Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-30 ngemva kwe-“Star Wars,” u-Harrison Ford usebuyele ezimpini zasemkhathini phakathi kwezinkanyezi eziningi ku-“Ender’s Game” yebhajethi enkulu ye-sci-fi. Kodwa lo mdala oneminyaka engu-71 ugcizelela ukuthi ubudlelwano babantu kunobuhlakani bezobuchwepheshe obumdonsele kuphrojekthi, eyakhiwe inoveli ka-Orson Scott Card futhi yaqondiswa umqondisi waseNingizimu Afrika “X-Men” u-Gavin Hood.
"Akunandaba kimi ukuthi ngibuyela emkhathini noma cha," etshela izintatheli eBeverly Hills, ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwefilimu eMelika ngoLwesihlanu. “Umsebenzi uyafana futhi anginalo uhlobo lwezinhlobo engilukhethayo.
"Ngifuna nje indaba enhle, umlingiswa omuhle, noma ngabe usemhlabeni noma cha." Efilimini ezohambisana nabalandeli be-"Star Wars" abakhumbula u-Luke Skywalker osemncane kanye no-Han Solo ocwebezelayo, i-Ford idlala uColonel Graff, eqeqesha iqembu lezingane kanye nentsha ukuthi ungawuvikela kanjani uMhlaba ekuhlaselweni ngabafokazi.
Ukubheja okungcono kakhulu kokusindisa umhlaba i-Ender, edlalwa u-Asa Butterfield waseBrithani, owadlala idrama ka-Martin Scorsese ka-2011 ethi “Hugo.” Unamahloni, kodwa ngesipho esikhethekile samasu namaqhinga ezempi, uba iqhawe lefilimu lapho izimpi ze-inter-galactic zidlalwa emkhathini nasemhlabeni wegeyimu olingisayo.
Cishe sekuyifilimu yokuqala yakwaFord ye-sci-fi kusukela kufilimu yokugcina ethi “Star Wars”, ngaphandle kwendima ka-2011 ethi “Cowboys and Aliens.” Futhi inganekwane yesayensi ishintshile kancane kusukela umqondisi uGeorge Lucas akhulula i-trilogy yokuqala ye-franchise yehlelo lefilimu ngo-1977 - njengoba uFord achaza ngenkathi ethula ifilimu yakhe yakamuva.
“Ngesikhathi senza i-'Star Wars,' babehlanganisa imikhumbi yasemkhathini ngamamodeli epulasitiki ezimoto nezikebhe nezitimela futhi bakunamathisele konke ndawonye, bese bekubeka othini bese bendiza bedlula ikhamera.
“Futhi kwasebenza. Bekukuhle. Faka umculo omncane futhi ukholwe ukuthi umkhumbi-mkhathi omkhulu uza phezu kwekhanda lakho,” kusho yena.
I-Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) ingazuza imiphumela emangalisayo, kodwa umakadebona we-Hollywood umlingisi uxwayisa ngokuthi akufanele bahlukunyezwe.
“Ezikhathini eziningi kulezo zimo ngiye ngizwe sengathi awusathintani nabalingiswa babantu nokuthi yini abangayizwa nendlela abangase bazizwe ngayo, kuseyiyona ngxenye ebaluleke kakhulu leyo.
Eminyakeni eyishumi yesikhombisa, umlingisi umatasa kakhulu kunangaphambili, namanye amafilimu amathathu akhishwe kulo nyaka: "42", "Paranoia" kanye ne "Anchorman 2: the Legend Continues." Kodwa umlingisi odumile "Indiana Jones", ngenkathi engomunye wabalingisi abadume kakhulu emhlabeni, uyayichitha ilebula "isithonjana." “Isithombe asisho lutho kimi. Angiqondi ukuthi kusho ukuthini kunoma ubani empeleni. Kubonakala sengathi izwi lula.
“Kubukeka sengathi kubhekelela impumelelo enkulu yezinhlobo ezithile zamamuvi engawenza, kodwa… Angazi ukuthi isithonjana senzani, ngaphandle kokuma ekhoneni ngithule ngamukele ukunaka kwawo wonke umuntu,” encokola.
Inoveli eyashisa izikhotha ngo-1985 okusekelwe kuyo ifilimu inodlame oluningi, okuyingxenye yendaba yayo. Kodwa umqondisi wefilimu uthe wasibheka ngokucophelela leso sici.
"Bengifuna ukuthi lolu dlame luzizwe lungokoqobo kodwa ngingazenzi," kusho uHood etshela abe-AFP.
“Ngiyethemba ukuthi ngithole ukulingana… indaba imayelana no-(Ender) edonsa kanzima ngamandla akhe odlame kakhulu. Ngakho-ke uma ungambonisi umfana onamandla odlame kakhulu, awukwazi ukuxoxa indaba. Ngakho-ke kulukhuni.” Umlingisikazi osemusha u-Hailee Steinfeld, oqokelwe i-Oscar ngo-2011 ngeqhaza lakhe ku-Coen Brothers' "True Grit," udlala umngane omkhulu ka-Ender uPetra kufilimu entsha.
Uyalubheka nodlame. “Angicabangi ukuthi izinhloso zikaGavin, izinhloso zanoma ngubani bekuwukwenza izinto zibe nodlame. Kwabe kuwukwenza ukuthi kujabulise futhi kujabulise futhi kube nesibindi,” kusho yena.
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