Inqubo yomlingisi yokwakha umlingiswa iyathakazelisa, ihlukile kubo futhi ibunjwe yisipiliyoni sakhe. Abalingisi abahle bakha umlingisi ovusa impendulo engokomzwelo endabeni. Abalingisi abakhulu banyamalala ngokuphelele kumlingiswa wabo. Siyabathanda; siyabazonda, kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi baba ngokoqobo kithi. Lapho ngihlala phansi ukuxoxa noTristan McKinnon ovela kwifilimu emfushane “U-Alfred J. Hemlock” lokho kungekudala kuzokwenza umjikelezo womkhosi, benginombono wokuthi ngubani ebengizohlangana naye, kepha bengingeke ngibe nephutha kakhulu futhi lokho akungikhathazi nakancane.

Kwakungo-8: 00 ebusuku ngoMgqibelo ebusuku lapha eTexas, kodwa ilanga lalikhanya kakhulu e-Australia lapho ucingo lwethu luxhuma ku-Skype. Bekuhleli uTristan McKinnon egumbini lokuhlala elihlotshiswe kahle. Umfowabo nodadewabo babengemuva bemamatheka futhi beqhweba futhi wangazisa kubo, echaza ukuthi umndeni wakhe uqashe indawo yokuhlala ndawonye ukuze uchithe isikhathi esisezingeni eliphakeme.

Manje, kufanele ngivume ukuthi ngamangala. UMcKinnon ulula nje, insizwa ebukekayo enokuhleka okulula, okuthelelanayo nokuhola indoda ebukekayo. Ugcwele impilo futhi ukhipha amandla acishe abe kinetic njengoba ekhuluma ngephrojekthi yakhe yakamuva. Ngamafuphi, uyikho konke umlingiswa wakhe ayengeyena futhi kwaba lapho kuphela lapho ngabona khona ukuthi umlingisi osemncane wayemuhle kanjani.

Ngemuva kwemizuzu embalwa sixoxa futhi sazana kancane, safika ebhizinisini lokukhuluma ngo-Alfred oguqukayo, nokuthi weza kanjani ukudala lesi sidalwa esikhohlakele esidla imiphefumulo yabalahlekile nabanesizungu.

Konke lokhu kuqale ngomyalezo we-Facebook. UMcKinnon wabona ukuthi u-Edward Lyons wayesebenza kwifilimu ehlukile futhi wamthumelela umyalezo wokuhalalisela. Ngemuva kwesikhashana, uLyons uphendule wambonga kodwa futhi wamtshela nokuthi unenye ifilimu abesebenza kuyo futhi ucabanga ukuthi uMcKinnon uzokufanelekela ukuhola. Akubanga nje isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba umlingisi abe neskripthi futhi wayedilika ngokujulile ukuthola ukuthi ungubani u-Alfred J. Hemlock.

Umlingisi wavele washaywa iqiniso lokuthi kwakukhona indaba engokoqobo engayixoxa ngaphandle kwezenzo eziningi zangaphandle, futhi wayengaphezu kwenyanga ngakho.

“Cishe bekuyifilimu yokuqala emfushane engiyenzile lapho bekuyinto ebiqhutshwa kakhulu yingxoxo,” echaza. “Konke bekuhlelwe emgwaqweni onguthelawayeka. Kwakungabalingiswa ababili bexoxa indaba. Ngivela emlandweni weshashalazi nokuba ngumlingisi waseshashalazini okwakukuhle kakhulu kimi. Futhi nangu uHemlock nami sizohlola ukuthi ungubani nokuthi kungani futhi waba kanjani yilomoya noma idimoni ayilo. ”

“U-Alfred J. Hemlock” uyenzeka ngempela emzileni owodwa ebusuku. U-Emily (Renaye Loryman) ushiywe yisoka lakhe, uGuy (UChristian Charisiou), ngemuva kokumsola ngokujola namanye amadoda ephathini. Njengoba u-Emily ophukile ehla ngomgwaqo, uhlangana no-Alfred J. Hemlock, isidalwa esizimisele ukuthatha umphefumulo ka-Emily osemncane.

ILyons inikeze u-Alfred ngokuphelele kuMcKinnon, yamvumela ukuthi ahlole ubuntu be-fiend, afune izwi lakhe, futhi ekugcineni amlethe empilweni yobusathane. Kwaze kwaba yilapho esezindleko ezinkulu nokwakheka kwezimonyo, nokho, lapho abona khona lokho akudalile.

"Ngiyakhumbula ngiphuma ngithi, 'Ngicabanga ukuthi ngithole ingane yothando lukaBeetlejuice noCaptain Jack Sparrow,'” kusho uMcKinnon ehleka. “Bengingazami ukukuhambela lokho, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kuvele kwavela. Ngicabanga ukuthi ubuntu bami bufana noJack Sparrow ekuqaleni futhi buye bopha bangena emsebenzini.

Kwakukhona izakhi okufanele zengezwe, noma kunjalo, futhi eziningi zazo zawela endaweni ngokuhamba kwamashwa.

Babhukhelwe ukuthwetshulwa ngempelasonto ebusuku. Kwakudingeka izinsuku ezimbili ukuqopha okufutshane futhi kuleyo mpelasonto yokuqala, imvelo yangenelela yabanisela imvula. Engavinjelwa, uLyons ubhukhe ngempelasonto yesibili. Kwakudingeka balethe umqondisi ohlukile wezithombe njengoba owokuqala kwakufanele abe sezingeni lokuhweba. Imvelo ibisohlangothini lwabo kulokhu kodwa ngenxa yephutha elenziwe ngomshini, yonke inhlamvu eyodwa ibingadalulwanga futhi ibumnyama kakhulu ukuthi ingasetshenziswa. Manje kwase kuyindaba yomgomo kaLyons nabalingisi nabasebenzi. Ukubhuka ngempelasonto yesithathu kubhukhiwe, abalingisi bangena kwangeniswa iDoP yesithathu. Imvelo nemishini yakwenza lokhu ngalesi sikhathi futhi lonke uhlelo lokudubula luhambe ngaphandle kokushaywa indiva.

Njengoba bekukhungathekisa konke lokhu, uMcKinnon uveza ukuthi kwamnika isikhathi esithe xaxa sokwakha ubudlelwane obusondelene no-Alfred kanye nendlela abonakalise ngayo. Iphinde yavumela uLyons ukuthi alethe imania eyengeziwe esigabeni sefilimu lapho u-Alfred ahlukumeza khona futhi ehlukumeza u-Emily emzamweni wokumephula.

“Kunale ngxenye yefilimu lapho ngicabanga ukuthi u-Ed uthathe isinqumo sokuphambanisa. Waphonsa inhlonipho kuKubrick futhi Saw futhi konke bekuzenzakalela kakhulu. Kwakuyinto enhle ngalolu hlobo lwemontage yokuhlushwa kuka-Emily. Utholele leli bhayisikili elinamasondo amathathu ukuthi ngiligibele futhi lisebenza kahle kakhulu nobuntu bukaHemlock. Futhi iluhlobo oluthile laphaya, kepha ibuye ikhombe emuva kulawa mafilimu sonke esiwaziyo nesiwathandayo. ”

UMcKinnon ukhale ngokuphela kokudubula wathi uzobuyela kulo mlingiswa uma enikwa ithuba.

Uthi, “Kuyahlekisa, kodwa ucishe ufuna ukuthi awine, yize engumuntu omubi impela. Kungaba kuhle ukufinyelela kumlando wakhe futhi uthole okuningi ngaye. Ingabe wayeqalekisiwe? Ingabe uyidemoni? Ingabe uphendula komunye umuntu? Engqondweni yami, angaba yidimoni eliwile ngesikhathi uSathane elwa nezulu. Ususiwe kuwo. Ngakho-ke ulambele ukukhanya avinjelwe kukho, futhi uyakuzonda lokho kukhanya njengoba nje akulambele. Ngakho-ke ukufuna ngendlela okusemandleni akhe. Uthola laba bantu imiphefumulo yabo isha ngokugqamile futhi uyithatha kubo. Inkinga akwanele. Kuningi ongakuhlola lapho. ”

Nginawe kulokho, uTristan. Ngenhlanhla, mhlawumbe nje sizobona okuningi ngo-Alfred J. Hemlock ngokuzayo.

Ukuthola eminye imininingwane ngefilimu nokugcina usesikhathini ngokubonakala komkhosi, ungabalandela Facebook, wabo iwebhusayithi, nakuTwitter naku-Instagram ku- @AlfredJHemlock. Njengamanje, kubhekwe ukuthi kuqale ukubonakala kwabo kwi-Academy Award efanelekayo iBermuda International Film Festival ngoMeyi ka-2017.

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