ʻO ke kaʻina hana a ka mea hana keaka no ka hana ʻana i ke ʻano he mea hoihoi, kū hoʻokahi iā lākou iho a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia e ka ʻike pilikino. Hoʻokumu ka poʻe keaka maikaʻi i kahi ʻano e hoʻopuka i kahi pane manaʻo i kahi moʻolelo. Nalo loa na mea keaka nui i ko lakou ano. Aloha mākou iā lākou; inaina mākou iā lākou, akā ʻo ka mea nui e lilo lākou i mea maoli iā mākou. I koʻu noho ʻana e kamaʻilio me Tristan McKinnon mai ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole “Alfred J. Hemlock” ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana hewa a ʻaʻole pilikia iki iaʻu.

ʻO ka hola 8:00 pm i ka pō Pōʻaono ma Texas, akā ua ʻālohilohi ka lā ma Australia i ka wā i hoʻopili ʻia ai kā mākou kelepona ma Skype. Noho ʻo Tristan McKinnon i loko o kahi lumi noho nani. Aia kona kaikunane a me kona kaikuahine ma hope me ka ʻakaʻaka a me ka ʻāwili ʻana a hoʻolauna ʻo ia iaʻu iā lākou, me ka wehewehe ʻana ua hoʻolimalima kona ʻohana i ka hale noho e hoʻolimalima i kahi manawa maikaʻi.

I kēia manawa, pono wau e ʻae ua kāhāhā wau. He mea maʻalahi ʻo McKinnon, he kanaka ʻōpio maikaʻi me ka ʻakaʻaka maʻalahi a me ke alakaʻi maikaʻi. Ua piha ʻo ia i ke ola a hoʻomālamalama i ka ikehu kinetic ʻoiai ʻo ia e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāna papahana hou loa. ʻO ka pōkole, ʻaʻole ʻo ia kona ʻano a ʻo ia wale nō wau i ʻike ai i ka maikaʻi o kēia mea keaka ʻōpio.

Ma hope o kekahi mau minuke o ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ka ʻike liʻiliʻi ʻana kekahi i kekahi, ua iho mākou i ka ʻoihana e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāna alter ego Alfred, a pehea ʻo ia i hana ai i kēia mea hana ʻino nāna e hānai i nā ʻuhane o ka poʻe nalowale a mehameha.

Ua hoʻomaka ia me kahi leka Facebook. Ua ʻike ʻo McKinnon e hana ana ʻo Edward Lyons i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe a hoʻouna aku iā ia i kahi leka hoʻomaikaʻi. He manawa pōkole ma hope mai, pane maila ʻo Lyons me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā ia akā haʻi pū kekahi iā ia he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe kāna e hana nei a manaʻo ʻo ia e kūpono ʻo McKinnon no ke alakaʻi. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka palapala a ka mea keaka a e luʻu ana i ka hohonu e ʻike ʻo wai ʻo Alfred J. Hemlock.

Ua hauʻoli koke ka mea hoʻokani i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he moʻolelo maoli e haʻi me ka nui ʻole o nā hana extraneous, a ʻo ia ma luna o ka mahina e pili ana ia mea.

"ʻO ia paha ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole mua aʻu i hana ai ma kahi o ia mea he ʻāpana kamaʻilio," wehewehe ʻo ia. “Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mea a pau ma kahi alaloa. ʻElua mau moʻolelo. No ka hale keaka a he mea hana keaka i mea nui loa ia'u. A eia ʻo Hemlock a hiki iaʻu ke ʻimi maoli ʻo wai ʻo ia a no ke aha a pehea ʻo ia i lilo ai i ʻuhane a daimonio paha.

ʻO “Alfred J. Hemlock” ʻoiaʻiʻo ke hana ʻia ma kekahi ala ala i ka pō hoʻokahi. Ua haʻalele ʻia ʻo Emily (Renaye Loryman) e kāna keikikāne ʻo Guy (Christian Charisiou), ma hope o kona hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā ia no ka pāʻani ʻana me nā kāne ʻē aʻe ma kahi pāʻina. Ke hele nei ʻo Emily puʻuwai ʻehaʻeha i lalo o kahi alaloa, hālāwai ʻo ia me ke kanaka kolohe ʻo Alfred J. Hemlock, he mea i manaʻo e lawe i ka ʻuhane o Emily ʻōpio.

Hāʻawi ʻo Lyons iā Alfred iā McKinnon, e ʻae iā ia e ʻimi i ke ʻano o ka fiend, e ʻimi i kona leo, a i ka hopena e lawe iā ia i ke ola diabolō. ʻAʻole naʻe i ʻike ʻo ia i kāna mea i hana ai.

"Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i koʻu hele ʻana i waho me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, 'Manaʻo wau ua loaʻa iaʻu ke keiki aloha a Beetlejuice a me Kāpena Jack Sparrow,'" ʻakaʻaka ʻo McKinnon. "ʻAʻole wau i hoʻāʻo e hele i kēlā, akā manaʻo wau ua puka wale mai. Manaʻo wau ua like koʻu ʻano me Jack Sparrow i ka hoʻomaka ʻana a me ke ʻano o ke koko i loko o ka hana.

Aia nō naʻe nā mea e hoʻohui ʻia, a ua hāʻule ka hapa nui o lākou i kahi kūlana ma muli o ka holo ʻana o ka pōʻino.

Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou no ka pana ʻana o ka hopena pule i ka pō. ʻElua lā i pono e kiʻi i ka pōkole a i kēlā hopena pule mua, ua komo ke ʻano a ua ua. ʻAʻole e pale ʻia, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Lyons i kahi hopena pule ʻelua. Pono lākou e lawe mai i kahi alakaʻi kiʻi ʻokoʻa e like me ka mea mua ma ke kiʻi pāʻoihana. Aia ka Nature ma ko lākou ʻaoʻao i kēia manawa akā ma muli o ka hewa mechanical, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia kēlā me kēia kiʻi a ʻeleʻele loa no ka hoʻohana ʻana. Ua lilo ia i mea kumu no Lyons a me ka mea hoʻolele a me ka hui. Ua ho'opa'a 'ia ke kolu o ka hopena pule, ua komo mai ka mea ho'okani a ua lawe 'ia mai ke kolu o ka DoP. Ua ho'okō 'o Nature a me nā mechanics i kēia manawa a ua holo ka papa hana pana me ka 'ole o ka pilikia.

Ma muli o ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana o nā mea a pau, kuhikuhi ʻo McKinnon ua hāʻawi iā ia i ka manawa hou aku e hoʻomohala i kahi pilina pili iā Alfred a me ke ʻano o kāna hōʻike ʻana. Ua ʻae ʻo ia iā Lyons e lawe mai i ka mania hou aʻe i ka ʻāpana o ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni kahi i hoʻomāinoino ai ʻo Alfred a hoʻomāinoino iā Emily i ka hoʻāʻo e uhaʻi iā ia.

“Aia kēia ʻāpana o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni kahi aʻu i manaʻo ai ua hoʻoholo ʻo Ed e hele i ke ʻano hihiu. Ua hoʻohiwahiwa ʻo ia iā Kubrick a me i ike ai a ua pau wale no. He ʻano maikaʻi loa kēia ʻano montage o ka ʻeha a Emily. Ua loaʻa iā ia kēia kaʻa kaʻa naʻu e holo ai a ua hana maikaʻi me ko Hemlock ʻano. A ʻano ʻano ma waho, akā kuhikuhi pū kekahi i kēia mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni a mākou i ʻike a aloha ai.

Ua kanikau ʻo McKinnon i ka pau ʻana o ka pana ʻana a ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻi hou i kēia ʻano inā loaʻa ka manawa.

"He ʻakaʻaka," wahi āna, "akā, ua aneane ʻoe e makemake e lanakila ʻo ia, ʻoiai he kanaka ʻino maoli ʻo ia. He mea kupanaha ke komo ʻana i kāna moʻolelo a ʻike hou aku e pili ana iā ia. Ua hōʻino ʻia ʻo ia? He daimonio anei? Pane anei ia i kekahi? I koʻu manaʻo, he daimonio paha ʻo ia i hāʻule i ka wā i kaua ai ʻo Sātana me ka lani. Ua wehe ʻia ʻo ia mai ia mea. A no laila, pololi ʻo ia i ka mālamalama i pāpā ʻia iā ia, a ua inaina ʻo ia i kēlā mālamalama e like me kona pololi. No laila, ʻimi ʻo ia ma ke ala wale nō e hiki ai iā ia. Loaʻa iā ia kēia poʻe e ʻālohilohi ana ko lākou ʻuhane a lawe mai iā lākou. ʻAʻole lawa ka pilikia. Nui nā mea e makaʻala ai ma laila.

Aia wau me ʻoe ma kēlā, e Tristan. A me ka laki, e ʻike hou aku paha kākou iā Alfred J. Hemlock i kēia mua aku.

No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka manawa i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻahaʻaina, hiki iā ʻoe ke hahai iā lākou ma Facebook, lākou paena, a ma Twitter a me Instagram ma @AlfredJHemlock. I kēia manawa, hoʻomaka ia e hoʻomaka i ka Academy Award qualifying Bermuda International Film Festival i Mei o 2017.

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