Siyakwamukela futhi, bafundi, ku- “Based on the Novel By,” uchungechunge oluthatha ngokujulile luye kwamanye ama-movie wethu ayizintandokazi ezethusayo ongazi noma ongazi ukuthi asuselwa ezincwadini. Ukungena kwaleli sonto kungumkhasi wesikhumba wangempela. Ngikhuluma ngani Izincwadi Zokubhala zikaRatman ebhalwe nguStephen Gilbert.

Wayengubani uStephen Gilbert?

Ngokudabukisayo, ungaxolelwa kalula ngokungazi ukuthi ngubani lo mbhali wase-Ireland. Indawo yakhe emlandweni wezincwadi yinto exakile. Yize umsebenzi wakhe wawudunyiswa ngabathandi be-EM Forster, abaningi bake bazi umsebenzi wakhe ngokubhekisele kuForrest Reid, omunye umbhali wase-Ireland uGilbert ayengumcabango wakhe. Ubungani babo baba yinto yokuxabana, ikakhulukazi ekuthandeni kukaReid nale nsizwa, kepha ngokudabukisayo kuze kube namuhla, abaningi bathola umsebenzi kaGilbert emibhalweni yaphansi mayelana nomsebenzi kaReid.

Inoveli yokuqala kaGilbert, Ukudilika komhlaba yanyatheliswa ngo-1943. Indaba eyinganekwane yayihilela izidalwa zangaphambi komlando ezavulwa e-Ireland ngemva kokudilika kwenhlabathi okukhulu. Uzoqhubeka nokushicilela imisebenzi efana nayo UMonkeyface, mayelana nesidalwa sohlobo lwesixhumanisi esilahlekile esatholakala eNingizimu Melika, futhi Isivivinyo seBurnaby ongena emathubeni okuphila emva kokufa futhi abonise ubungani bukaGilbert noReid.

Ngawo-1960, uGilbert wayebheka kakhulu umsebenzi wakhe njengombhali wezincwadi. Wayeshade enezingane ezine, wabheka ezweni elikhudlwana, ekhalaza ukwanda kwenuzi futhi efuna ukuba kuphuculwe izikhali ngokuphelele.

Kodwa-ke, ngo-1968, washicilela Izincwadi Zokubhala zikaRatman, futhi ibizoqhubeka ibe ngomunye wemisebenzi eyaziwayo yombhali ethengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi.

Inside Izincwadi Zokubhala zikaRatman

Izincwadi Zokubhala zikaRatman yinoveli emfishane egxile kumlandisi ongagagulwanga ngegama ongumuntu oxoshiwe emphakathini othola ukuthi uhlobana kangcono namagundane kunabantu. Le ncwadi ibhalwe njengochungechunge lwemibhalo yamaphephabhuku elandisa ngempilo yensizwa yansuku zonke esebenza efemini eyayiphethwe nguyise.

Njengoba impilo yakhe isiphelelwa yisikhathi sokulawula, le nsizwa iqala ukusebenzisa amagundane ukweba kanye nokuziphindiselela kumphathi wayo nakwabanye omakhelwane bayo. Ngemuva kokuthi umphathi wakhe ebulale intandokazi yakhe, uSocrates, lo protagonist uletha igundane elinolaka ogama lakhe linguBen futhi limsebenzisa ukuhola omunye ekuhlaseleni okuphelele ukubulala le ndoda. I-protagonist ibaleka endaweni yesigameko ishiya amagundane kule nqubo.

Lapho ubuhlobo bakhe nentokazi evela ehhovisi lakhe buqala ukuqhakaza, banquma ukushada. Kodwa-ke, sekudlule ubusuku obubodwa, uBen namagundane abuya nempindiselo ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi lo protagonist ubulale lonke ikoloni lezindlu zakhe. Baxosha le ntokazi endlini futhi babamba lo mlisa ekamelweni lakhe eliphezulu. Ukufakwa kokugcina kulencwadi kubhalwa masinyane ngumbalisi njengoba amagundane eluma futhi eshaya indlela yawo ngomnyango okhiyiwe.

Kusuka ekhasini kuya esikrinini

Izincwadi Zokubhala zikaRatman isebenze njengesisekelo samafilimu amathathu selokhu yakhishwa ngo-1968, yaze yakwazi nokuzala i-pop ballad, ngokwazi kwami, okuyiyona kuphela eyake yabhalwa ngamagundane angokoqobo.

Willard (1971)

Ngo-1971, umlingiswa omkhulu kaGilbert wanikezwa igama. Willard yayiqondiswa nguDaniel Mann (IButterfield 8) futhi wafaka inkanyezi uBruce Davison (The Iziko) endimeni yesikhundla no-Elsa Lanchester (Umlobokazi kaFrankenstein) njengomama kaWillard no-Ernest Borgnine (Ukuzijabulisa kwePoseidon) njengomphathi wakhe ohlukumezayo.

Ifilimu inamathele kakhulu esiqeshini nasengqikithini yencwadi ngenkathi, kunjalo, ithatha inkululeko embalwa lapha nalaphaya, kanti ngenkathi ezinye izigcawu ezinamagundane zisebenza kahle kakhulu, azikaze zifinyelele ngokuphelele kokwesaba okushaya ngamandla njengamanye amafilimu ayo thayipha. Kodwa-ke, uDavison unikeza ukusebenza okucishe kube yinto ephezulu endimeni yesihloko.

Ukuphendula ifilimu futhi mhlawumbe nokuqhuba ukuthengiswa kwencwadi ngemuva kokukhishwa kwayo, yabizwa ngegama elithi Izincwadi Zokubhala zikaRatman kuya Willard ye-movie tie-in edition, futhi.

Ben (1972)

Uyakhumbula ukuthi i-pop ballad engiyishilo ekuqaleni? Kwabhalelwa i- Ben, enye inkondlo elama eya ngo-1971 Willard. Ishiya emuva indaba yencwadi kepha isakhuthazwa ngabalingiswa bayo nezindikimba, le filimu igxila kumfana omncane ogama lakhe linguDanny (umlingisi waseCanada uLee Montgomery) ohlale ehlukunyezwa futhi ephathwa kabi. Ukwengeza kulokho, umfana unesimo senhliziyo esibi, futhi-ke, umdinga ngempela umngane. Le filimu ibuye ilingise noMeredith Baxter osemusha (Izibopho Zomndeni).

Unenhlanhla ngaye, uhlangana noBen igundane kanye nekoloni lakhe-ngaphambili elaliqeqeshwa nguWillard Stiles ongasekho. Igundane liba induduzo kumfana, kepha umndeni wakhe okhulayo ugcina udale ukufa okuningana ekufuneni kwabo ukudla nendawo yokuhlala. Ekugcineni amaphoyisa alilandela leli koloni futhi alibhubhise ngomlilo ezitamkokweni. UBen uyasinda, nokho, futhi ubuyela kuDanny.

UMontgomery udlale ingoma yengqophamlando yefilimu ethi, “Ben” kule filimu, futhi yaqoshelwa ingoma kaMichael Jackson osemncane. Ingoma yaqhubeka nokuwina iGolden Globe yeBest Original Song futhi yaqokelwa i-Oscar ngawo lowo nyaka.

Ben ithole ukubuyekezwa okuxubekile ngokujwayelekile, futhi ukubuyekezwa kwayo okuhle bekuphakeme kunangaphambili. Lokhu bekubonakala kuncike ekusebenzeni kweMontgomery nokuthi iqiniso lokuthi idrama yendaba ingabakhona ngaphandle kwezingqinamba ebibambe nazo.

Willard (2003)

Konke bekuthule ku Willard aka Izincwadi Zokubhala zikaRatman phambili iminyaka eminingi londolozela labo abakhumbule ingoma ethi, "Ben," futhi lezo zidalwa zinama-fiends agcina inkumbulo yawo iphila.

Kwathi ngo-2003, sathola ukuguqulwa okusha kwenoveli engalingisi muntu ngaphandle kukaCrispin Glover (Gods American) endimeni yesihloko. Le filimu iphambuke kakhulu embhalweni wokuqala kuze kufike lapho icebo liya khona, kepha kimi, ibibambelele kumoya wokuqala ngendlela eyanelisa kakhulu. Kunezikhathi efilimini ezingakhathazeki ngokweqiniso njengoba uWillard eqala ukuziphindiselela kumphathi wakhe (R. Lee Ermey) nanoma ngubani omunye ozama ukusizakala ngaye.

UGlover wayecishe abe yiminyaka engama-40 ngenkathi enza le filimu. Umehluko wobudala, ngandlela thile, uphemba umlilo kumlingiswa. UWillard usenesikhathi eside eshaywa phansi ngohlelo. Ubelokhu ehleli kokungakhululeki kwakhe isikhathi eside, futhi kucishe kukholwe ukuthi usefinyelele eqophelweni lapho angahle adabule khona.

UGlover uqokelwe umklomelo weSaturn ngomdlalo wakhe kule filimu. Ubuye futhi waqopha ingoma entsha ethi “Ben” ngevidiyo yakhe yomculo we-avant-garde ukuze ihambisane nayo, kanti uBruce Davison wenza i-cameo enjengomdwebo kababa kaWillard ulenga ekhaya lomndeni eliwohlokile.

Womathathu lamafilimu ngokuqinisekile anamandla abo ahambayo adonsela umbukeli ngaphakathi, kanye nokuqina okwanele ukuthi bathole ukulandela okuhlukile futhi okuhlangene kwehlelo.

Ungumuntu fan of Willard? Ubuwazi ukuthi iqale impilo yayo njengenoveli? Sazise ukuthi ucabangani Izincwadi Zokubhala zikaRatman nefa lalo kumazwana angezansi!