Pūnaewele he ʻāpana o ke koho kūhelu o ka Fantasia International Film Festival 2019, e holo ana ma Montreal, Quebec. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e kamaʻilio ai me kekahi o nā hōkū o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻo Munro Chambers (ʻO Turbo Kid, ʻo Knuckleball) e pili ana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, kona ʻano, a me ke kūlana o ke kanaka.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i waho no ka loiloi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni piha, a kaomi ma aneʻi e heluhelu kaʻu nīnauele me Pūnaeweleka mea kākau / alakaʻi o Rob Grant.

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Kelly McNeely: Mai ka mea aʻu e maopopo ai, ʻekolu mau lā o ka hana a ʻolua e hana ai i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana. Pehea ke ʻano o kēlā hana a pehea i kōkua ai kēlā?

Nā keʻena ʻo Munro: Nui loa ia. Ma muli o kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni pili loa a me kahi mea hana keaka, manaʻo wau he mea koʻikoʻi kēlā mau lā ʻekolu e hammer maoli i nā kikoʻī o ka mōʻaukala o nā huapalapala ʻekolu, a ʻo kā mākou kemika wale nō o nā hoa aloha ʻekolu i ʻike kekahi i kekahi no nā makahiki. , a me nā lole holoi lepo āpau a lākou e hele ai i kēia moku i kēia holo pupule ʻana o kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

Pono ʻoe e ʻike pehea e hana ai i kēlā me kēia tikika, a he mea leʻaleʻa loa ka ʻike ʻana me Christopher lāua ʻo Rob, e pāʻani wale ai a kamaʻilio e pili ana i kekahi mau hanana a pehea mākou e noʻonoʻo ai i kēlā me kēia. ʻike i nā hewa o kēlā me kēia ʻano.

KM: Makemake paha ʻoe e noho iki i loko o Iona, a i ʻole he ʻano ʻokoʻa loa ia nou? 

MC: Ua pāʻani wau i nā mea like me ia. ʻO ka mea aʻu i makemake ai e pili ana i ka palapala - me ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana he nui loa - he ʻano ʻokoʻa ko kēlā me kēia meʻe e ʻike maopopo ʻia ke nānā ʻoe i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a ke hōʻike nei lākou i ko lākou kala maoli i ka wā e holo nei.

ʻO ka hōʻike mua o Iona ka mea akamai, ka mea nāwaliwali i ke kino. Loaʻa iā Emily ka puʻuwai a me ke aloha āpau, a me ko Christopher Gray ʻano, aia iā ia ka huhū a me ka huhū, aia iā ia ka ikaika āpau. A ke ʻike ʻoe i ka holomua o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻike maoli ʻoe i ka poʻe maoli. E like me kāu e hemo aku ai i kēia mau ʻili āpau a lākou e kau nei a i ʻole ke hoʻolālā nei ka honua iā lākou. Hoihoi maoli ka heluhelu. 

KM: E like me kāu e ʻōlelo nei, he leʻaleʻa maoli nā kahakaha a me ka hohonu maoli, ua manaʻo ʻoe he ʻano maoli kekahi o nā huapalapala "ke kāne ʻino"? ʻO lākou a pau anei? He poʻe paʻakikī lākou e hana nei i kekahi mau mea weliweli, ʻeā?

MC: Manaʻo wau ua pau lākou i ka manawa, Manaʻo wau e hōʻike maoli ia i ke ʻano kanaka i hiki i kekahi ke hiki i kekahi mea, a ʻaʻohe mea nui ʻo wai ʻoe, a ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka mea a lākou e ʻōlelo ai me kēia mau huapalapala āpau i loko o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻailona i kēia kanaka e like me villain pono ma luna, a laila hapalua, e like me "maikaʻi hiki i kēia kanaka", a laila ma hope "maikaʻi paha ʻo KIA kanaka!".

He hoihoi loa ia pehea Rob i hoʻonohonoho ai, ʻo Rob a me Mike Peterson, pehea lākou i hoʻonohonoho ai. A ʻo ia ka mea i leʻaleʻa iā mākou. Ua hele mākou i kēlā me kēia manawa e pāʻani i nā mana he nui o kēia mau huapalapala i kahi moʻolelo ʻokoʻa - ʻaʻole lākou i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻokoʻa. A me kā lākou kī ʻana i ia, me he mea lā ʻehā a ʻelima paha mau ʻano ʻokoʻa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i hoʻokahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. A he mea hoihoi ia no mākou e pāʻani maoli a hana me nā makahiki āpau o ka ʻike e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i kēlā mau mākala, kahi hauʻoli wale nō ia.

KM: ʻIke wau ua paʻi kiʻi ʻoe i loko o ka hale i loko o ke ʻano, ʻano like paha ka hopena o ka puka ʻana i waho e like me ka pāʻani keaka, ʻeā?

MC: ʻO ia pololei kēlā. ʻO ia ke kumu i ʻoi aku ai ka nui o nā lā ʻekolu no ka mea hoʻomau mau ia. Manaʻo wau ua hoʻopili maoli ʻo Rob i kahi ʻano Seinfeld paukū no ka mea ʻo nā huapalapala āpau i Seinfeld ʻaʻole he poʻe maikaʻi loa, akā hana lākou i ka hana ma waena o kā lākou aloha a ʻano puhū kēlā me kēlā me kēia manawa. Akā he mea liʻiliʻi iki ia o kahi pāʻani keaka, a hiki iā ʻoe ke pāʻani maoli i kēlā ala, keu hoʻi no ka mea pili loa ia i kahi hoʻonohonoho. 

KM: He mea hoihoi paha ia e ʻike ma ke kahua, manaʻo wau. He mea paʻakikī loa ia e hana ai. ʻIke wau i kiʻi ʻia ʻoe ma Calgary i ka hoʻoilo. Ma ke ʻano he hoa Kanada, pehea kēlā ʻano weliweli ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻoe e lilo i tropical?

MC: Ua maikaʻi. Ua paʻi kiʻi wau ma Alberta ma mua, ua hana wau iā Knuckleball ma Edmonton, no laila ʻo ia kekahi o kaʻu ʻike mua ma laila. Laki maoli mākou ʻaʻole maikaʻi. Akā ʻoluʻolu maoli ia, ua koa mākou i ke anuanu pū.

No New York ʻo Chris, a noho ʻo Emily ma LA akā no Minnesota ʻo ia. No laila ua ʻike mākou āpau i ke ʻano o ke anuanu. Ua like mākou i ka pāʻani e like me mākou ma Florida a i ʻole kahi wahi lā a hiki mākou i Belize. Akā ʻaʻole maikaʻi ʻole. Aloha au i kēlā - hana ʻana ma aneʻi ma Kanada - ʻoiai i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻaʻole mākou i hōʻike i nā wahi kupaianaha, ʻike ʻoe, nā wahi ma aneʻi. Akā makemake au i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma Kanada.

KM: Aloha au i ka nui o nā mea e hana nei ma Kanada. Kupaianaha lākou e hoʻonui maoli nei i ka ʻoihana. Nui nā mea e hana nei ma aneʻi i kēia manawa, kahi mea maikaʻi.

MC: Nui loa ia! ʻO ka ʻoi loa. Maikaʻi loa!

KM: Ke paʻi kiʻi ʻana i nā mea o loko - ke kiʻi hou ʻana, pehea ke ʻano o ke kōkua me ka holomua o ka holo ʻana o nā mea āpau - me ka ʻole o ka nui o ka ʻōlelo? 

MC: Māmā ia. He kuhikuhi ʻoe i ka lewa a me ka manaʻo no kēlā me kēia ʻano, kahi o mākou me nā kiʻekiʻe a me nā haʻahaʻa, a ʻo nā mea ʻenehana liʻiliʻi wale nō i pana ʻia i ke akamai a me ke ʻano poʻomanaʻo i ko mākou holomua. A ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi maoli i ka wā a mākou e hana nei, ʻike ʻoe, hapa komedi, hapa weliweli, ʻāpana ʻāpana, ʻāpana thriller, pono mākou e ʻohi i kā mākou pahu

Maikaʻi mau ke kiʻi ʻoe i nā pana ma ke ʻano no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe i hiki. Akā e like me kāu i ʻōlelo ai, makemake maoli ʻo Rob e hōʻoia ʻo ia ka mea i hana pēlā, i loaʻa iā mākou ke ʻano ok, e loaʻa kēia iā mākou e like me ka kronologically hiki iā mākou. Inā ʻoe e nalo i kekahi mea inā hele ʻoe i ka hope loa o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a laila ʻaʻohe mea kūpono nā mea i ka hoʻomaka. 

KM: ʻO kēlā mau kumuhana āu e hoʻopā aku nei, me ka launa aloha a me ka kumakaia, ke ʻano o kēlā me kēia i kaomi ʻia i kā lākou palena. No ke aha ʻoe i manaʻo ai he poʻe hoihoi mākou i nā moʻolelo o kēia ʻaoʻao pōuliuli o ka lāhui kanaka?

MC: Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui ʻia i loko o nā makahiki, ʻike ʻoe, maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole. Aia kekahi poʻe maikaʻi a me nā kānaka maikaʻi ʻole, a e like me "ʻAʻole wau e hana i kēia, ʻaʻole wau e hana i kēlā, aloha wau i kēia kanaka i ka make, ʻaʻole wau e ʻōlelo i nā mea maikaʻi ʻole e pili ana iā lākou!". A Manaʻo wau ke hōʻike wale nei i ke kūlana kanaka i kāna ʻano maka loa.

Hoʻonui ia, ʻoiaʻiʻo, a lilo i kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, akā ʻo ia ka mea kūpono loa - i koʻu manaʻo - ke ala kūpono e hoʻohuli ai i kāu mau hoaaloha maikaʻi i kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻolele i kāu lole holoi lepo. He mana hoʻonui ia o ka mea āu e hana aku ai iā lākou. Manaʻo wau he mea maikaʻi loa ia e ʻike ai, me he mea lā hiki i kekahi ke hiki i kekahi mea.

ʻOiai nā poʻe e like me ka mea ʻino a ʻano like paha me kahi kanaka pouli a kanaka ʻino a kanaka ʻino paha, ʻaʻole ia ka mea e like ai. No laila ke nānā hewa ʻole nei kekahi a me ka meʻe, akā loaʻa paha iā lākou kahi lole holoi lepo ma hope o lākou ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa, akā aia kekahi poʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao me he mea lā hoʻokahi akā ʻaʻole lākou, a ʻo lākou ka puʻuwai o kā lākou storyline ponoʻī. Hōʻike ia i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, nā kala ʻelua o ke kūlana kanaka aʻu i manaʻo ai.

KM: A manaʻo wau aia kekahi mea i loko o kēia mau huapalapala i hiki iā mākou āpau ke ʻike i loko o kākou pū kekahi. Aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona, aia nā hiʻohiʻona, e like me "oh yeah ua manaʻo paha wau i kēia" a i ʻole "ua hana paha wau i kēlā ma kekahi manawa"

MC: ʻAe lana koʻu manaʻo. Aia kekahi mau mea āu e manaʻo ai ʻaʻole! Aia kekahi kāne e like me “ʻĀ, ʻaʻole wau makemake ia ekahi". Akā manaʻo naʻe wau hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻonui loa ʻia, akā ma ka pae he ʻano Houdini liʻiliʻi mākou e pāʻani ai. ʻO kaʻu e manaʻo nei he maikaʻi.

KM: I ka manawa i loaʻa mua iā ʻoe ka palapala, he aha ka mea i lawe ai iā ʻoe i loko o ka papahana a huki paha i kou manaʻo iā ia a hele maoli ʻoe, e like me, "oh makemake wau e hana i kēia"?

MC: ʻO ia ka manawa i hoʻouna mai ai ʻo Mike Peterson iaʻu i ka palapala kākau a ʻōlelo mai "e nānā iā Iona". A i koʻu nānā ʻana iā Iona ua like wau me "yyyeah!". Manaʻo wau he ʻano paʻakikī ʻo ia. Makemake wau i kahi moʻolelo haʻihaʻi, akā, he ʻoiaʻiʻo, aloha wau i kāna kuapo.

He kuapo kā nā huapalapala āpau, akā makemake nui wau i kona ʻano like me kēia ʻano palupalu, ʻano akamai o nā hipa ʻeleʻele o kāna ʻano ʻohana ponoʻī, kahi kāne e hoʻāʻo nei e mālama i ka maluhia i ka hapanui o ka manawa. A ke hoʻomau nei ka moʻolelo, ʻike maoli ʻoe aia kekahi mea ʻē aʻe e mau ana i loko o lākou, a loaʻa iā ia puu o nā mea e hana nei e hiki ai iaʻu ke hele i waho. 

KM: No ka poʻe lohe, he aha kou manaʻo e puka i waho ka poʻe i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a i ʻole ke hele wāwae nei?

MC: pono Lana koʻu manaʻo ua pīhoihoi lākou! No hoʻokahi. Lana koʻu manaʻo ua hauʻoli lākou i ka holo. He mea ʻokoʻa a manaʻo maoli wau he mea maikaʻi loa ia. ʻOi loa i ka hana kiʻi ʻana i kēia lā.

ʻAʻole makemake ʻoe e hana hou i kahi mea kuki. Aia kahi hana ʻoki kuki āu i ʻike ai e holo a waiho ʻoe i waho a pololei loa. A manaʻo wau iHe hoihoi loa ia ke kiʻi ʻoe i kahi palapala ʻokoʻa loa, nā huapalapala kū hoʻokahi, a ʻano nui ʻoe i nā ʻano a ʻōlelo "maikaʻi e ʻike inā hana kēia". E hoʻokau i kā mākou kālena āpau a me ko mākou mau makahiki o ka ʻike a me ka ʻike i ka hoʻāʻo a ʻike i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hana.

Hana nui mākou i kēia, manaʻo wau ua hana ʻo Rob i kahi hana phenomenal i ke kiʻi ʻana iā ia, a he mea kupaianaha ʻo Emily i kēia, pēlā nō ʻo Christopher Gray. No laila ʻike ʻoe, lana koʻu manaʻo e hauʻoli wale lākou i ka holo a ke ʻohi nei lākou i nā mea a mākou e waiho nei i lalo. 

E ʻike ʻia ʻo Munro ma Nā kaikamahine kipi, kuhikuhi ʻia e Jovanka Vuckovic (XX), e hōʻike ʻia ma Fantasia Fest ma Iulai 28. Pūnaewele ke nānā ʻia ma Fantasia Fest ma ka Poaono Iulai 27.