Encwadini yakhe ye-2011 Ungasinda Kanjani Kwi-Movie Ethusayo, USeth Grahame-Smith uyaphawula:

“Lapho uDeveli ekude nobude bezipho, udinga okuthile okushaqisayo. Okuthile okuphawulekayo. Okuthile okuzokwenza ukuthi lonke iTerrorverse liwele kulo. Futhi kunento eyodwa enamandla amakhulu kangako: Umthondo. ”

Lapho ngiqala ukufunda lowo mugqa ngacishe ngahleka ngaze ngafa, kepha isigaba esilandelayo sangenza ngacabanga.

“Ubunqunu besilisa bangaphambili obugcwele (P) abukho eTerrorverse (T),” kuchaza umbhali. “Ngakho-ke, uma u-P ekhona, uT akakwazi ukuba khona. Futhi uma u-T ekhona, u-P akakwazi ukuba khona… Kungabonakala njengempendulo yentsha esimweni esibucayi. Umzamo odabukisayo wokufihla ukwesaba ngamahlaya angavuthiwe. Mhlawumbe kunjalo. Kepha ungancamela ukufa ngesithunzi noma uphile ngobunqunu? ”

Kwakukhona; ukubhekisisa okubhalwe ngamahlaya futhi kufihlwe ngokuhlekisa.

Kukaningi ngicabanga ukuthi kungani ubunqunu besilisa bangaphambili obugcwele buyivelakancane kwifilimu. Noma ukwethuswa, uhlobo olwaziwa ngokududula imingcele, ubunqunu besifazane abemukelwa nje kuphela kepha kulindelwe ngenkathi ukuvela kwendoda cishe kungenzeki neze.

Ngifisa sengathi bengingasho ukuthi kuyethusa, kepha lesi sibonelo sabekwa kudala futhi sakhuthazwa yimboni yonke.

Ngo-1892, uThomas Edison wenza ikhamera yokuqala yezithombe ezinyakazayo. Ngo-1897, ifilimu yokuqala evusa inkanuko Ngemuva kweBhola nguGeorge Méliès wayeseya esikrinini equkethe ubunqunu besifazane obulinganisiwe, kwathi eminyakeni emibili kuphela kamuva, owesifazane wokuqala wavela enqunu ngokuphelele esikrinini Le Coucher de la Mariee.

Kwakuthathe isikhathi esingaphansi kweminyaka eyisikhombisa nje ukuthi abesifazane baboniswe ngokugcwele kulolu hlobo lobuciko olushaqisayo, kanti ngenkathi kwenziwa amafilimu amaningi ashubile eminyakeni eyishumi elandelayo, bekungaba eminye iminyaka eyi-12 ngaphambi kobunqunu besilisa obugcwele ngobufushane amazwibela azolandela ku-Francesco Bertolini eyethusayo, ne-surreal adaptation ye I-Inferno kaDante.

Njengoba iminyaka ihamba, lokhu kwehluka kwaqhubeka futhi igebe phakathi kobunqunu besilisa nabesifazane lakhula. I-Hays Code yefilimu "isizotha" yafika yadlula futhi ngaleso sikhathi, imigqa yayidwetshiwe ngokusobala.

Ifomu labesifazane lilonke lalisetshenziswa ukuba linukubezwe ngokocansi futhi livuswe inkanuko ngawo wonke amathuba, ngenkathi ifomu lowesilisa lalivalelwe ekusithekeni nasethunzini ngaphandle kokufakazela ubudoda bakhe noma ukusetshenziswa kwepenisi njengehlaya noma ukwethusa izethameli .

Ukubeka ngamanye amazwi usomahlaya wase-Australia uHannah Gadsby, abenzi bamafilimu bathole indlela entsha yokwakha ama-vases enyama ngezimbali zabo ze-dick.

Ngivumele ngikunikeze isibonelo sempilo yangempela.

Ngonyaka odlule, ngaya emcimbini obukade ulindelwe ngabantu abaningi, obekulindelwe kakhulu u-Adam Green UVictor Crowley e-Nightmares Film Festival. Kule filimu, u-Andrew (Parry Shen) wayephethe ukusayina incwadi, ehlanganyela ezingxoxweni ezixaka kakhulu nabalandeli.

Owesifazane omuhle, omatasatasa wasukuma wamcela ukuba asayine isifuba sakhe kuzwakale umsindo wokuphokophela kanye namakhwela avela kubalaleli, amfaka ebusweni bakhe ngokulangazela. Wakhotha izindebe zakhe futhi wacishe wawa phezu kwakhe ethatha isikhathi sakhe ngaleso siginesha.

Ngemuva kwemizuzwana, ugcine ehamba ukuze afakwe esikhundleni somnumzane osekhulile owaqhubeka wakhipha ipipi lakhe ebhulukweni lakhe, walifaka edeskini, wacela ukwelashwa okufanayo.

Cishe cishe imizuzwana emi-2.5, izethameli bezihleli zithule zimangele ngaphambi kokugigitheka okwenzekile kungene uhleko olubi lapho u-Andrew ehlehla emuva futhi ekingiza ukwenqaba okukhulu.

Kwakukhona lapho. Lezo zilaleli kanye nokuphendula kwazo kwaba yi-microcosm emele izethameli ezethusayo zizonke.

Ngikucabangile lokhu kanye nokuphendula okufanayo iminyaka eminingana.

Ngikhumbula ngibuza uprofesa wefilimu ekolishi ukuthi kungani ubunqunu besilisa, ikakhulukazi obuthinta ipipi, babuqabukela kwifilimu ngokujwayelekile. Ephendula, ungitshele ukuthi ipipi laliyilungu langaphandle, ngokobulili lapho kungakhonjiswa khona abesifazane, benqunu ngokuphelele, ngaphandle kokubandakanya izitho zangasese zangempela, abesilisa abakwazi.

Le mpendulo yangicola kancane njengomfundi, kepha yangithumela kuphela ngifuna ezinye izimpendulo.

Kwangicacela bha ukuthi ubunqunu besifazane efilimini babugxile kakhulu kwezocansi kulabo besifazane. Zonke izingxenye zomzimba womuntu zenzelwe ukuphinda zithokozise futhi zijabulise ukubuka kowesilisa ukuthi ngabe "izitho" zezocansi noma cha.

Lokhu akusho ukuthi amadoda awalokothi aphikiswe kwifilimu. Impela, noma ngubani owake wabona noma iyiphi yamafilimu kaDavid DeCoteau ahlonipheke ngokweqile we-homoerotic uzovuma. Kodwa-ke, kuhlala kubonakala sengathi kuningi okudingekayo kowesifazane ekuphikiseni kwakhe.

Ngemuva kwakho konke, kwabesilisa abaningi abakwifilimu, konke okudingekayo ukubekela imbongolo yabo ikhamera.

Awungikholwa? Ngingathanda ukuthi unake okwakudala kukaBrian de Palma wango-1976 Carrie, futhi ikakhulukazi leyo ndawo yokuvula.

Nakhoke. Bonke labo bafundi besikole samabanga aphakeme (abalingiswa babo, ikakhulukazi, abazoba seminyakeni yobudala noma ngabe abalingisi bebengekho) bezijabulisa egumbini lokugcina izingubo futhi abangaphezu koyedwa bedalulwe ngokuphelele kwikhamera.

Ukukhanya okuthambile kwe-pink, engicishe ngibe nakho okuhle bekufanele kudlulise ubumsulwa obufana nephupho kuyo yonke indawo, akwenzanga lutho olutheni ekususeni eqinisweni lokuthi igumbi eligcwele abesifazane belinqunu ngokuphelele futhi livezwe ngokuphelele kumakhamera. Uma kukhona, kukhulisa lowo muzwa kuphela.

Flash phambili kwelinye igumbi eydijithali.

Ngawo-1985 I-Nightmare ku-Elm Street 2: Impindiselo kaFreddy, UJesse (uMark Patton) wazithola evaleleke egumbini lokushintshela nguMqeqeshi Schneider (Marshall Bell). Kucace bha ukuthi uSchneider ubehlose ukudlwengula uJese kunoma ngubani onaka kude ukuthi kwenzekani lapha.

UJesse uboshiwe, ngokuphelele ngomusa womqeqeshi noma sicabanga kanjalo. Kodwa-ke ngumqeqeshi okuthi uma ehamba ze ngokuphelele azithole eyisisulu. Kodwa-ke, nakuleso sikhathi esibucayi kakhulu eshaweni, simbona embozwe kakhulu noma ngemuva.

Lokhu akusho ukuthi ubunqunu besilisa bangaphambili obugcwele buyinto engaziwa ngokuphelele ekwenzeni ifilimu, kepha uma sekwenzekile, ikakhulukazi esikhathini esedlule, bekubonakala sengathi kuthwetshulwe ngelensi ehluke ngokuphelele kunobunqunu besifazane.

Isikhathi sokuqala engake ngabona ngaso umlingisi enqunu ngokuphelele kuwo wonke umhlaba ukuze abone kwakusekuqaleni kuka-1981 Indaba yoMoya ngokususelwa kunoveli kaPeter Straub lapho isimilo sikaCraig Wasson sehla saze safa. Ngikhumbula ngibuyisela emuva kabusha ikhophi ye-VHS yefilimu ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi engicabanga ukuthi ngikubonile empeleni kukhona.

Futhi ngubani ongakhohlwa okwethusayo okudalula ukuthi u-Angela ubekade eyindoda sonke isikhathi ekupheleni kuka Ikamu Lokulala?

Kulezi zimo abukho ubulili obedlulele. Ipipi likaWasson lalivele likhona njengoba efile waze wafa kanti elika-Angela lalenzelwe kuphela ukuthusa izethameli. (Ngokwethembeka, lokho kumane kuyisiqalo sezinkinga zami ngezigcawu zokugcina ze- Ikamu Lokulala, kodwa kuzofanele singene kulokho kwesinye isihloko.)

Lokhu kusiletha kwelinye iphuzu: isikhathi esiningi lapho owesilisa ehamba phambili ngqo, ikakhulukazi kumafilimu asestudiyo, kusetshenziswa ipipi lokufakelwa esikhundleni selungu lomlingisi uqobo. Empeleni, kukhona ibhizinisi lonke elakhelwe ukuzenzela lawa ma-prostheses akhethekile.

Iningi labaphathi besitudiyo, abaqondisi, abalingisi, njll. Lizokuqinisekisa ukuthi akubangelwa ukungazethembi komlingisi, kodwa kunalokho yingoba bafuna “ukubukeka” kwefilimu.

Ngokuzimisela?

Umuntu kufanele abuze, maqondana nalolu lwazi, ukuthi bangaki abesifazane abanikezwa umzimba ophindwe kabili noma ngempela iyiphi enye indlela yokugwema ukuba nqunu nokuvezwa ngokugcwele kubasebenzi bekhamera futhi kamuva kubalaleli bomhlaba?

Eminyakeni yakamuva, i-P enkulu isiqale ukuvela kaningi kumafilimu amaningi we-horror.

Idemoni uPaimon laliboniswa ngokugcwele, yize laliphinde lincane esithunzini, kulo nyaka Hereditary, futhi nabalandeli bakhe abambalwa, abesilisa nabesifazane, balandela okufanayo esigabeni sokugcina sefilimu.

Ngokufanayo, noma ngubani oke wabona ifilimu yakamuva kaNicholas Cage, UMandy, Uzothwala kanzima ukukhohlwa uLinus Roache evula ingubo yakhe ukuze anikeze uMandy ka-Andrea Riseborough ilungelo lokulala naye.

Lesi ngesinye sezibonelo eziseduze kakhulu engizibonile ezenza ucansi lobunqunu besilisa ngokweqiniso. Okwesikhashana nje lokho kubuka okujwayelekile, okuvame ukubhekiswa kwabesifazane, ubona uRoache ngokuphelele.

Umuntu kufanele abuze ukuthi ngabe leyo impendulo kulokhu kungalingani, noma kunjalo.

Ngabe amadoda kufanele yini adalule konke ukuze ikhamera ilinganise lesi sikali? Bekungeke yini kube ukuhlakanipha okukhulu ukumane udinge ubunqunu obuncane kubalingisi befilimu? Ukuphikisa ubani kulungile?

Ngijwayele ukukholelwa ukuthi ukuphikisa akuvamile ukuthethelelwa. Angiqiniseki ukuthi kulokhu, noma kunjalo, abalingisi abakweleta abadlali abaqinile kulokhu. Mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sokuthi benyukele epuletini bafake iP ekubonisweni.