Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, iHorror yenze iphrofayli yomculi kuJoshua Hoffine: iphayona lezithombe ezesabekayo. Ngithole ithuba lokukhetha ubuchopho bakhe futhi ngixoxe ngokwesaba kobuntwana, ukuthi yini eza phambili ne-movie yakhe ayithandayo ayesabisayo. Uma unentshisekelo yokufunda okuncane ngoJoshua Hoffine nomsebenzi wakhe nesizinda sakhe kuqala, hlola iphrofayili yakhe yomculi lapha.

DD: Sawubona Joshua, ngiyabonga ngokukhuluma nami. Kumele sazi, yini oyiqalile ezithombeni ezesabekayo?

UJoshua Hoffine: Ngikhule ngibuka amabhayisikobho eHorror futhi ngifunda uStephen King. Uhlobo olwesabisayo lusondele enhliziyweni yami.

Ngenkathi ngiba ngumthwebuli zithombe, ngabona ukuthi kwakungekho "izithombe ezishaqisayo." Amabhayisikobho ama-Horror, amanoveli asabisayo, amahlaya, imibukiso ye-TV, imidlalo yevidiyo, abalingisi bezithombe, namaqembu- kodwa babekuphi abathwebuli bezithombe abesabekayo?

UJoel Peter Witkin uyisibonelo esibalulekile. Izithombe zakhe ziyaphazamisa impela, kepha kungenzeka angalamukeli ilebula lokwethuka, futhi akazange abhekane ngqo nezithonjana zezithombe noma ama-tropes ohlobo.

Bengifuna ukuba, ikakhulukazi, "Umthwebuli Wezithombe Othusayo".

Ngaqala iphrojekthi yami ngo-2003. Izwe lalisabanjwe umkhuba wokwesaba ngo-9/11. I-psychology yokwesaba yangishaya njengesihloko esingabaluleka kakhulu ukusihlola ngezithombe zami.

Bengisanda kushiya iHallmarkmark Cards ngiyosebenza isikhathi esigcwele ekhaya ngichithe isikhathi esithe xaxa namadodakazi ami amancane. Ngangikhona lapho belwa nenkinga efanayo yobuntwana engangike ngabhekana nayo. Lokhu kwazi- ukuthi ukwesaba okuthile kuphelele- empeleni yikho okwadala lo msebenzi. Lokho kanye nokutholakala kwamadodakazi ami amancane njengabalingisi.

Ngangikuthanda ukuthwebula izithombe zikaCindy Sherman noGregory Crewdson, futhi ngangifuna ukuthatha indlela yabo yokulandisa bayiyise endaweni emnandi nesabisayo.

Iziqu zami zasekolishi zazingesiNgisi Literature. Ngenkathi izithombe ziqhubeka, ngaqala ukubona ukuthi konke ukwethuka, zonke izilo, zisebenza njengengathekiso. Angibanga nesithakazelo kokubonwayo okushaqisayo kuphela, kepha nakwencazelo ecashile nenjongo yokwethuka.

DD: Ngiyabonga ukuthi uvale leso sikhala ezithombeni. Kuyinto bonke abalandeli be-horror abangayifakazela, sithanda ubuciko obuhle futhi obuhle. Ngabe bakhona abathwebuli bezithombe abathonye isitayela sakho sokuthatha izithombe?

JH: Hhayi ngokweqile. Ngakugwema ukubuka imisebenzi yabanye abathwebuli zithombe. Nginake kakhulu ifilimu- amaTerry Gilliam movie, uStanley Kubrick, ungqondongqondo we Okubi Okufile 2.

Ngafunda ukukhanyisa kumthwebuli wezithombe ogama lakhe linguNick Vedros. Ngivale naye izinyanga ezi-6. Lokhu kwakungaphambi nje kwenguquko yedijithali. Usebenzise amasethi wangempela nemiphumela ebonakalayo, kwesinye isikhathi ngezinga elikhulu, kumakhasimende amakhulu wokukhangisa. Ngicabanga ukuthi ubuhle bami uqobo buthuthukiswe ngezifundo angifundisa zona.

DD: Ngabe ubulokhu ungumlandeli wokwethuka? 

JH: Njalo.

Umama wangithatha nodadewethu sayobona Poltergeist enkundleni lapho sisebancane. Sichithe unyaka silingisa izigcawu, nodadewethu omncane uSarah ehlala encela ekhabethe.

Sibheke uJohn Carpenter's The Thing ku-HBO njengomndeni. Ngangineminyaka engu-10 ubudala futhi kwavusa umqondo wami. Ngesikole samabanga aphakathi, sasine-VCR futhi abazali bami babengivumela ukuthi ngibheke noma iyiphi ifilimu ethusayo engangiyifuna, ngaphandle kwemingcele. Ngakhula kahle. Ama-movie asabisayo abelokhu ejwayelekile kimi.

DD: Futhi lapha konke engikudlalile lapho ngisengumntwana kwakunguWinnifred Sanderson kusuka I-Hocus Pocus. Ngicabanga ukuthi ungishayile. Ngabe i- "After Dark, My Sweet" ikhombise noma yikuphi ukwesaba okwakukhona ebuntwaneni?

JH: Ngihlobene nabo bonke. Akunjalo?

DD: Ngiseyingane yebo kuze kube namuhla. Isithombe sakho "se-Wolf" singesabisa kakhulu, ngicabanga. Yiluphi uchungechunge lwakho lwezintandokazi ozithathile?

JH: "Ngemuva kobumnyama, My Sweet.". Kwakuwuphrojekthi wokuqala, kwakukhona nezingane zami, futhi kwakuwuhambo lwangempela lokutholwa. Kusukela lapho ngikhulise ububanzi bami futhi ngacwenga ubuciko bami, kepha leyo phrojekthi yayijabulisa ngoba konke kwakungaziwa. Ngangingenabalaleli okwamanje. Konke bekungokwami. Bekumsulwa.

DD: Futhi kubukeka njengesithonjana sakho. Noma yikuphi ukusesha egameni lakho kudonsela phezulu "Ngemuva kobumnyama, My Sweet" kakhulu. Ngabe usawasebenzisa amalungu omndeni ezithombeni zakho?

JH: Yebo, wonke amathuba engiwatholayo. Umkami, uJen, uboniswe esithombeni sami sakamuva esithi "Nosferatu."

DD: Muhle (lezo zinwele!) Futhi leso sithombe besimangalisa. I-horror endala kakhulu yaseHollywood. Hlobo luni lokuthwebula ongalwenza uma ungazange wenze izithombe ezesabekayo?

JH: Ukuthwebula izithombe. Ngiyijabulela kakhulu futhi idlala ngamandla ami: ukukhanyisa, ukubeka abantu ngokukhululeka, nokunikeza izinkomba ezilula ezicacile.

Ngiphinde ngibe namaphrojekthi amaningi omqondo engingathanda ukuwenza ngokuzayo.

DD: Yini ekugqugquzele ukuthi wenze ifilimu emfushane I-Black Lullaby (ngentombazane esencane ehlangana neBoogeyman)?

JH: Bengifuna ukubona izithombe zami zihamba. Benginombono olula ngefilimu engingayishutha ekhaya lami. Indodakazi yami, uChloe, yayiseminyakeni ephelele futhi inekhono langempela njengomlingisi. Kwakungolunye uhambo lokutholwa.

DD: Uhlela ukwenza enye?

JH: O, yebo.

DD: Angisakwazi ukulinda ukuyibona. Siyakuhalalisela ngencwadi yakho! Ngibona ukuthi iyaphuma kulo nyaka, abafundi bethu bangayi-oda kuphi ngaphambili?

JH: Ngiyabonga! Kuyingqophamlando kimi.

Abantu banga-oda ngaphambili ikhophi ku- Iwebhusayithi ye-Dark Regions Press.

DD: Leyo yincwadi okumele ngiyithole ekuqoqeni kwami ​​okwethusayo. Yini esingabheka phambili kuyo esikhathini esizayo?

JH: Manje njengoba iphrojekthi yami yezithombe isishicilelwa njengencwadi, ngizokwenza ifilimu eHorror ephelele.

Yonke into ibisebenza kulo mzuzu. Sengivele ngiyazi ukuthi kuyini. Kuzoba okukhulu, kodwa okumangazayo.

DD: Mina Ayikwazi linda ukubona ukuthi yimaphi amaphupho amabi owenzayo abe yi-movie ephelele. Ngingabona kuphela ukuthi kuzomangalisa. Umbuzo wokugcina… iyini i-movie yakho eyethusayo oyithandayo?

JH: Poltergeist, yo.

DD: Ukukhetha okuhle kakhulu. Ngiyabonga kakhulu ngokukhuluma nami uJoshua Hoffine. Ngibheke phambili kuwo wonke amaphupho amabi azayo.

UJoshua Hoffine ubuye adubule izithombe, imishado nezinye izidingo zakho zokuthatha izithombe. Ungaxhumana naye ku- [i-imeyili ivikelwe] ukusetha i-photoshoot noma umcimbi. Ngiyabonga kakhulu uJoshua ngokukhuluma nathi lapha eHorror futhi angikwazi ukulinda ukubuyekeza i-movie yakho ephelele lapho iphuma.

Hlola isilo esikhulu AbakwaSony UK bamthume ukuba akhe. Kuyinjabulo enkulu, ngiyakutshela.

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