With Alien: Isivumelwano, Ridley Scott ufuna ukuphendula eminye yemibuzo ephazamisayo, ethakazelisayo ayiphakamisa kwifilimu yango-1979 Alien. Zadalwa kanjani izinhlobo zangaphandle? Kwavelaphi?

Alien: Isivumelwano, okuyisitolimende sesibili ochungechungeni lwe-prequel kaScott nolwesithupha Alien ifilimu isiyonke, isebenza njengebhuloho phakathi Alien kanye ne-2012 Prometheus. Setha cishe iminyaka eyishumi ngemuva kokuphela kwe- Prometheus, Alien: Isivumelwano ulandela abasebenzi be- Isivumelwano, umkhumbi ozulazula emthaleni ufuna ipharadesi elingaziwa. Abakutholayo yisihogo.

Ukuze afinyelele umbono wakhe, uScott wafuna usizo lombhali wesikrini UJohn Logan, Osebenzisana noScott ku Gladiator. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, ngithole ithuba lokukhuluma noLogan ngokwakhiwa kwe- Alien prequel.

DG: Ungabuchaza kanjani ubudlelwano bakho, umlando wakho, ne Alien uchungechunge lwamafilimu?

JL: Ngaqala ukubona Alien eNew Jersey ngo-1979, lapho ngineminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa. Bengingazi okuningi ngefilimu lapho ngiyibona okokuqala, ngaphandle kokuthi bekuyindaba eqanjiwe yesayensi, futhi iphosta ayingivezanga okuningi. Kepha bekuyimbangela ye-célèbre ngenkathi ikhishwa, futhi kwaba yinto enhle kimi yokuhamba nge-movie. Engiphendule kukho Alien Ngangibona abantu bangempela, amalungu eqembu kule filimu, befakwa esimweni esivusa inkanuko, futhi kwaba idrama yalokhu engakuthola kusabisa kakhulu. Ubunabantu bangempela ababebhekene nalokhu kusongela okuguqukayo, nokwesabekayo, lesi sidalwa esingaziwa, futhi kwakudingeka bathole indlela yokusinda. URidley uqondise ifilimu njengodokotela ohlinzayo oyinhloko.

DG: Yiliphi isu owaqhamuka nalo noRidley Scott maqondana nokuxhumanisa le filimu no-Alien?

JL: Alien kwakuyifilimu eyayigcwele ubumsulwa. Kwakunobumsulwa obumangalisayo nobesabekayo ngendlela lezo zinhlamvu ezazibekwe ngayo kuleso simo esesabekayo, kanti uRidley waqondisa ifilimu njengenguqulo eqanjiwe yesayensi ka-Agatha Christie's Futhi Kwakungekho Futhi. Manje njengoba uRidley enze inguqulo yakhe ye- Futhi Kwakungekho Futhi, Nge Alien, siyixoxa kanjani indaba esabekayo ngokufanayo ewela ngaphambili Alien? Ngenkathi mina noRidley sibheka ifilimu yango-1979, sazibuza ukuthi isidalwa esingumfokazi sidalwe kanjani nokuthi sisukaphi Lokhu kwakha isisekelo seSivumelwano.

DG: Ungabuchaza kanjani ubudlelwano phakathi Alien: Isivumelwano futhi Alien?

JL: Sithatha igxathu eliqinile elibheke Alien ngale filimu. Kunamaqanda amancane ama-Easter kule filimu ahlobene nefilimu ka-1979. Ngikhethe isihloko Isivumelwano, liphefumulelwe igama le-brig encwadini kaRobert Louis Stevenson Kuthunjwa. Igama libhekisa esivumelwaneni esiphakathi kwabantu ababili, isivumelwano esibucayi phakathi kwamaqembu amabili noma ababusi.

DG: Ungayichaza kanjani ifayili le- IsivumelwanoInhloso yefilimu?

JL: Ifayela le- Isivumelwano ayikho kumishini yezempi, noma imishini yezimayini, ngokungafani Alien futhi njengabafokazi. Kungumkhumbi wamakholoni, futhi bawushiyile umhlaba, futhi sebephume ngomkhankaso wekoloni. Bazama ukwakha ikhaya elisha kule planethi entsha, enokuzwa nokubukeka kobukhazikhazi obumnyama.

DG: Ungawuchaza kanjani amandla akhona phakathi komlingiswa kaBilly Crudup, uCaptain Christopher Oram, noDaniels kaKatherine Waterston?

JL: UBilly noKatherine abaphikisani kule filimu ngokuthi bazowakha kanjani lo mhlaba omusha kule planethi engajwayelekile. Umlingiswa kaBilly uyindoda ekholwayo, engokomoya ezizwa ingakhululekile ngokuzama ukuthatha iplanethi entsha bese iyiphinda ngomfanekiso wayo.

DG: Yimiphi imibuzo obufuna ukuyiphendula kule filimu, futhi imiphi imibuzo obufuna ukuyishiya ivulekile?

JL: Kwenzekani kuDavid phakathi kokuphela kwe- Prometheus nokuqala kwe Alien: Isivumelwano? Kuthiwani ngoDkt Elizabeth Shaw, odlalwa nguNoomi Rapace, umuntu wokugcina owasinda kwababhujiswa Prometheus? UShaw uye kuphi ekugcineni kwe Prometheus? Abafokazi bavelaphi? Kwenzekani kuDavid? Iyiphi indima edlalwe onjiniyela ekwakheni uhlobo lwangaphandle? Le yimibuzo mina noRidley ebesifuna ukuyiphendula kule filimu.

DG: Yize lokhu kuyisandulela, wena noRidley kufanele niphikisane nakho konke ukulandelana kwezihambi okuvele eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule. Ukwenza kanjani ukwesaba nokungezwani ngemuva kwawo wonke lawa mafilimu, iningi lawo ebelithathwa njengezilaleli kabi?

I-JL: URidley wayenephalethi ebanzi kakhulu ayengadlala ngayo kule filimu kunaleyo ayenza kwifilimu yokuqala. Kwifilimu yokuqala, uRidley wayenesidalwa esisodwa azodlala naso, futhi wenza umsebenzi omuhle. Kule filimu, ngokusobala uRidley wayenokuningi azodlala ngakho, futhi uzobona izidalwa ezahlukahlukene, imibala ehlukene nobubunjwa. Asizange sinake kakhulu i- Alien ukulandelana, sibona ukuthi sibheke phambili kokwasekuqaleni kuka-1979. Ngicabanga ukuthi konke ukulandelana konke bekunamaphutha nezimfanelo, amaphuzu amahle namabi. Ngicabanga ukuthi ukhiye ngukuguquguquka okukhona okukhona phakathi kwabalingiswa abangabantu nezidalwa ezikule filimu. Yilokho engikuthole kuphoqa kakhulu kwifilimu yokuqala, futhi yilokho ebesigxile kukho kule filimu.

DG: Ungakuchaza kanjani ukusebenzisana kwakho noRidley Scott kule filimu?

JL: Bekufana ne- Gladiator. Zonke izingxoxo zethu zamafilimu womabili zazigxile kubalingiswa nasemdlalweni. Besifuna ukubuyela ebumsulweni be- Alien namanye amafilimu ama-horror akudala avela ngawo-1970 nango-1980, njenge Halloween futhi I Texas Chainsaw Massacre. USteven Spielberg I-Duel kwaba esinye ugqozi. Sitshela indaba ngokwakhiwa kwempucuko, okwaholela kimi noRidley ukuthi sikhulume ngoShakespeare. Ngenkathi ngisebenza ochungechungeni lweJames Bond, amashinga ayeyinto elula ukuyibhala, ngoba kwakumnandi kakhulu. Okunzima kakhulu bekuwukubhala umdlalo nabalingiswa. Ingxenye enzima kakhulu yokubhala Alien: Isivumelwano ubhala izigcawu phakathi kukaDaniels no-Oram.

DG: Njengombhali, ufika kanjani kuma-horror nakwinganekwane yesayensi uma uyiqhathanisa nezinye izinhlobo osebenze kuzo?

JL: Ngiyazi ngama-photon torpedoes nama-xenomorphs. Ngazi okuncane kakhulu nge- u-Harry Potter uchungechunge kanye Lord of the Rings indawo yonke. Njengochungechunge lweJames Bond, ngaya ku- Alien series njengomlandeli. Ngangilwazi ulimi.

I-DG: Ingabe amalungu eqembu agibele ebhodini Isivumelwano unezikhali kwifilimu?

JL: Banazo izikhali. Intuthuko esabekayo ivela ekuqaleni kwefilimu, futhi ukungezwani akupheli ngemuva kwalokhu. Ayikho ikhefu ngabo. Ngokusobala bahlangabezana nalolu songo oluyimfihlakalo, futhi kukhona ukungezwani okukhulu nokungakhululeki kuyo yonke ifilimu. Le filimu, njenge Prometheus, imele umbono wesihogo. Inomuzwa wokwethuka kwe-gothic namafilimu eHammer horror. Kufana The Wizard of Oz yabalingisi abakule filimu, ngaphandle kokuthi uhambo lwabo lubaholela ekutholeni ukwethuka okungakhulumeki.