Kubhalwe nguPatti Pauley

Ngonyaka okhazimulayo we-1976. ama-cinephiles ohlobo olusabekayo baphathwa ngenqwaba yamafilimu amahle ahlala eyinhloko esabekayo kuze kube yilolu suku. Uma ngikhuluma mathupha, kuyadabukisa ukuvuma ukuthi ezinye zalezi zakudala zibe neminyaka engama-40 kulo nyaka! Noma kungase kube igezi elidala kimina elikhulumayo njengoba ngijabulela isikhwama sami samaswidi amakinati asesekisi awolintshi. Yebo, mhlawumbe kunjalo.

Kunoma yikuphi, amagugu ama-Horror agubha usuku lwawo lokuzalwa lwama-40 ngo-2016 ahlanganisa Carrie, The Omen, Alice, Sweet Alice, futhi umuntu akasoze akhohlwa ukubuya kwe-movie yokuqala ye-monster enkulu- enamandla King Kong. Ukwenziwa kabusha okuvela kunganekwane yakudala yango-1933 ethi Ubuhle nobubi iqondiswe nguJohn Guillermin kanye noDino De Laurentiis njengoMdidiyeli, yaqhubekisela phambili ukuthanda kwami ​​isiko lama-movie esilo esikhulu njengengane encane; Empeleni ngikhumbula ngibona le nguqulo ngaphambi kweyokuqala. Futhi ngibuye ngikhumbule ukuthi ingithusa kabi. Nakuba isisekelo sendaba sisafana, kunomehluko omncane lapha nalaphaya ukuze kuhlaliswe izethameli zesimanje, into eyodwa ibihluke ngokuphawulekayo. Futhi ukuthi bangane bami, ukuthi iKing Kong empeleni yayiyesabeka ngokulandelana lapho yayidinga khona. Okwenza le nguqulo yesinema, intandokazi yami ngokuphelele kuwo wonke amafilimu ase-Kong. Futhi kubonakala kuyinguqulo engatholi lonke uthando oluningi, ngakho-ke ake sikhulume ngale filimu emnandi.

Le filimu iqala e-Surabaya no-Fred Wilson, isikhulu esihahayo sePetrox Oil Company edlalwa kahle nguCharles Grodin 'ocashile, owenza uhambo oluya esiqhingini esingaziwa ukuyofuna uwoyela ongasetshenzisiwe e-Indian Ocean. Onqenqemeni lokuya endaweni engaziwa, isazi se-paleontologist u-Jack Prescott omelwe uJeff Bridges kanye nentshebe noma yimuphi umgawuli angaba nomona, ubalekela umkhumbi njengoba isiqhingi esingaqondakali sizuza ilukuluku nokukhathazeka kwe-hippie yesayensi.

Endleleni ebheke kokungaziwa okungaqondakali, u-Prescott ubona isihlenga esithwele ubuhle obumangalisayo obuqulekile- futhi ufaka uJessica Lange omangalisayo kusikrini sakhe sokuqala esikhulu. U-Lange uveza u-Dwan (cha, ufunda lokho kwesokudla) umlingisi osafufusa kanye noyedwa owasinda ekuqhumeni kwesikebhe lapho ayezokwenza khona ifilimu yakhe yokuqala. U-Dwan, yebo ubuhle besilwane sefilimu futhi ngokusobala unentshisekelo yokufisa uJack. Kimina, i-Bridges ne-Lange ikhanyisa iziqhumane esikrinini, futhi ikhemistri ibonakala iza ngokwemvelo. Ukuze kucace, ngikhuluma ngibhekise ngqo ekuhwebeni phakathi kwababili abasemkhunjini ngaphambi kokuthunjwa kuka-Dwan. Manje sekumele ngikhulume, ngizwe abantu bebiza uLange kule ndima njengenganekwane nje enamakhono okuyenga ebangeni lika-A. Nokho uhlamvu lwakhe, izinhloso, nesiphetho ekupheleni kwefilimu kuqinisa ukuthi intombazane ihlakaniphe kangakanani; noma ngabe kungenhloso yokukhohlisa futhi izochaza lokho ngokwehla ngomugqa wesikhathi lapha.

Idlulisela ngokushesha lapho i-Dwan ithunjwa khona, idliswa izidakamizwa, futhi inikelwa ku-King Kong enamandla. Njengoba u-Kong ephuma ezihlahleni ezolanda umklomelo wakhe, awukwazi ukuzibamba ngaphandle kokukhala lapho uqala ukubuka ngokugcwele kuye. Yebo Ngiyazi. Yinsizwa egqoke isudi yenkawu kuphela. Kodwa-ke, ukukhumbula isici esingokoqobo somlingo wama-movie wama-70, yinhle kakhulu. Ngimane ngikhonze uhla lwezisho ezisuka kuleyo nkomishi ye-animatronic yase-Kong. Futhi ezinye zazithusa kakhulu. Ngokweqiniso, ngikhumbula ngiyesaba kancane ngale-Kong ngenkathi esesimweni sokuthukuthela esemncane. Ngokungafani nenguqulo yango-1933, le-Kong yayingeyona into ephazamisayo. Impela wayehlakaniphe kakhudlwana, ecasuke kancane, futhi enesethi yama-chomper ethusayo.

Ngokufanelekile, ezinye izigcawu ezihamba phambili zefilimu ziphakathi kuka-Kong no-Dwan ehlathini. Isigcawu lapho u-Dwan eshaya khona u-Kong emlonyeni ememeza ethi ukuze amdle futhi amminyanise izinto zakudala. U-Kong umnika okubukeka sengathi, “Ummm… Uxolo nondindwa?”  U-Dwan wabe esevula leyo ntelezi ngokushesha, echaza ukuthi uyi-Libra futhi unolaka. Uyangiklebhula njalo. Ezinye zezikhathi nazo zibekezelela kakhulu. U-Kong egeza uLange empophomeni, bese esebenzisa amandla akhe ephaphu ukummisa.

Yinhle.

Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uWilson, uPrescott, kanye nezisebenzi zihlola isiqhingi. U-Prescott ufuna u-Dwan, kanye ne-sleaze-ball Wilson bakha icebo lokuthwebula 'isimangaliso sesishiyagalombili somhlaba' lapho bezwa ngokuba khona kwale nkawu enkulu. Vele uDwan usindiswa nguJack noKong, isimo sishube, ujaha laba bobabili ogibeni lukaWilson. Amehlo kaGrodin ekhazimula ngekusasa lengcebo angayenza ngalokhu kutholwa, bahamba ngomkhumbi baya eNew York City noKong.

Manje, khumbula engikushilo mayelana no-Dwan ekubeni i-gal ekhohlisayo? Umlingisi we-wannabe akafuni lutho kulo mhlaba ngaphandle kokuba isihlabani samafilimu esiphumelelayo, ngakho-ke uthengisa i-Kong ngokuvuma ukuxhaphaza u-Kong ukuze athole udumo nengcebo. Uyayazi isipiliyoni sakhe Isiqhingi Sgeb iyithikithi lakhe lokuduma, futhi ngenkathi esesikebheni ebuyela eMelika u-Dwan uzishaya isifuba ngesilo esivalelwe phakathi kwamadokodo omkhumbi esasimvikele ehlathini, naphezu kokucasuka kwakhe, ukuthi “uzoba inkanyezi!” 

Hhayi-ke, sonke siyazi ukuthi lokho kusebenza kanjani manje, akunjalo. Prescott, edakwe yizinjongo zikaWilson kanye nokuzimisela kukaDwan ukuhambisana nalokhu “i-grotesque farce” njengoba ekubeka, ubuka ngendlela esabekayo njengoba ukwethulwa okukhulu kwe-Kong eNew York kuphenduka umbukiso omkhulukazi. I-Dwan enodoli edudulwa izintatheli phambi kwenkawu evele icasukile, ithukuthelisa uKong ukuba agqashule emaketangeni nasekhejini okuholela esiphithiphithini; kanye nokufa kukaWilson ngokungazelelwe yi-Kong stomp.

Kufanele ulithande lelo robhothi leNkosi elibi!

Kong, ebuyisela umklomelo wakhe ejikela eWorld Trade Center ukuze athole induduzo. Kodwa, sonke siyasazi isiphetho esidabukisayo lapha, akunjalo? Njengoba u-Kong ehlaselwa phezulu esuka e-Twin Towers, u-Prescott ubuka ethukile ngenkathi ememeza ecela umusa ku-King of Skull Island edidekile. U-Kong ulwa impi emangazayo ngokumelene nokuhlasela komoya, evikela u-Dwan omatasatasa. Kodwa-ke, uKong uhlangana nokufa kwakhe futhi uwela ekufeni kwakhe. Okusho ukuthi, ngaphandle uma ufuna ukuvuma ukulandelana okwafika eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva I-King Kong Lives; kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kungcono kakhulu ukuthi sigweme ukudumala imuvi eyanginika yona futhi sikhohlwe yileyo sisonke.

Njengoba u-Kong elele engaphili emigwaqweni yaseNew York, u-Dwan obonakala ecasukile uzithola ezungezwe i-paparazzi. Aqalaze uJack, nokho uthando lwakhe alubonakali. U-Prescott ubonakala eguliswa yi-debacle, ushiye u-Dwan ezimpisini zabezindaba. Ngamanye amazwi, "Wenzile umbhede wakho sithandwa, manje lala kuwo."  

Ekugcineni u-Dwan wathola udumo lwakhe, kodwa ngamanani? Njengoba ebona ngokucacile ukukhetha kwakhe kukho kokubili ukuthengisa i-Kong ukuze adume, futhi abeke engcupheni uthando lwedola elinamandla, usele yedwa bobabili abavikeli bengasekho. Enguqulweni yokuqala yango-1933, sisele namagama ashaqisayo athi “Ubuhle bubulele isilo ngempela.” Lapha, okusobala akudingi kushiwo. Ifilimu ikushiya ngokusobala ephuzwini elidabukisayo, futhi isebenza cishe njengenganekwane ye-Aesop: Uma uzimisele ukudlula zonke izinkolelo zakho ukuze uthole udumo nengcebo, zilungiselele ukuvuna lokho okutshalile.

Dino de Laurentiis' King Kong kungase kungabi intandokazi yawo wonke umuntu, kodwa ngokuqinisekile kufanele yaziswe ngalokho eyikho. Imuvi emnandi kakhulu, ekhempile ngezinye izikhathi, i-monster movie ekushiya unokudla okucabangayo ekugcineni. Uma kuyiminithi elishisayo kusukela wagcina ukubuka, ngiphakamisa ukuthi ubuyele emuva ukuze uvakashele le filimu yase-Kong ebekwe ngaphansi.