Iso likaDeveli, ibhalwe nguRobin Estridge noDennis Murphy futhi yaqondiswa nguJ. Lee Thompson (Cape Fear [1962]), ibingenye yalawo mafilimu abebonakala enenkinga kusukela ekuqaleni.

Ngokususelwa kunoveli ebhalwe u-Estridge ngaphansi kwegama elibhalwe ukuthi “Philip Loraine”, ifilimu ilandisa ngoPhillipe de Montfaucon (David Niven), umarquis no-vintner, okumele abuyele ezigabeni zomndeni wakhe eBellenac lapho izivini zabo zehlulekile unyaka wesithathu kulandelana.

Ushiya umkakhe uCatherine (uDeborah Kerr) eParis nezingane zabo, uJacques no-Antoinette, ngemiyalo yokuthi abamele beze eBellenac nganoma yisiphi isizathu. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokuhamba izinsuku ezimbalwa, uJacques osemncane uqala ukukhombisa isimilo futhi uCatherine unquma ukuthi kumele babe noPhillipe.

Akazi ukuthi abantu baseBellenac balandela amasiko amadala kakhulu, nokuthi enye yalezo zinkolelo ifaka umhlatshelo ovumayo weMarquis ukuze kusindiswe izinkambu ezifayo.

Le filimu ibinabalingisi abamangazayo eceleni kukaKerr noNiven.

UDonald Pleasance (Halloween) uvela njengoPere Dominic umpristi wendawo ongahle angabandakanyeki kumasiko obuqaba. Ukuthokozisa kungokucashile futhi kubukelwe phansi kakhulu endimeni, futhi ukusebenza kwakhe kungaphezu kwenani lentengo yokwamukelwa!

I-oh-so-handsome David Hemmings (Okubomvu Okujulile) nokuthakatha uSharon Tate (Ababulali Abangesabi Vampire) bagxila cishe kuzo zonke izindawo ababonakala kuzo njengezelamani uChristian no-Odile de Caray.

Kwakuyi-debut yefilimu kaTate. Ngokudabukisayo, wayezobulawa ngesihluku eminyakeni emithathu kuphela kamuva eneminyaka engama-26 ngamalungu enkolo kaCharles Manson.

Amehlo kaDeveli I-spooky ngempela enamaphuzu amahle kakhulu kaGary McFarland futhi isebenzisa kahle izithombe ezimnyama nezimhlophe ngesikhathi lapho amafilimu e-monochromatic ayeqala ukuba ngaphandle kunokwejwayelekile.

Kunesigcawu esihle ngokukhethekile lapho uKerr ezithola khona ehlathini eliseduze ne-mausoleum yakudala yomndeni. Njengoba ethatha isinqumo sokubuyela ekhaya umuntu ogqoke izingubo ezigqoke izingubo ezimnyama ezitebhisini zomthunzi wesihlahla. Leso sibalo sihlanganiswa ngomunye nomunye nomunye, umnyama omnyama wezingubo emi ngaphandle ngokumelene nezimpunga ezibazungezile njengoba bemzungeza futhi beqala ukuvala.

Isimo besesabeka futhi ikakhulukazi ngenxa yalokhu kuqhathanisa okumpunga nokumnyama.

Njengoba ngishilo ekuqaleni, ifilimu yabonakala ihlushwa yizinkinga kusukela ekuqaleni.

UMichael Anderson, owayezoqondisa kamuva Ukusebenza kweLogan, ekuqaleni wathephelwa ukuqondisa ifilimu kodwa ngenxa yokuhlelwa kwezingqinamba nokungezwani namahemuhemu ngesitudiyo, kwafakwa uThompson. UThompson uyiqedile ifilimu, kepha uSidney J. Furie no-Arthur Hiller bobabili balethwe ukuqopha iziqephu ezengeziwe zomkhiqizo wokugcina.

UKim Novak (Bell, Book, futhi Amakhandlela) Owayedlalwa kuqala endimeni kaCatherine kwadingeka ashiye lo mkhiqizo ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa wokudubula okuthiwa ngenxa yokulimala akuthola lapho ewa ehhashini.

UHemmings wayezobhala kamuva encwadini yakhe yokuphila, kodwa-ke, ukuthi waxoshwa kulo mkhiqizo ngemuva kokuphikisana nomunye wabakhiqizi lapho ethola ukuthi yena nomlingisi osemncane babethandana.

Noma ngabe siyini isizathu, uNovak wayesehambile, kanti ngenkathi uKerr alethwa masinyane ukuba athathe isikhundla sakhe, zonke izigcawu ezazithwetshulwe ngaphambilini noNovak kwakudingeka ziphonswe ngaphandle ziphinde zidutshulwe.

Ngemuva kokuphothulwa kwayo, bekubonakala sengathi iMGM ibingaqiniseki ukuthi izoyimaketha kanjani, noma mhlawumbe besaba ukuthi izethameli zingasabela kanjani ezingqikithini zefilimu zobuthakathi, ukunikela ngabantu namasiko obuqaba.

Le filimu yaqedwa ekuqaleni kuka-1966, kepha kwakusekupheleni konyaka we-1967 ngaphambi kokuthi ikhishwe e-US futhi kwaze kwaba sentwasahlobo ka-1968 lapho yagcina ingene ezikrinini e-UK.

Ngeshwa kuma-studio, ukukhishwa kokuqala kwefilimu akubanga yimpumelelo enkulu, yize bekujabulela ukuthandwa kakhulu eYurophu. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokushona kukaTate, isidingo sokubona le filimu sakhula futhi ngokushesha sathola abalandeli bayo eMelika.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngemuva kokubuka, ungabona ithonya lefilimu kwamanye amafilimu alilandele. 

Umuntu Wicker, eyakhishwa cishe eminyakeni eyisikhombisa ngemuva kwalokho Iso likaDeveli kwaqedwa, ngokushesha kwavela engqondweni ngemuva kwesigcawu esithile esihilela umbukiso ongajwayelekile owawudlula eBellenac nabadansi kanye nezakhamizi ezibiza imali. 

Iso likaDeveli isabambelele njenge-chiller yakudala enesigcawu esisodwa kuphela esinenkinga ngamazinga wesimanjemanje. Lapho kutholakala ukuthi u-Odile usezamile ukubulala uCatherine, uPhillipe umshaya ngesikebhe sehhashi futhi ugoba ngobuhlungu obubonakala ngasikhathi sinye nenjabulo ngesijeziso sakhe.

Yize isebenza kahle, izethameli zesimanje, ngaphandle kwe- Amathunzi angama-50 umphakathi, ungathola kunzima ukubukela indawo.

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