Ua kamaʻilio hou wau me Justin McConnell, ka mea kākau / alakaʻi ma hope Mea Ola, kahi weliweli, weliweli weliweli e holo nei i ka puni festival 2018. Ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni iā ​​Drew, kahi mea pepehi kanaka ʻano loli nāna e lawe i nā manaʻo, nā hoʻomanaʻo, a me ke ʻano o ke kino o kāna mau mea i hōʻino ʻia, e ʻae iā ia e ʻaihue i ko lākou ʻike piha.

Mea Ola - ma ke ʻano he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni - has nui ka hana ma lalo o ka ʻili. He haʻawina paʻakikī kēia o ke kaumaha, ka ʻike, a me ka pono, i kāwili ʻia me ka metamorphosis kolohe. Maoli, pono wau e nīnau, no hea mai kēia manaʻo?

"Ma luna o kahi kaʻaahi wau i kekahi lā a ua noʻonoʻo wau i kēia - inā inā ʻike wau iaʻu iho i ka lehulehu. ʻO ia, ʻo Denis Villeneuve's He'enemi, "Wahi a McConnell. "I kēlā manawa naʻe, ʻano ulu wale ia i ke kumu o kēia. Akā ʻo ke kani a me ke ʻano ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e pili nui ana i kahi o koʻu noʻonoʻo i kēlā manawa. ”

Ua hala ʻo McConnell i nā makahiki i hala iho nei i ke kanikau ʻana ma hope o ka make ʻana o Kevin Hutchinson, kāna hoapili, hoa hana, a hoa kākau.

"E noʻonoʻo wale ana wau i koʻu wahi i ke ola a me kahi e kūpono ai wau i ka honua, a me kēia mau mea āpau āpau - e hana ana i ka nui o ka heluhelu ʻana a me ka nui o ka noʻonoʻo ponoʻī - a he ʻano kūkulu wale nō ia i loko o ka moʻolelo i pau ai ka moʻolelo. , "I ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. "ʻO ke kumumanaʻo maoli o ka mea kēia mea, i hele wikiwiki mai ia, akā ʻo nā mea āpau ma lalo o ka ʻili i puka mai i waho o ke kaʻina kākau."

Mea Ola hiʻohiʻona i kekahi mau hopena hana kiʻi - i hui pū ʻia me ka cinematography maʻemaʻe, kālele nui ʻia - e hoʻokumu i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni loa.

Ma ke ʻano he mea weliweli ke ola weliweli, ua nui ka hoʻoulu ʻia e McConnell. Ke ulu nei i ka wā o ka weliweli hopena hopena, ua aʻo ʻo ia i nā mea nui o ke ʻano e like me Rick Baker, Steve Johnson, a me Screaming Mad George. Ua ulu kona mahalo i nā hopena hana me ka ʻike i ke ʻano nui o kā lākou kuleana i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

"ʻO nā hopena i Mea Ola kikoʻī, "wehewehe ʻo McConnell," ʻAʻole wau e ʻōlelo ua pili pono lākou i kekahi mea, akā maopopo leʻa nā hua o nā mea āpau i laila. A ʻo ke tālena o nā mea kaha kiʻi ponoʻī iā lākou iho. ʻO David Scott a me kāna hui, ʻo Alexandra Anger lāua ʻo Tabitha Burtch, i kā lāua ʻano kaila. I ka manawa a mākou i kūkākūkā ai i ka nānā o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a me ka manaʻo o ia mea, ua hele lākou e hana i kā lākou mea. "

Ua ʻike maopopo ʻo McConnell i ka mea āna i makemake ai e hoʻokokoke e hana i ka hopena hopena-kaumaha loa o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. "ʻO Chris Nash lāua ʻo Audrey Barrett. ʻO Chris ka luna o ʻO Z no Zygote - ka moʻolelo hope loa i Nā ABC o ka Make 2. " Ua lanakila ʻo McConnell e ka ʻāpana ʻo Chris. "I koʻu manawa i ʻike ai i kēlā, ua maopopo iaʻu, ʻae, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ke hana i ka hopena aʻu e makemake ai ma aneʻi e like me Chris."

Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo, ʻO Z no Zygote pili ana i ka wahine e hāpai ana i kahi pēpē i loko ona no 23 mau makahiki. I kēia manawa he kanaka makua, lawe ʻo ia i kona kino i kahi ala weliweli. ʻO ... maikaʻi loa ia.

"Ua ʻike wau he mea makemake wau i kekahi mea i hoʻopaʻa inoa i kēlā mokuʻāina - e like me ke ʻano hoʻololi o kekahi ʻano, i hoʻoulu ʻia e An ʻO Werewolf ʻAmelika ma Ladana, me nā mea mai The Kiakahi ke Aloha, a ʻO ka Mea ʻaie. ” Hoʻomaopopo ʻo McConnell - ʻoiai aia he mau mana pilikino pilikino - ʻoi aku ka nui o kahi kuhikuhi stylistic ma mua o ka hoʻomana pololei.

no ka mea, Mea Ola ukali i kahi mea pepehi serial serial-hoʻololi, aia kekahi mau mea hana ʻē aʻe e hōʻike iā Drew. Hoʻomaopopo, ke ʻano hana o ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā mea hana keaka he nui no hoʻokahi hana i hoʻohui ʻia he pilikia nui loa.

I ka wā i hoʻokikina ʻia ai nā mea hana keaka i kekahi mau koho no kēlā me kēia kūlana, ua koho ʻo McConnell e hana i kahi hālāwai alo a he alo me lākou pakahi, ma mua o ka heluhelu ʻelua ʻano maʻamau i hiki ai iā ia ke "Loaʻa i kahi manaʻo no ka poʻe. a me ko lākou vibe, a me ko lākou mōʻaukala, a me nā mea a lākou e lawe mai ai i ka papaʻaina ma ke ʻano he kanaka a me ka mea hana, "hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia.

I ka manawa i hoʻolei ʻia ai nā mea a pau, ua hāʻawi ʻo McConnell i kēlā me kēia mea hana keaka e pāʻani ana iā Drew me kahi palapala ʻaoʻao ʻelua e pili ana i ke ʻano me nā mea āpau e pono ai lākou e ʻike e pili ana i kāna mōʻaukala. Hāʻawi kēia haʻawina home i ka manawa kūpono i ka mea hana i loko e hana iā Drew ma ke ʻano he kanaka i hiki iā lākou ke mākaʻikaʻi - ma ke ʻano he hui - he aha ka mea e hoʻonāukiuki ai iā ia e neʻe i mua.

"He mea kā mākou i kapa aku ai ʻo" Drew Boot Camp ", kahi a mākou a pau e noho ana ma kahi papaʻaina nui a kamaʻilio lōʻihi e pili ana ʻo wai ke ʻano, a no hea mai ia, a me kahi ʻano i hoʻokumu ʻia - ma ke ʻano he hui - kēlā ʻano," Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia, "Ua hele mai mākou me nā tick a me nā ala maʻamau o ka hele wāwae ʻana, a me kekahi mau ʻano, a me ke kinikini nāna e hali - ʻo ia ka mea hope loa i loaʻa iā ia mai kona makuahine - ua hui pū kēlā mau mea āpau i kēlā kau."

ʻO kekahi o nā pilikia a Drew ma ke ʻano he ʻano hoʻoikaika kēlā. Ma o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, hāʻawi kāna moʻolelo e holo nei i nā ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i kāna mōʻaukala a me nā pilina, a ma o ia mea, ʻike mākou e pili ana i kāna pulakaumaka me Julia.

Aia, he mea weliweli i ka hana ʻino a me nā mea o ke kino e pili ana i kāna loli, akā ʻo ke ala a Drew i aloha ai i kāna stalking o Julia he mea weliweli ia nona iho. Ua noi wau iā McConnell pehea kēlā - creepy loa - lawe ʻia ka mea i loko o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

"Ua hele mai kēlā hiʻohiʻona o ka moʻolelo i kahi manawa introspective i loko oʻu iho, "wehewehe ʻo ia. "Akā, no ka mea, i kaʻu kākau ʻana ia ma waena o 2014 a me 2017, ua ulu nui ka neʻe ʻana o ka Me Me i nā nūhou.

Heluhelu ʻo McConnell i nā mea āpau i hiki iā ia ma ka pūnaewele - e ʻike hapa ʻia, a i hapa e kōkua iā ia iho e kālailai a ulu aʻe ma ke ʻano he kanaka. ʻOiai ʻo ia e heluhelu ana e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana o Me too a me ka loiloi wahine, e hana ana ʻo ia i nā kākau hou ʻana o ka palapala, a ua hāʻule wale kēlā mea i kahi. "Ua hoʻololi wale wau i nā mea liʻiliʻi, nā mea maʻalea, a ua hōʻike i kēlā ʻaoʻao o kahi e hele ai nā mea."

Akā me kāna kihi skewed ma nā pilina, Mea Ola kuhikuhi pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he moʻolelo aloha - nāna e hānai maikaʻi i ka manaʻo hou a McConnell.

"ʻO ka hapa nui o nā 80s a me nā 90s aloha aloha - nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a John Hughes a me nā mea like - ua hoʻohana i kahi trope i kapa ʻia Stalking as Aloha. Ma kahi o ke kumu, ʻoiai ke kāne i loaʻa i ke kaikamahine i ka hopena, ʻaʻohe mea nui i hana ʻia i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻo ia nō ke kanaka maikaʻi, "wehewehe ʻo ia. "Ua pili mau iaʻu i kahi mea ʻino a ʻano ʻē paha e waiho i ka manaʻo o kekahi mai ka wā ʻōpio."

No kekahi laʻana, e ʻoluʻolu e nānā iā "ʻO kēlā me kēia hanu āu e lawe ai”Na ka mākaʻi. He mele ʻoluʻolu a nani hoʻi i hoʻokani ʻia ma ke ʻano he ballad ikaika, ʻona (pinepine i ka male ʻana), akā maoli nō, kēlā mau ʻōlelo hewa.

Ua hoʻomau aku ʻo McConnell, “Ke hele mai nei mai kahi kaona liʻiliʻi e like me aʻu, ʻaʻole nui ʻoe e ʻike ʻia. Ua lōʻihi koʻu manawa e loaʻa ai koʻu wāwae, ma ka maʻamau, a hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hana a me ka mea ʻaʻole e hana. " I loko o kēia wā kākau introspective, ua nānā ʻo McConnell iā ia iho a me kāna mau hana i hala a ua hana ʻo ia i ko Drew ʻano "e like me kahi mana psychotic o kēlā" ua kaʻanalike ʻo ia. "Ua hana wau i nā mea aʻu e haʻaheo ʻole ai i kaʻu mau makahiki 20, akā ua ʻae ʻia lākou āpau i loko o ke ao o ka pehea i aʻo ʻia ai mākou i ke ʻano aloha."

Ua ʻāpono ʻo McConnell ʻaʻole kēia kumumanaʻo kau ka nānā nui o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, akā aia nō ia ma laila. "ʻOhi kekahi poʻe ma luna o ia mea, a ʻo kekahi poʻe - ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe - aia wale nō ma ke kihi o Drew ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni holoʻokoʻa. Makemake au i ka poʻe hoʻolohe e hoʻoholo no lākou iho, akā ʻaʻole ia he moʻolelo aloha, he moʻolelo pulakaumaka ia. ”

Inā kamaʻāina ʻoe me ka weliweli o Kanada, ʻike ʻoe i nā kumuhana o ka asimilation a me ka metamorphosis i mea maʻamau. Nā Ginger Snaps, Ka Void, Kau ʻia, ʻo ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, a ʻo nā hana a David Cronenberg hoʻohana āpau i ka weliweli o ke kino e haʻi i kahi moʻolelo o ka loli. Ua noi wau iā McConnell - ma ke ʻano he hoa Kanada a me nā mea hoihoi i ka hopena - no ke aha paha ia.

"He laka ko ʻAmelika ma nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hoʻokipa maoli i koʻu wā e ulu ana, a i kēlā me kēia manawa e haki ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Kanada akā ʻaʻole ia e like me ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Kanada." "E like me nā mea o Cronenberg, ua mākaukau loa kēlā i ka poʻe hoʻolohe ʻAmelika ʻoiai e hoʻomau nei i kahi ʻano Kanada no ka weliweli.

"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe no ke aha mākou e hopohopo nei i ke kino ma aneʻi, akā no ka mea he ʻano ʻokoʻa wale mākou." Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia - ʻoiai he nui nā subgenre ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia a hana ʻia ma Kanada, "No kekahi kumu ʻike nui ʻia mākou i ka weliweli o ke kino".

Akā ma muli o ka nui o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli a Kanada i haki i loko o ka mākeke ākea he mau kino weliweli ka hoʻololi ʻana, e like me kā McConnell i ʻōlelo ai, "ua hoʻohuli lākou i ka hanauna hou o nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni.

Inā makemake nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Ka Void a Mea Ola ʻo ia ka hopena o kēlā, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke namunamu.

 

Mea Ola hōkū ʻo Lora Burke, Jack Foley, Elitsa Bako, Rachel VanDuzer, a me Steve Kasan.