Riaan Ikhishwe ngo:
Kusuka kuntatheli yethu ekhethekile eCannes – Okuhlangenwe nakho kwentombazane esencane ngesikhathi sokuthomba kuthola ukwelashwa okwesabisa umzimba ku-“Tiger Stripes” ka-Amanda Nell Eu edlalayo evukelayo, isici sokuqala somqondisi wesifazane wase-Malaysian ukuboniswa okokuqala ku-Cannes Film Festival. I-FRANCE 24 ikhulume ne-Eu mayelana nokwenziwa kwefilimu kanye nomyalezo wayo wendawo yonke.
Isici sokuqala esinesibindi nesishukumisayo, “I-Tiger Stripes” inikeze ukuthatha kwasekuqaleni kokwenzeka kokuya esikhathini – kanye nokuphazamiseka okwamukelekayo emvuleni engapheli wehlise umoya lapha eCannes.
Yakho AmaCannes ukuhlolwa, okuyingxenye yebha eseceleni Yeviki Labagxeki, kwahlangatshezwa ihlombe elifudumele elivela ezithamelini eziningi nezihlukahlukene ezihlanganisa abafundi abasebasha ekuphumeni kwesikole.
Omunye umfundi uthe ubone “umlayezo ojwayelekile” efilimini, waphawula ukuthi “umehluko awamukelwa ngaso sonke isikhathi – France, futhi”. Omunye uthe kubalulekile ukuthi abafundi besilisa nabo bakubone lokhu yize bencokola ngokuthi “abafana ekilasini mhlawumbe abawutholanga umyalezo”.
Abekho neze abalingisi besilisa kule filimu egxile kwabesifazane, ngaphandle kukababa omnandi kodwa ongenandaba kanye no-charlatan guru ozibophezele “ukushayela inunu” kumlingiswa wefilimu osesikhathini – bukhoma. izinkundla zokuxhumana.
“I-Tiger Stripes” inikwa amandla abadlali abathathu abajabulisayo be-TikTok-savvy okokuqala ngqa u-Eu kanye nomqondisi wakhe odlala umdlalo abaqale ukuxhumana nabo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ngenxa yemikhawulo ye-Covid-19.
Ihlelwe kakhulu endaweni eqinile yesikole samantombazane samaSulumane, ihlola ukushintshashintsha kokushintshashintsha kwezinto phakathi kukaZaffan oneminyaka engu-12 ubudala (uZafreen Zairizal) nabangane bakhe ababili abakhulu uma nje esesikhathini futhi eqala ukuzwa okunye, ngokomzimba okwesabekayo. izinguquko eziholela ekukhishweni kwakhe inyumbazane.
Ukwenqaba noma ukulawula “isilo” eZaffan kuwunya njengoba kuyize, ifilimu ikhomba, obizweni oludelelayo lokuphakamisa izithiyo emzimbeni wesifazane kanye nobulili.
Ungakwazi yini ukukhuluma nathi ngesisekelo sefilimu yakho nokuthi kungani ukhethe ukudweba ohlotsheni lwe-monster?
Ngiyathanda ukuxoxa izindaba ezigqugquzelwa umzimba wami kanye nemizwa yami, futhi kwaqala kanjalo ngempela. Ngangicabanga ukuthi kwakunjani ngisakhula, ngesikhathi sokuthomba. Kuyihlaya lami elixakile ukuthi kimi ukuthomba kufana nokwethuka komzimba [film], ngoba ngobunye ubusuku ubheka ngapha nangapha futhi ngakusasa uyavuka futhi izinto sezikhulile kuwe – futhi uma ungazi ukuthi kwenzekani kuwe kungase kuthuse kakhulu. Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi kwakunobudlova ngendlela enganqaba ngayo izinguquko zami futhi ngangingafuni ukuthi kwenzeke.
Njengentombazane encane uhlale utshelwa ukuthi unemizwa, uyahlanya. Kodwa ngempela udlula ezintweni eziningi futhi ngezinye izikhathi ubizwa ngokuthi inunu. Ngakho-ke ngacabanga, ‘Ake ngibonise intombazane encane ephenduka ibe inunu ngempela nokuthi iyini ngempela’.
Kungani ukhethe indawo yasemaphandleni yase-Malaysian?
Bengifuna ngempela ukusho inganekwane futhi ngaleyo ndlela ngeke wazi ngempela ukuthi ukusiphi isigodi noma ingxenye yaso I-Malaysia Ikona. Kuhlale kuwumqondo wokuthi ‘kudala kwakukhona intombazane eyayihlala kude, kude’. Yebo sinehlathi, umphakathi ozungezwe imvelo yasendle, futhi ngacabanga ukuthi lowo kwakuwumqondo omuhle wenganekwane.
Yini ongathi ngokukhethekile isi-Malaysian, noma i-Southeast Asian, mayelana nefilimu yakho, ngokwesilungiselelo sayo, izingqikithi namathonya?
Kunombono wokuthi izilo, izipoki noma imimoya – sinamagama amaningi azo – ziyingxenye enkulu yomphakathi wethu, futhi zixhumene kakhulu nemvelo. Sikholelwa ukuthi kunemimoya eminingi ehlala ezihlahleni, ezimpophomeni, emifuleni. Lokho kwakhuthaza kakhulu, ngoba ngiwathanda ngokuphelele amandla imvelo enawo. Futhi ukumelelwa lokho entombazaneni encane kwakujabulisa kakhulu.
Impela izinganekwane, izilo, ngisho nama-prosthetics kwakuwukuhlonipha amamuvi e-B aseMalaysia kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1950s kanye nama-’60s, ikakhulukazi amaShaw Brothers. Lawo mamuvi ayehlala enesihluku futhi eyinqaba, futhi lokho kwakuyinto engangifuna ukuyibonisa esikrinini.
Abalingisi abasebasha befilimu babazise futhi balolonge kangakanani imuvi yakho ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa?
Kakhulu! Yebo ngibhale iskripthi futhi ngaba nemibono yami yokuthi kuzoba njani, kepha ukulahla konke lokho lapho uqala ukuhlolwa nokuhlangana namathalenta. Ngithanda ukuthi bangangimangaza njalo ngobuntu babo, okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo. Bekubaluleke kakhulu ukuba nabo kuzo zonke izinyathelo, ngihamba nabo, ngoba banamandla amakhulu abafuna ukuwakhulula.
Futhi kuyingxenye kakhulu yobuntu bami. Ngithanda imibala ehlanyayo nezinto ezixakile, futhi ubuntu bami busebenze kahle ngamandla amantombazane. Ngixhumene kakhulu namantombazane; sasikwazi ukwabelana futhi sivuleleke kunoma yini esizizwa ngayo. Ngesikhathi sibuka ifilimu sindawonye izolo bekushube kakhulu ngibuka ubuso babo.
Kukhona uthando nenzondo eningi phakathi kwamantombazane asesikrinini; bekubalulekile ukukhombisa ukuthi ubuhlanya abunikezwa?
Ngikhule ezikoleni zamantombazane, ngakho ngiyasazi isipiliyoni lapho uthanda futhi usekela umngane wakho omkhulu kodwa futhi uyamzonda ngempela futhi kunomona nokungakhulumisani. Ziyahambisana futhi ngiyathanda ukuhlola ubungane besifazane ngaleyo ndlela. Lokho kwakuyibhalansi yefilimu: ukukhombisa kokubili uthando nomhawu, nokungezwani, nokuthi nikunqoba kanjani lokho futhi nisekelane.
I-Zaffan iwuhambo olunesizungu kodwa bekubalulekile ukukhombisa ukuthi awuwedwa uma wabelana ngezipiliyoni zakho futhi uzigqaja.
Umlayezo wendawo yonke?
Ukuxoxa indaba yalokho okwenzeka emantombazaneni asemancane kuyinto emangalisayo yonke indawo. Ziningi kakhulu izingxenye zomhlaba lapho abesifazane noma amantombazane amancane besaba imizimba yabo noma bengenabo ubunikazi bemizimba yabo. Lapho [are] abantu abaphethe ngaso sonke isikhathi bayabatshela ukuthi kufanele babukeke kanjani, ukuthi yini okufanele bagqoke, ukuthi yini abavunyelwe ukuyenza nendlela okufanele baziphathe ngayo. Akukhona eMalaysia kuphela, kusemhlabeni wonke.
Kuzizwa kanjani ukuba umqondisi wesifazane wokuqala waseMalaysia onesici lapha eCannes?
Kuwumuzwa oxubile. Angifuni ukukhonjwa njengomuntu wesifazane kodwa ngasikhathi sinye ngimele lelo zwi futhi ngijabule kakhulu ukuthi ngithola izwi lami elihlanya limelwe lapha, ngoba asinabo abaqondisi besifazane abaningi kangako ekhaya. . Sekuyiminyaka futhi ifilimu yase-Malaysia imelelwa eCannes ngakho-ke ngithemba ukuthi lokhu kuzosiza ukuhlahla indlela yamafilimu engeziwe azofika emakethe yamazwe ngamazwe.
