Uhlobo lomsebenzi kaTony Todd luyanda, lunamakhredithi kuzinto zakudala ezifana UCandman futhi Indawo Yokugcina, Ukuvela kwe-TV ku Star Trek futhi Ama-X-Files, nomlando omuhle ngomdlalo weshashalazi… futhi akemi noma kunini maduzane. UTodd unamakhredithi abambekayo angama-230 egameni lakhe, kanti angama-13 alawo okwamanje akhishwa ngaphambi noma ngemuva kokukhiqizwa. Ifilimu yakhe yakamuva (ngaphandle kwalokhu okusazokhishwa UCandman) ukungena okusha ochungechungeni lwe-anthology ye-horror anthology, Izindaba ezivela eHood 3. 

In Izindaba ezivela eHood 3, UTodd uyilayini yethu yendaba ngayinye njengoba yena (uWilliam) nentombazanyana (iBrooklyn, edlalwa nguSage Arrindell) bebalekela ububi obungachazeki. Njengoba befihla labo ababasukelayo, iBrooklyn itshela uWilliam uchungechunge lwezindaba ezesabekayo eziba khona esikrinini. Ah, ukwethuka okuvela emilonyeni yezingane.

Ngisanda kuba nethuba lokukhuluma noTony Todd omuhle futhi onethalente ngomsebenzi wakhe, izinkanuko zakhe, UCandman, Futhi Izindaba ezivela eHood 3.

Izindaba ezivela eHood 3 ifike kwi-DVD naku-digital ngo-Okthoba 6, kwathi ondunankulu baqala UQOQO Okthoba 17th ngo-9pm

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UKelly McNeely: Okokuqala Izindaba ezivela eHood ngo-1995 wayazi kahle izingxenye zayo ngodlame lwamaphoyisa kanye nosopolitiki abacwasanayo. Futhi lokhu kufakwa okuthile - Izindaba ezivela eHood 3 - Ikhuluma ngokuhlukana kwamasiko njengamanje eMelika. I-Horror ibilokhu iyindlela yokuxhumana nabantu ngenxa yokuhlola kwayo ukwesaba komphakathi, ngicabanga. Ngabe ucabanga ukuthi sizoke sithathe ukusikisela futhi sifunde kukho? Ingabe ukwethuka kungenza umhlaba ube indawo engcono?

UTony Todd:  Ngicabanga ukuthi leyo filimu enhle yenza umhlaba ube indawo engcono. Bengingumgogodla wezinto ezethusayo, futhi bengiyinsika yamafilimu aqondile. Ngiyakuthanda ukuxoxa izindaba. Futhi ngicabanga ini Izindaba ezivela eHood 3 owenza - bonke empeleni - utshela izingxenye ezintathu noma ezine ezisebenza njengezicucu zempilo eMelika, njengoba abenzi bamafilimu bekubona. Futhi amafilimu asabisayo abelokhu eyizindaba zokuxwayisa noma kunjalo, ngakho-ke kuyindlela enhle yokuthi abantu babukeke futhi bathi “kulungile, angifuni ukwenza lelo phutha”.

UKelly McNeely: Manje, ubukade ubambe iqhaza kwamanye amafilimu asephenduke isithombe sodumo, ikakhulukazi uCandyman kanye nokumelwa kwawo umphakathi ovame ukumelwa yifilimu. Manje nge Izindaba ezivela kuHood 3 - enezwi elinamandla njenge-franchise ye-anthology, ingabe izizwa kanjani ukuthi iyingxenye ebalulekile yomlando wohlobo?

UTony Todd: Ngithobekile. Uyazi, ngenkathi ngifunda esikoleni esiphakeme, futhi ngangidonsa izinwele zamantombazane, futhi ngifaka izihlalo ezihlalweni zothisha, angikaze ngiphuphe ukuthi ngizoba sesikrinini esikhulu. Kepha bengazi ukuthi ngifuna ukulingisa, ngingumfana waseshashalazini. Ngakho-ke lapho ngiqale khona, yilokho engihlala ngibuyela kukho. Ngokushesha nje lapho ukholwa i-hype, i-hype ayisekho, ngakho-ke ngihlala ngifunda ukugcina izinyawo zami zigxile futhi izifiso zami zibheke phambili. Uma lokho kunengqondo. Ngiyabonga ngokungitshela ukuthi ngiyisithonjana, kodwa angihambi ngishaya isifuba sami ngithi “ngiyisithonjana”, bese ngilahlekelwa yintelezi [ehleka].

UKelly McNeely: Ngabe ikhona indima noma ifilimu noma umdlalo - njengoba ngiyaqonda ukuthi wenze inkundla enkulu yeshashalazi - okukugqugquzele ngempela ukuthi ube ngumlingisi?

UTony Todd: Ngingumlandeli omkhulu kaBilly Wilder, wabhala amafilimu amaningi kakhulu. Ngiyakhumbula ngibona Sunset Boulevard noWilliam Holden noGloria Swanson lapho ngangineminyaka engu-12, futhi ngisekuhlwithweni okumsulwa ngokuxoxa izindaba, ukulingisa, amasu wesitayela. Lapho ngiya esikoleni sokulingisa, sonke sasithathwa yilokho okwenziwa nguRobert De Niro umshayeli wetekisi futhi Raging Bull, uyazi, ukusika izinto ezinqenqemeni. Ubengashintsha ukubukeka, bese ubheka umhlaba ngenye indlela ngombono wekhamera, bese ufuna iso elihle. Noma kungukuthusa, okuthokozisayo, idrama engokwengqondo, idrama eqondile, amahlaya, ngingumlandeli omkhulu weRichard Prior ngokwesibonelo. Futhi lowo ngumjikelezo yize uqobo lwawo. Kuhle ukuba nezinongo ezinkulu, kepha kuhle ukuthi ube nalabo ongabazi kahle ngalokho. 

UKelly McNeely: Ngiyaqonda ukuthi i-backstory oyidalele uCandyman isetshenziselwe ukwazisa ukulandelana, ingabe ukwazile ukuba nenqubo yokusebenzisana kule filimu entsha? Ngenxa yelukuluku nje, angazi noma ungakhuluma ngayo nhlobo.

UTony Todd: Inqubo yami yokubambisana kwaba ukuthi bamayini lokho okwase kusunguliwe. Kusezandleni ezinkulu, uJordani [Peele] wayibhala wayinika uNia [DaCosta] futhi kuyamangalisa ukuba nombono wabesifazane oxoxa le ndaba. Futhi sibuyele eCabrini-Green - engasekho - ngakho-ke lokho kungumuzwa omuhle. Ngifisa sengathi ngabe le filimu ikwazile ukwehla lapho sigcine ukuthi bekungu-Okthoba 16, kepha amandla azobe efuna abantu abaningi ezihlalweni uma kwenzeka, ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba yinto eyenzekayo. Wonke umuntu ukulindele, wonke umuntu ulindele wonke umuntu okulindile, okuyinto enhle. Ukuba kwelinye lama-movie aphezulu ama-5 asabekayo alindelwe kakhulu, kuyisibusiso.

UKelly McNeely: Ifomethi ye-anthology ivumela Izinganekwane ezivela eHood ukubhekana nezinkinga eziningi zangempela zempilo ezinjengokubandlulula nokucwaswa kwabantu. Ngiyazi ukuthi ungumlobi onothando. Ngabe ungake ufune ukubhekana nefomethi ye-anthology?

UTony Todd: Ngingumbhali, kepha sengithanda ukwakha indaba ephelele enesiqalo, phakathi nendawo, kanye nesiphetho. Hhayi ukuthi lokhu akuyona into ebalulekile - ngiqonde ukuthi ngikhule nginakho The Twilight Zone okwakuwumdlalo wesigamu sehora masonto onke, wawungazi ukuthi uzoba semhlabeni, noma isitimela, noma ibhanoyi, uyazi, bekuwumsangano. Ngakho-ke ngiyayithokozela ifomu, kepha ngithathe uhambo lohambo olude kube sebusuku uma kukhulunywa ngokubhala, ngibhala kakhulu [ngihleka] bese ngiyayihlela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.

UKelly McNeely: Manje uma wenza la majunkethi abezindaba, uhlala ubuzwa imibuzo efanayo usuku lonke. Ngakho-ke yisiphi isihloko osithandayo ukuxoxa ngaso? Noma kukhona okuthile okuthandayo ngempela othanda ukukhuluma ngakho noma ukuxoxa ngakho?

UTony Todd: Yebo, itiyetha. Itiyetha lingisindisile, ngiphinde ngaba uthisha futhi ngasiza ekusindiseni abafundi abancane ababengaqondisi futhi ekugcineni bathola ukuthanda kwabo. Esinye sezimo ezinhle kakhulu empilweni yami ukusebenza nowangasekho, omkhulu u-August Wilson, ngaqala INkosi uHedley II. Futhi uma sikhuluma ngenqubo yokubhala, lapho sivula lokho emphakathini kwakukhiqizwa amahora amane. Ngesikhathi sishaya iSeattle, besikuthola kwehle kube ngamahora amathathu neshumi nanhlanu. Ngoba umbhali okahle uyafunda. Awuhleli, uyawuhlanza, kuyisifiso sesikhashana. Ngakho-ke lezo yizikhathi ezashintsha impilo yami. Futhi bengisebenza ohlelweni lomuntu oyedwa mayelana noJack Johnson obiziwe Izipoki Endlini. Inqobo nje uma umhlaba ulokhu uphenduka ngendlela oyiyo futhi uqhubeka usimangaza, sonke sinokukhuthazwa esingakufinyelela futhi sikuhluthule.

UKelly McNeely: Manje futhi, ngiyazi ukuthi unomlando wakho ngethiyetha, futhi nami ngiyasebenza kwezeshashalazi. Ngakho-ke nje ngenxa yelukuluku - futhi lokhu kungaba ngumbuzo olayishiwe - ucabanga ukuthi ikusasa letiyetha ngayo yonke into eqhubeka njengamanje?

UTony Todd: Yebo, ngicabanga ukuthi lesi kuzoba isikhathi esivuthayo sababhali. Sonke sesikhiyiwe cishe unyaka wonke. Ababhali kuye kwadingeka babekezelele ubudlelwano futhi bahlehle futhi bathole imithombo emisha yezomnotho yemali engenayo, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi eminyakeni emithathu noma emine kusukela manje, sizoqala ukuvela kulokho. Mina noBernard Rose - owaqondisa owokuqala futhi wavumelanisa nezimo I-Candyman - basebenza ngephrojekthi ezoba yinto engakajwayeleki, ngakho-ke lokho kuzophuma ngesinye isikhathi ngonyaka ozayo, futhi yilokho kuphela abazongivumela ukuthi ngikusho ngalokho [ehleka]. Siyidubule ngesikhathi sangempela ekuqaleni kobhadane. 

UKelly McNeely: Ngomsebenzi wakho, kusobala ukuthi ubuyingxenye yezinhlobo ezinkulu zama-franchise ezinjenge I-DCU, i-Star Trek, i-X-Files, i-Stargate… Ingabe unayo intandokazi yakho noma ethile ongakaze uyenze okwamanje ongathanda ukuyenza ngasese ngokuthanda ukuyenza?

UTony Todd: Ngihlala ngibheka izindima ezinhle zobaba njalo njalo. Ngikwazile ukwenza okumbalwa, kepha hhayi ezingeni engilifunayo. Nginezingane ezimbili esezikhulile, futhi bengihlala ngifuna ukuzinika okuthile ezingabuka. Ngithanda isimanga. Baqhubeka bengimangaza, ngicabanga ukuthi amanxusa ami nabantu bami manje sebengiqhubela kuthelevishini, ngakho-ke sizobona. Ngiyazi ukuthi kunamaphrojekthi amabili athuthukiswayo, ngakho-ke sizobona ukuthi kwenzekani. Futhi ngihlala ngifuna ukubuyela ekufundiseni, ngiyakuthanda ukufundisa, akukho okuvuza ngaphezu kwalokho. 

UKelly McNeely:  Kudala ufundisa. 

UTony Todd: Yebo, ngiqonde ukuthi, ukuqhubeka nokuqhubeka, uyazi, kufanele ubuyisele. Ngithole umfundaze wamahhala ohlelweni oluhle e-Eugene O'Neill Theatre Centre, kwase kuba yiTrinity Rep Conservatory, bangivumela ngangena, bathi bayikhokhele phambili, futhi yilokho engizama ukukwenza. Ngenkathi ngingena emdlalweni, ngabuyela edolobheni langakithi iHartford, eConnecticut, ngasebenza nabanye… sizobabiza ngezitshudeni ezingaguquki, futhi sikwazile ukubenza babonakale [ngokuhleka]. Futhi kukhulunywa kahle futhi kunothando. 

UKelly McNeely: Ngiyazi ukuthi kube nemibono elandelayo engenangqondo entantayo nxazonke, njengeCandyman kuqhathaniswa neLeprechaun. 

UTony Todd: Yebo, sikudubulile lokho. Awufuni ukufaka uCandyman esigabeni sekamu. Ungumlingiswa owesabekayo othandekayo ngesizathu. Futhi yimina engaphula umqondo weLeprechaun. Kepha ngicabanga ukuthi ifilimu entsha izovula zonke izinhlobo zezindlela ezintsha namathuba. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ngeke bame neyodwa. 

UKelly McNeely: Ngabe ucabanga ukuthi kukhona isikhohlakali esisodwa uCandyman angakwazanga ukusihlula, uma benganquma ukwenza elinye lalawo ma-movie? 

UTony Todd: Cha, angi, cha. [Ehleka] Akekho kubo onesisekelo sangempela njengaye. Futhi ngisho lokho ngokumamatheka.