Lokhu kubuyekezwa kukaJohn Carpenter ohambweni kwashicilelwa okokuqala ngoJuni 25, 2016

"Abalandeli bamaHorror bangabanye babantu abahle kakhulu emhlabeni. ”

Izwi aliphumanga ndawo endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi eseMajestic Theatre eDallas, TX. Ngaphenduka ngabheka umthombo wezwi futhi kwakumi intokazi enhle emaphakathi neminyaka engama-50, ihlanganiswe kahle kusuka ezinweleni kuya ezinzameni kuya ezicathulweni ezihambisana kahle nombala wehembe layo. Ngamafuphi, wayengeyena umuntu engangilindele ukumbona ekhonsathini ngumpetha wama-horror odume kakhulu John Carpenter.

“Yebo singaba yikho ngempela,” ngiphendula ngimamatheka.

“Yebo, SINGAKWAZI,” kugcizelela yena.

Ngenkathi le ntokazi egqoke kahle iqhubeka nokuxoxa nami ngothando lwayo lweTexas Frightmare Weekend nazo zonke izinto zikaJohn Carpenter, ngaqala ukubuka indawo yonke esixukwini esasibuthene. Sasiyimbiza encibilikisayo. Uhlanga, ubulili, nokwehluka kweminyaka akusho lutho kuleli qembu labalandeli bokufa ababuthanele ukuzobona umaskandi enza umculo awaqambela amafilimu akhe nama-albhamu akhe amabili asanda kukhishwa, Izihloko Ezilahlekile futhi Izihloko Ezilahlekile II.

Ngesikhathi iminyango ivuleka, injabulo iphume ngokubhonga okuncane lapho abantu bema emabhokisini agcwele avulekile okuphuza bese beya ezihlalweni zabo. Ngaphakathi kwetiyetha, amazinga amandla ebephezulu. Akekho kithi owayazi ngempela ukuthi yini okufanele ayilindele kule khonsathi. Sonke sike sizwe izincazelo ezingacacile. Nganginabangane ababili ababebone lo mbukiso phambilini nezincazelo zabo zabeka umbono wami onqenqemeni. Umbazi, neqembu, edlala umculo wakhe njengoba izithombe ezivela kumafilimu akhe ziboniswa esikrinini ngemuva kwakhe.

Umbuzo obubonakala usezindebeni zawo wonke umuntu bekuwukuthi, "Ngabe sibiza uJohn Carpenter njengongqondongqondo wesabekayo, noma ubengunkulunkulu wedwala efihla sonke lesi sikhathi?"

Lapho amalambu efiphala namakhethini ephakama, ngenkathi uJohn Carpenter neqembu lakhe bengena esiteji, njengalezo zithombe zokuqala zikaKurt Russell njengoNyoka kusuka Ukubalekela eNew York yavela esibukweni futhi umculo washaya ngesibhakela esifubeni sawo wonke amalungu alabo balaleli, impendulo yacaca. Le ndoda YIMBILI!

Kwaphela ihora nesigamu kuphela ikhefu elifushane phakathi kwezicucu, uCarpenter wabamba izethameli zakhe ngokubamba okuqinile. Le ndoda ingumbukiso futhi ibibukeka ijabule futhi yanelisekile ukuvumela umculo nezithombe ukuthi zizikhulumele kunokuba zinikeze izincazelo noma zikhulume ngokwakhiwa kwazo. Ukuphawula kwakhe bekumfushane, kepha kwenziwe ngobuciko bokugcina umfutho uqhubeka.

“NGIYAZIWA NJENGOMQONDISI WEZAMABHAYIBHILI AMANZI,” ubhodla ku-mic maphakathi nalo mdlalo. “Mina. UTHANDO. AMA-MOBILI OKUSABISA. AMABHAYIBHILI AMAHHALA AZOHLALA… PHAKADE. ”

Ngenkathi igama likhala njalo ngamahholo, uCody Carpenter, indodana kaJohn no-Adrienne Barbeau kanye nomculi okhaliphile eyedwa, baqala ukungena ku-5/4 cadence yesihloko sengqophamlando ku-Carpenter's legend Halloween. Le movie, engiyithumele ngokoqobo izikhathi ezingamakhulu, yaqala impilo entsha ngamandla nokuqina okungadluliselwa ngumculo obukhoma kuphela. Umuntu ubengazibuza nje ukuthi kuzoba njani ukubuka yonke ifilimu ngale ndlela ngamaphuzu adlalwe bukhoma yileli qembu.

Futhi uma ekhuluma ngeqembu lakhe, umdlali wesigingci ohola phambili, uDan Davies, ungumuntu wasebukhosini uqobo. Kungenzeka wake wezwa ngobaba wakhe phambilini. Igama lakhe kwakunguDave Davies futhi wayeseqenjini elincane laseBrithani elibizwa ngokuthi THE KINKS! Ithalente likaDavies bekubonakala ngathi aqukethe lutho, isigingci sakhe siyisandiso somzimba wakhe, njengoba ebephusha insimbi ngenxa yokwesaba kugcwale ukukhala kuze kube nokukhala okuthusayo ubusuku bonke. Ungumlandeli omuhle ngokungenakuphikwa wefa likayise futhi akuyona ingozi ahambela noCarpenter. Umqondisi ungukhokho wakhe.

Izethameli ziphendule ngokuhhewula kwazo nokuhalalisa njengoba inombolo ngayinye iphela, ngokufanayo ngokuthokoziswa ngumculo wefilimu kaCarpenter nezingoma zakhe ezintsha. Izingcezu ezigqamile ezinjenge- "Wraith", isigqi sayo semvula esinezigqi esinwebekayo sanda saba yiBolero eshaqisayo nesihogo ngaphambi kokubuyela ekuqaleni kwayo okuthulile, kanye ne- "Vortex", efingqe izethameli ngemibala ezungezayo, emikhulu yomsindo, kufakazela lokho okwenziwe yinkosi ukwakheka Umbazi angaba. I- "Purgatory" enhle ngokwakhiwa kwayo okuhamba kancane kusuka kumiculo yomculo wepiyano kuya kwi-jazz kanye ne-funk isigqi esiphefumulelwe ngezintambo ezihlanganisiwe yinto eyodwa lo mbhali angasoze ayikhohlwa.

Kwakuwuhambo izethameli ezaba nelungelo lokuthatha nomqambi wagcwala izikhathi abalandeli be-Carpenter bangeke balukhohlwe: umusi womusi wentuthu ugcwalisa isiteji njengoba kudlulela ku-1980s Inkungu kwaqala futhi imimoya yokuziphindiselela ye-Elizabeth Dane yangena kancane esikrinini se-onstage, ukukhishwa komculo okufutheka Emlonyeni Wosizi ngenkathi uSam Neill enqotshwa amandla ngamazwi kaSutter Caine kanti iHobb's End yaba yindawo yezilo, noRoddy Piper ekhahlela imbongolo kulo mculo Bayaphila.

Kwathi kusihlwa, uMbazi waphinda wancika embhobhweni. Usibonge ngokuza ekhonsathini, wasincenga ukuthi siqikelele lapho sishayela imoto sibuyela ekhaya sisuka eMajestic ngoba… uChristine uzobe esemgwaqweni omkhulu namhlanje kusihlwa. Ngenkathi yena nebhendi bephothula ukunqanyulwa kokugcina kwe- "Christine Attacks" kusuka kwifilimu yemoto ebulalayo, izethameli zasukuma ngezinyawo zaba munye ukubonga le ndoda ngokwethuka nangomculo futhi.

Ngiyaninxusa bafundi. Thatha izeluleko zami bese uthatha ikhophi ye- Izihloko Ezilahlekile futhi Izingqikithi Ezilahlekile 2 namuhla. Cisha amalambu, uvule umculo, bese ugibela igagasi eliyingcweti yomculo yomunye wabafundi abahle kakhulu. UJohn Carpenter: umbhali, umqondisi, futhi yebo, unkulunkulu wedwala.