabisa kakhulu. Baphinde bathande ama-MASKS kufilimu - futhi njengamafilimu angaphambilini okuhlanza - bayawesaba - okuyinto enhle kakhulu.

DG: James, yini isilungiselelo se-Buffalo/New York/Staten Island esilethe kule filimu eyayihlukile kwezinye izindawo obungase uzikhethile, futhi ungayichaza kanjani indawo, indawo yonke, ekhona kule filimu?

JD: Ngicabanga ukuthi konke kusinike umuzwa wendawo yangempela - enabantu bangempela abakhona kuyo. Lapha, okokuqala ngqa kumafilimu e-Purge, sigxile endaweni eyodwa - okujabulisayo njengoba sihlola abalingiswa bayo nokuthi bahlala kanjani - kusukela kubantu abahle - kubantu ababi - futhi uGerard wenza leyo tapestry abalingiswa bazizwa bengokoqobo kakhulu.

DG: Isiphi isigcawu noma ukulandelana kwakho kule filimu?

JD: Izigcawu ezimbili ezingigqamisayo - isigameko ekuqaleni lapho owesifazane wethu ophambili, uNya, ebhekana nowesilisa ohamba phambili, uDmitri, mayelana nendlela yakhe yokuphila nokuthi, njengoPurge, uwubhubhisa kanjani umphakathi wabo ngokudayisa izidakamizwa nobudlova. . Kusuka enhliziyweni futhi kungokoqobo kakhulu. Ekugcineni, isethi yesenzo/esabekayo esiphethweni sethu - ngaphakathi kwebhilidi lokuhlala - izwakala njengenguqulo yamaphupho amabi e-Die Hard - futhi yinto esingakaze siyibone endaweni. Ukuqothula ifilimu okwamanje.

DG: U-James, uma ubheka phambili, ingabe unomuzwa wokuthi uchungechunge lwe-Purge mhlawumbe seluqhubekile ngokwezindaba zezindaba zanamuhla, futhi ingabe kuyinhloso yakho ukuthi amafilimu e-Purge esikhathi esizayo alandele umugqa wesikhathi owandulelayo owusungulayo ngale filimu?

JD: Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi kufanele ngiye kuphi ngokulandelayo ochungechungeni lwamafilimu - sinemibono ethile kodwa akukho okuqinile futhi kuze kube yilapho izethameli zisitshela ukuthi zifuna okwengeziwe, ngizwa sengathi akumnandi ukucabanga ukuthi ziyakwenza. Kodwa sihlola i-Purge ochungechungeni lwe-TV, oluzophuma ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka - siqala ukuthwebula ngenyanga - ye-USA/Sy Fy. Futhi okuhle ngalokho ukuthi indawo engokoqobo ye-TV - amahora ayishumi esikrini - isivumela ukuthi sihlole - ngendlela eyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu - kungani umuntu esebenzisa udlame ukuze axazulule inkinga. Sisebenzisa ukwakheka kwe-flashback sihlola izimpilo zabantu abahlangabezana nokuhlanzwa futhi sibona ukuthi bafike kanjani lapho bekhona ngalobu busuku bokuhlanza. Kuyifomethi enhle yokuhlola ukuziqhenya kwe-Purge.

DG: James, ngemva kokwenza ezine Ukuqothula amafilimu, ungaluchaza kanjani uhambo oluthathile nalolu chungechunge, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube manje?

JD: Ukusangana, ukwesabeka nokuyinto eye yangivula amehlo futhi yangenza ngazi kakhulu ngempatho kahulumeni ezingxenyeni ezithile zezakhamuzi zakithi.