Hereditary imele impumelelo yokukhiqiza ekwenzeni okwesabekayo nokwenziwa kwamafilimu. Kusukela Hereditary kuqale kuSundance Film Festival ngoJanuwari 2018, Hereditary kuye kwaqhathaniswa nezihloko zefilimu zakudala ezifana ne I-Exorcist futhi The Shining. 

Hereditary inqwabele idumela elisabekayo kangangoba ukukhishwa kwayo kweshashalazi okuzayo cishe kubonakala kungahambisani nesimo sezulu. Wonke umuntu obonile Hereditary umemezele ukuthi ifilimu iyi-classic esheshayo. 

Hereditary kumaka isici sokuqala sokwenza ifilimu somqondisi-umbhali U-Ari Aster, ochithe iminyaka eyishumi eyedlule enza amafilimu amafushane. "Ukusabela kube mnandi kakhulu," kusho u-Aster. "Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, ekuqaleni ngakhululeka kakhulu lapho abantu bengacabangi ukuthi yinto encane le." 

Hereditary utshela indaba ka-Annie Graham (Toni Collette), owesifazane osola ukuthi ukushona kukanina kudedele amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo asongela ukubhubhisa u-Annie nomndeni wakhe. 

DG: Yayiyini imvelaphi, ugqozi lweHereditary, futhi sibaluleke ngani isihloko sefilimu? 

I-AA: Bengifuna ukuzindla ngokujulile ngosizi nokuhlukumezeka okuhamba kancane kube yiphupho - indlela impilo engazizwa ngayo njengephupho elibi lapho kugadla inhlekelele. Ukubaluleka kwangempela kwesihloko akufanele kuvele kumbukeli kuze kube sekupheleni kwefilimu, kodwa kwanele ukusho lokho Hereditary ukhathazeka ngokuyinhloko ngobuqili bezibopho zomndeni. Ngokuqhubeka kwefilimu, kuya ngokuya kucace ukuthi lo mndeni awunayo inkululeko yokuzikhethela; isiphetho sabo sidluliselwe kubo, futhi kuyifa abangenathemba lokulinyakaza.

DG: Yiziphi izingqikithi obufuna ukuzihlola ngale filimu? 

I-AA: Kunama-movie amaningi akhuluma ngenhlekelele eletha abantu ndawonye nokuqinisa ama-bond. Bengifuna ukwenza ifilimu ngazo zonke izindlela usizi olungahlukanisa abantu nokuthi ukuhlukumezeka kungamguqula kanjani umuntu ngokuphelele - hhayi ukuthi kube ngcono! Ifa liyisidleke sezimo ezimbi kakhulu eziholela esiphethweni esibi, esingenathemba. Manje ngidinga ukuphenya ukuthi kungani bengifuna ukukwenza konke lokho.

DG: Yikuphi isu lesitayela, elibukwayo wena nomcwaningi wakho wesinema enalidingida ngalo ngaphambi kokuqala kokuthwebula, futhi ungakuchaza kanjani ukubukeka nefoni yefilimu?

I-AA: Yebo, bengisebenza ne-DP yami, uPawel Pogorzelski, selokhu ngahlangana naye e-AFI, futhi sakha isifinyezo esimangazayo. Sikhuluma ulimi olufanayo, kuze kufike ezingeni lokuthi sicasuke omunye komunye lapho kukhona ukungaboni ngaso linye noma ukungezwani. Indlela engisebenza ngayo - futhi nginesiqiniseko sokuthi kunezindlela ezingcono zokusebenza - ukuthi ngihlala ngiqala ngokuqamba uhlu lwama-shot, futhi angikhulumi nanoma ngubani kubasebenzi kuze kube lelo hlu lokudubula seluphelile. Ukusuka lapho, imibuzo yokwenza, ukukhanyisa, ukwakhiwa kokukhiqizwa, njll, iba maphakathi. Kepha okokuqala, yonke inhloko yomnyango idinga ukwazi ukubona ifilimu ekhanda labo. Kulokhu, ikhamera ibingaba uketshezi kakhulu, ihlukaniswe, ibukele - iphazamise. Ithoni inzima ukukhuluma nayo… kodwa ngingasho ukuthi bengivame ukutshela abasebenzi ukuthi ifilimu kufanele izizwe imubi. Sikanye nomndeni, futhi sihlangene nawo ekungazini kwethu okwenzeka ngempela, kepha futhi kufanele kube nomqondo wokuthi siwabuka ngombono owazi kakhulu, nonya. 

DG: Yimaphi amathonya ohlobo owalethe kule filimu, futhi ucabanga ukuthi yiziphi izethameli ezizothola eziphoqayo nezesabisayo ngale filimu? 

I-AA: Bekubalulekile kimina ukuthi sihambele idrama yomndeni ngaphambi kokuthi sinake izinto ezishaqisayo. Ifilimu ibidinga ukuzimela njengenhlekelele yasekhaya ngaphambi kokuthi isebenze njenge-movie esabisayo. Ngakho-ke, izinkomba eziningi engizinikeze abasebenzi bezingewona amafilimu asabisayo. UMike Leigh wayengomunye - ikakhulukazi Izimfihlo Namanga futhi Konke noma Lutho. Siphinde sakhuluma ngokungathi sína ngakho Isiphepho Seqhwa futhi In the Bedroom, eguqukayo kumaki wemizuzu engama-30 engahlukile kangako kunaleyo eHereditary. UBergman ungomunye wamaqhawe ami, futhi iCryies and Whispers kwakuyinto engangiyicabanga, kanye ne-Autumn Sonata ngendlela eyayisebenzelana ngayo nobudlelwano bomama nendodakazi. Amafilimu ethusayo esixoxe ngawo ikakhulu avela kuma-60s and 70s. Ingane kaRosemary kwakuyitshe lokuthinta elisobala. Ungabheki Manje yinkulu. UNicholas Roeg, ngokuvamile, wayemkhulu kimi. Ngiyayithanda ekaJack Clayton Abangenacala. Futhi-ke kukhona amafilimu amahle kakhulu aseJapan - Ugetsu, Onibaba, I-Empire of Passion, Kwaidan, ukuroneko...

DG: Ungawuchaza kanjani umdlandla womndeni okhona phakathi komndeni wakwaGraham lapho siqala ukuhlangana nabo kule filimu, futhi ungaluchaza kanjani uhambo abaluthathayo kuyo yonke ifilimu? 

I-AA: AbakwaGraham bavele bahlukanisiwe uma sihlangana nabo. Umoya wawudinga ukuba mkhulu ngomlando ogcwele, ongaziwa. Ukusuka lapho, kwenzeka izinto ezisebenza ukubenza bahlukane ngokuqhubekayo, futhi lapho kuphela ifilimu, ilungu ngalinye lomndeni liba ngumuntu ongamazi nhlobo - uma kungenjalo libonakale liphindwe kabili - kwelinye. Ukubhekisa indatshana kaFreud ngokungaqondakali, ikhaya ku Hereditary iba ngokungafani ngokuqinile.

DG: Ungasichaza kanjani isimo sobubi obukhathaza umndeni wakwaGraham kule filimu, futhi basabela kanjani kulokhu?

I-AA: Kunemithelela eminingi enobuthi lapho kudlalwa. Ukuba necala, intukuthelo, ukusola, ukungathembi… bese kuba khona nedimoni. 

DG: Ungasichaza kanjani isimo sobudlelwano obukhona, empilweni nasekufeni, phakathi kukaCharlie nogogo wakhe, u-Ellen? 

I-AA: Ukuchaza lokhu kungaba ukukhombisa okunye okuhle okuvezwa kwifilimu. Ngizoyeka ukugwema ukonakala!

DG: Iyiphi inselelo enkulu owabhekana nayo ngesikhathi uqopha? 

I-AA: Sakhe yonke ingaphakathi lendlu ngesiteji somsindo. Konke okungaphakathi endlini kwaklanywe futhi kwakhiwa kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, sibe nenselelo eyengeziwe yokuthi sidinga ukudala umfanekiso omncane wendlu (phakathi kwamanye ama-miniature amaningi). Lokhu kusho ukuthi besidinga ukuklama yonke into yasekhaya kusenesikhathi ngaphambi kokudubula. Lokho akusho nje ukuthi besidinga ukunquma ngokuhleleka kwendlu nobukhulu bamakamelo, okuyinto empeleni elula kunazo zonke ukuthi usomatekisi ayenze; kwakusho ukuthi sidinga ukwenza izinqumo esizibophezele maqondana nokugqoka okubekiwe kusenesikhathi. Ngakho-ke, besidinga ukwazi ukuthi ifenisha ingaba yini, isithombe sangemuva sizoba yini, yiziphi izitshalo esizoba nazo egumbini ngalinye, yiziphi izinto esizobe sizibeka phezu kwefasitela, njalo njalo njalo njalo. Sidubule konke okubandakanya onodoli esontweni eledlule lokukhiqizwa, futhi bekuqinile kangangokuba besinemikhumbi emincane ethunyelwa kuyo kanye ngalezo zinsuku ababedutshulwa ngazo.

Hereditary izokhishwa ngoJuni 8, 2018.