Uthando lusemoyeni futhi lubhalwe ngapha nangapha kuyo yonke indawo emile njengamanje njengoba silungiselela usuku lwezithandani. Ezweni lonke, izigidi zizohlala phansi zidle amakhandlela, zithele iwayini, bese zigudla osofeni zibukele amabhayisikobho abawathandayo. Uma wena wethusa abathandi ngaphandle lapho ungaqiniseki ukuthi yini okufanele uyibuke, iHorror ngokuthobeka iphakamisa ama-1931's Dracula.

Le filimu ine konke!

Ama-vampire aqhamukayo, abesifazane abahle, amadoda anesibindi azimisele ukwenza noma yini ukuze asindise uthando lwempilo yawo, nodokotela bazimisele ukubhubhisa ububi basendulo buningi, futhi kwenzeka nje kanjalo, kwavezwa emhlabeni ngoSuku Lwezithandani ngo-1931 okwenza u-2020 Usuku lokuzalwa lwama-89.

Indaba ye DraculaUhambo oluya esikrinini sesiliva luthakazelisa oluqale ngo-1914 lapho UCarl Laemmle isuse i-Universal Studios isuka eNew York yaya eCalifornia. Kwakungesinye sezakhiwo zokuqala uLaemmle ayefuna ukuzenza, kepha kwathatha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-15 nangaphezulu kokuyekethisa okumbalwa ukuthola indlela yokungena ezinkundleni zemidlalo yaseshashalazini.

Inhloko yesitudiyo ekuqaleni yayikubheka njengesiqephu esesabekayo esincike ngokuphelele kunoveli kaBram Stoker. Ngeshwa, ngemuva kokuphahlazeka kwemakethe yamasheya kanye nokusondela kweGreat Depression, babexwaya ukubeka engozini leyo mali kwifilimu eyayingeyona impumelelo eqinisekisiwe. Esikhundleni salokho, baphendukela kuHamilton Deane, umbhali wemidlalo yeshashalazi owayesevele eguqule inoveli yesiteji engalingisi muntu ngaphandle kukaBela Lugosi.

Noma basebenzise ukudlala kukaDeane njengomthombo, noma kunjalo, kusadingeka ukuthi bathole amalungelo okuvumelanisa indaba kaStoker nesikrini esikhulu kumfelokazi wakhe. Wayesevele esezibonakalisile njengosomabhizinisi okhaliphile ngenkathi ethathela uFW Murnau inselelo yokumsekela Nosferatu emsebenzini womyeni wakhe. Wamangalela uMurnau futhi wachitha yonke imibhalo eyaziwayo yefilimu yakhe! (Ngokujabulisayo oyedwa noma ababili basala bezizukulwane ezizayo.)

Kubukeka sengathi uFlorence Balcombe ubengumlandeli ikakhulukazi womdlalo kaLugosi ohlelweni lwasesiteji, ngakho-ke isitudiyo besimsebenzisa njengomxhumanisi, elengisa indawo kaDracula kwifilimu phambi kwakhe ukubona ukuthi angamqinisekisa yini ukuthi wehlise inani lakhe lokucela lama- $ 200,000, isamba semali esinqabile ngaleso sikhathi.

Ekugcineni uLugosi waphumelela futhi isitudiyo sanikwa imvume ngabakwaStoker estate ukuthi baqhubekele phambili ngemali elinganiselwa ku- $ 60,000.

Kodwa-ke, yize wayebasebenzela, u-Universal akazange aqinisekise ukuthi uLugosi uzobamba iqhaza, futhi empeleni, babona nabanye abalingisi kule ndima ngaphambi kokuthi ekugcineni bazibophezele ukumqasha ngemali encane engu- $ 500 ngesonto kwabayisikhombisa. isonto shoot. Ukubeka lokho, uDavid Manners owayedlala indawo kaJonathan Harker kule filimu wakhokhelwa u- $ 2000 ngesonto ngomsebenzi wakhe.

Yize kunalezi ziphutha, noma kunjalo, le filimu yasheshe yaqala ukwenziwa ngaphansi kokuqondiswa nguTod Browning owayebonakala engenzi kahle umsebenzi ngaleso sikhathi. Ukuphuza kwakhe kwase kuphenduke ngokweqile, futhi wayehlala eshiya isethi eshiya umbhali wezithombe zakhe, uKarl Freund, ukuba aqondise isenzo futhi wayaziwa ngokukhipha amakhasi kuskripthi lapho engathokozi ngalokhu kubhalwa.

Lesi situdiyo, besinamanothi amaningi ekukhiqizeni.

Ekuqaleni kwabo, kusobala ukuthi babenovalo lokuthi uDracula angahle abonakale eyisitabane uma ekhonjiswa ehlasela enye indoda ngakho bathumela inothi kumqondisi nakubabhali ukuthi "iDracula kufanele ilume abesifazane kuphela." Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufakwe amaphuzu amancane kakhulu kule filimu ngaphandle kokuthi kube nesigcawu lapho i-orchestra izobe / kufanele ngabe isivele ikhona. Besaba ukuthi, njengoba izithombe ezinomsindo bezintsha, izethameli zingahle zidideke uma kunomculo ngaphandle kwabaculi ababonakalayo endaweni yesehlakalo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, futhi lokhu kwakuthakazelisa kakhulu, amamaki okuluma entanyeni, yize kukhulunywa ngawo kule filimu, awalokothi aboniswe! Kungenzeka ukuthi bacabanga ukuthi lokhu kungaphakamisa izilaleli kakhulu, kepha futhi uzokwazi ukuthi iDracula kaLugosi ayikaze ikhiphe amazinyo, noma.

Ekugcineni, lapho ifilimu isiphothuliwe futhi kuthunyelwa ukuphrinta ezinhlokweni ze-studio ukuthi zizobuka, uLaemmle wabhala ukuthi ifilimu yayisabeka kakhulu futhi wayala ukuthi ibuye. Ngeshwa, ukusikeka okwenziwe kwashiya umkhiqizo wokugcina ugcwele amaphutha wokuqhubeka.

Noma kunjalo, ifilimu yaqedwa futhi isitudiyo kwakudingeka sithole indlela yokuyithengisa kubabukeli abaningi. Babambe le filimu okokuqala ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambi kosuku olusemthethweni lokukhishwa kwetiyetha futhi bamema abagxeki, iningi labo elabika ukuthi amalungu ezilaleli aquleka ngenxa yezinhlekelele abazibona enkundleni yemidlalo.

Konke lokhu kwakusakazwa ngokucophelela yisitudiyo, kunjalo, futhi hhayi ukuphela kwe-Universal eyayiphakamise umkhono wayo.

Dracula yayizoboniswa okokuqala ngoSuku Lwezithandani ngo-1931, kanti ngenkathi ezinye izingqwembe zikhuluma nge-vampire horror, ezinye zazibiza ifilimu ngokuthi, “Indaba yePASSION eyinqaba emhlabeni eyake yaziwa.”

Phakathi kokushaqeka nobulili kanye nezimpendulo ezibikiwe ezifakiwe kwifilimu, Dracula icishe yaba yimpumelelo ngokushesha ebhokisini ehhovisi elidayisa amathikithi abikiwe angama-50,000 48 emahoreni alo okuqala angama-XNUMX futhi ekugcineni lavula i inzuzo engaphezu kwama- $ 700,000, futhi impumelelo yayo izovulela amasango ezikhukhula izilo eziningi ze-Universal.

Ngendlela yalo, Dracula empeleni yindaba yothando ngothando olungapheli olunqamula ekuthatheni ngokweqile, futhi iyifilimu ephelele yomthandi wesabekayo usuku luka-Valentine.

Akunandaba, iqiniso lokuthi sisakhuluma ngale filimu cishe eminyakeni engama-90 ngemuva kokukhishwa kwayo lisho okuthile ngefilimu nendawo yayo esikweni lethu.

Ngakho-ke ngithi usuku lokuzalwa oluhle ku Dracula futhi sijabulele uSuku Lwezithandani kini nonke balandeli abesabekayo laphaya.