ʻO kā Kate Dolan kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻomaka ʻAʻole ʻoe koʻu makuahine he manaʻo koʻikoʻi i ka moʻolelo hoʻololi. Hoʻololi ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka manaʻo maʻamau o ka moʻolelo mai kahi makua paranoid a i kahi keiki hopohopo, nona ka makaʻu i kona makuahine loli mau i kēlā me kēia lā. Hoʻoikaika ʻia e nā hana ikaika mai ka poʻe akamai a me nā kiʻi koʻikoʻi e pena ana i kahi kiʻi ʻeleʻele a weliweli, ua kū ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ke ʻano kekahi o kaʻu punahele ponoʻī mai ka 2021's Toronto International Film Festival (e heluhelu i kaʻu hōʻike piha ma aneʻi).

Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e noho pū me Dolan e kūkākūkā i kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā moʻolelo ma hope o ia.  

Kelly McNeely: Nā kiʻi e like Ka Hole i ka Honua a Ka Halelu e hōʻike ana i ka moʻolelo hoʻololi o ka moʻolelo Irish, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nānā ʻana i ke keiki ʻo ia ka mea hoʻololi. Aloha au i kēlā ʻAʻole ʻoe koʻu makuahine ʻo ke kihi o ka makua ka pilikia, ma mua o ka protagonist. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio liʻiliʻi e pili ana i kēlā hoʻoholo, a no hea mai kēlā manaʻo? 

Kate Dolan: ʻAe, maopopo. Manaʻo wau, e like me kou ʻike, ʻo ka moʻolelo kuʻuna loli i ka moʻolelo ʻo Irish, ʻo nā moʻolelo āu e lohe hou ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka pēpē no kekahi mea ʻē aʻe. A ʻo ia ka mea mau. A aia nō hoʻi ma ka moʻolelo moʻolelo Scandinavian, loaʻa iā lākou nā loli a he mau pēpē. Akā he nui maoli nā moʻolelo i ke ola maoli – i ka moʻolelo o ʻIlelani – o ka poʻe e lohe ana i kēia mau moʻolelo e pili ana i nā loli a me nā fairies a me ka manaʻo he mea ʻē aʻe nā lālā o ko lākou ʻohana. 

No laila, he nui nā moʻolelo o nā kānaka makua i manaʻoʻiʻo ua hoʻololi ʻia kā lākou kāne, nā wahine, nā kaikunāne, nā kaikuahine, nā pākeke me kahi doppelgänger - kahi hoʻololi a i ʻole kekahi mea, e like me ka fairy. A ʻoi loa, aia kekahi moʻolelo o kahi wahine i kapa ʻia ʻo Bridget Clary i ka makahiki 1895 i hopu maoli i koʻu manaʻo, ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana i kēia wahine - ʻoiai ke manaʻo nei lākou ua loaʻa ʻo ia i ka maʻi maʻi - akā ua manaʻo kāna kāne he loli ʻo ia a puhi ʻo ia iā ia i ke ahi. he ahi ma ko lakou hale. Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo ia, a ua hopu ʻia ʻo ia. Akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia e loli ana ʻo ia, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻopiʻi nui iaʻu no ka mea ʻo ia ʻano manaʻo pohihihi wale nō, ua manaʻo maoli ʻo ia? A i ʻole he aha nā mea e hana nei ma laila? 

A ʻo ke ʻano o kēlā ambiguity o ka mea maoli a me ka mea maoli ʻole, a me ka ʻike ʻole o nā mea āpau. No laila, ʻano hoʻopiʻi maoli iaʻu. ʻAe, he mea aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai ma mua, a makemake wau e haʻi i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka maʻi noʻonoʻo a me ka ʻohana, a me kekahi mea e hiki mai ana i ka makahiki i loko o kahi ʻohana e hana ʻia nei. A ʻo kēlā ʻano moʻolelo moʻolelo i manaʻo ʻia ke ala kūpono e haʻi ai i kēlā moʻolelo. A no ka mea, aia kēia mau mea like me ka maʻi noʻonoʻo a me ka moʻolelo a me ka poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo i ko lākou ʻohana maʻi noʻonoʻo he mau loli, a ʻo ia ʻano mea. No laila ua like ia me ke ʻano kūpono o ka haʻi ʻana i ka moʻolelo.

Kelly McNeely: Aloha hou au, me ke kaumaha o Angela, a aia kekahi ʻano pilina ma waena o Char lāua ʻo Angela, kēlā manaʻo o ke kuleana a me ke kuleana e hiki mai ana i ka pilina makua-keiki. A he mea hoihoi ia ke ʻano o ka hoʻohuli ʻia ma waena o Char a me Angela, kahi e waiho ai ke kuleana a me ke kuleana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio liʻiliʻi e pili ana i kēlā? 

Kate Dolan: ʻAe, ʻoiaʻiʻo, manaʻo wau ʻo ka mea a mākou i makemake ai e haʻi i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka ʻeha a me ka ʻohana a me ke ʻano o ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ia ʻano i ka ʻohana. ʻO nā hanana i hana ʻia i ka wā ma mua e hoʻi mau mai e hoʻohau iā ʻoe. A ma ke ʻano he hanauna e hiki mai ana i ka makahiki, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka manawa o Char i kahi makahiki kahi e hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e ʻike i nā mea e pili ana i kona ʻohana. A ke manaʻo nei wau ua hiki mākou a pau i kēlā makahiki āu i hoʻōki ai i kou noho kamaliʻi, a ʻaʻole ʻoe he kanaka makua, akā ʻo ʻoe, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻoe i nā kuleana nui aʻe e pili ana i ke kuleana o ka naʻau, a nā ʻano kuleana ʻē aʻe o ka home, kēlā ʻano mea. 

No laila e hoʻāʻo wale e hopu i kekahi manawa i kēlā - ʻoiai ʻo ka hiki ʻana mai o kekahi - kahi makua āu i maʻi noʻonoʻo a maʻi kino paha, a ua lilo ʻoe i kahu mālama, no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe e hana pēlā no lākou. A ʻo ke kaumaha o kēlā ukana a me kēlā ʻano kuleana, a pehea ka weliweli a me ke kaʻawale. No laila ʻo ia kahi mea a mākou i makemake nui ai e hopu.

A laila ʻae, manaʻo wau aia ke ʻano o ka hala ʻana o ka ʻōpala - mai ke kupuna wahine iā Char - ma ke ʻano o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a hiki i ka hopena, ua ʻano ʻano pale ʻo Char i ka ʻohana. He kuleana ko ia e noho ma laila no ka manawa e hiki mai ana kekahi mea weliweli, ʻike ʻoe i kaʻu ʻōlelo? Nui loa ia e pili ana i kēlā a ʻano hoʻāʻo wale nō e hopu i kēlā.

Kelly McNeely: Ua ʻike au aia kekahi kumuhana e hoʻomau nei o nā lio i loko o ke kiʻi, aia kekahi kumu no ia mea?

Kate Dolan: Ma ka moʻolelo moʻolelo Irish, loaʻa iā mākou kēia honua ʻē aʻe i noho ʻia e Aos sí, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau - no ka makemake i kahi huaʻōlelo maikaʻi loa - akā ʻaʻole like lākou me nā ʻano faeries Tinkerbell. He paʻakikī ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka huaʻōlelo fairies e hoʻonui a hopu iā lākou, no ka mea, aia nā haʻahaʻa o nā ʻano like ʻole o lākou. ʻO ka Banshee kahi ʻāpana o Aos sí pū kekahi. No laila, he faery ʻo ia mai kēlā lāhui faery, a laila hoʻokahi mea ola - he ʻano ʻano i loko o kēlā moʻolelo - i kapa ʻia ʻo Puca, ʻo ia ka mea ma ke ʻano he lio ʻeleʻele e hele i kou ala ke hele ʻoe i ka home, a i ʻole ʻoe. Ke ho'āʻo nei e hoʻi i ka home, a ua like ia me kahi hōʻailona maikaʻi ʻole. Inā ʻoe e ʻae iā ia e hypnotize iā ʻoe a huki iā ʻoe i loko, e lawe ia iā ʻoe i ke ao ʻē aʻe a lawe aku iā ʻoe a haʻalele i ke ao āu e noho nei i kēia manawa. Hiki ke hōʻike ʻia e like me ka lio, a i ʻole he hare ʻeleʻele, a i ʻole kona ʻano hiʻohiʻona ponoʻī, ʻaʻole i wehewehe nui ʻia, akā he mea weliweli loa ia. 

No laila makemake mākou e hoʻokomo i kēlā, akā ʻo ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻi he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Dublin loa, e like me North Dublin, kahi aʻu i hele mai ai. A ʻoiai ʻo ia kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale, nui nā hale noho kahi e nakinaki ʻia ai nā lio i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo. A no laila, he ʻano ʻāpana ia o ka ʻāina ʻo Dublin, akā ua like ia me ke ʻano o ke kahe koko i kēlā me kēia lā. 

Kelly McNeely: Akaka he hoihoi i ka moʻolelo a me ka fae, he mea ia i hoihoi mau iā ʻoe, a i ʻole ua puka mai ia mai ka hana noiʻi no kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni? 

Kate Dolan: ʻAe, ua hoihoi maoli au i ia mea. ʻIke ʻoe, manaʻo wau - ma ke ʻano he kanaka ʻIlelani - ʻano haʻi mau ʻoe i nā moʻolelo mai kou wā kamaliʻi. No laila, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike nui o nā moʻolelo like ʻole a me nā kaʻao a me nā honua ʻē aʻe a me kēlā mau ʻano ʻano like ʻole i noho ʻia mai ka wā ʻōpio. No laila ʻike mau ʻoe, a haʻi pinepine ʻia iā ʻoe me he mea lā he ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ua loaʻa i koʻu kupuna wahine ke apo faery ma kona kīhāpai hope – ʻo ia nā halo i loko o ke apo, ʻo ia ʻano hana maʻamau – a ʻo wau a me koʻu hoahānau e ʻohi ana iā lākou i kekahi lā, a ua like ʻo ia “ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana pēlā! He apo faery kēlā, e hele mai ana nā faeries ma hope ou ke hana ʻoe pēlā. A ua like ia me kahi ʻīpuka i ko lākou honua, a ua haʻi ʻia iā ʻoe me he mea lā he ʻoiaʻiʻo. A i koʻu wā ʻelemakule, ua like au, ua noiʻi hou au a heluhelu e pili ana i ka hopena o ka honua maoli o ka moʻolelo, a me ke aʻo ʻana i nā moʻolelo e like me ka manaʻo o ka poʻe a me ke kumu o ko lākou manaʻo ʻana pēlā, a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pegana - pagan maoli - nā kuʻuna a ʻO nā kuʻuna i aneane like me ka hoʻomana i kēlā manawa, manaʻo wau. A he mea hoihoi loa ia. No laila ua ʻae ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni iaʻu e ʻimi ʻoi aku ka hohonu ma mua o kaʻu i loaʻa ai, akā naʻe, loaʻa iaʻu ke ʻano ma mua o koʻu noʻonoʻo.

Kelly McNeely: A he mau moʻolelo moʻolelo ʻē aʻe āu e makemake ai e ʻeli liʻiliʻi no kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni e hiki mai ana? 

Kate Dolan: ʻAe, ʻōlelo wau, nui loa. ʻO ka Banshee kahi hiʻohiʻona hōʻailona. Akā, manaʻo wau ʻaʻole ʻo ia he ʻino, manaʻo wau ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo iā ia i mea hakakā no ka mea he hōʻailona ia o ka make. No laila, lohe wale ʻoe i kāna ʻuā ʻana a ʻo ia hoʻi, e make ana kekahi o kou ʻohana i kēlā pō. A no laila ʻae, makemake wau e ʻano hana i ka Banshee i kekahi manawa, akā paʻakikī ke haki. Akā, aia kekahi kāhea kaʻao i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Na keiki a Lir, ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana i kēia mōʻī i mare i ke aliʻi wahine hou, a ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia i kāna mau keiki. A hoʻolilo ʻo ia iā lākou i mau swans, a paʻa lākou e like me nā swans ma ka loko no nā haneli mau makahiki. Pīhoihoi a ʻeha ka naʻau o ke aliʻi, a ma hope, ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia lākou, akā he ʻano moʻolelo ʻē a maʻamau o ʻIlelani, a ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea ʻike maka. No laila, nui loa. Pono wau e hana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni he nui.

Kelly McNeely: He aha kou hoihoi e lilo i mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni? He aha ka mea i hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe e hana i kēlā hana?

Kate Dolan: Um, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu. He mea wale nō ia i loko o kaʻu DNA. Ua ulu au me koʻu makuahine. He makuahine hoʻokahi ʻo ia a ua noho mākou me koʻu kupuna wahine no kekahi manawa i koʻu wā kamaliʻi, a ʻo lāua ʻelua - koʻu kupuna wahine a me koʻu makuahine - makemake nui lākou i ka nānā ʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni. He ʻike encyclopedia koʻu kupuna wahine i nā ʻano hōkū kiʻiʻoniʻoni Hollywood kahiko a me nā mea āpau. 

E nānā mau ana mākou i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni i nā manawa a pau. A ke manaʻo nei au ua hoʻāla wale ia i kekahi mea i loko oʻu, makemake wale wau i ka ʻano a me kēlā ʻano moʻolelo. A ʻo ka mea pōʻino - i ke kaumaha o koʻu makuahine - ʻano kanu ʻo ia i ka hua, a laila ʻaʻole wau e hoʻokuʻu a mālama i kēia moeʻuhane. A i kēia manawa ke ʻike nei ʻo ia he ʻano uku, akā no kekahi manawa, ua like ʻo ia, no ke aha ʻoe e hana ʻole ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ke kānāwai a i ʻole kekahi mea? [ʻakaʻaka]

Kelly McNeely: He mea hoʻoweliweli weliweli hoʻi kou makuahine? 

Kate Dolan: ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole maoli. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i squeamish. He ʻakaʻaka. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ʻimi e nānā i kēia manawa. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo ia e nānā i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli, makaʻu ʻo ia iā lākou. Akā, ʻike ʻoe, he ʻano ʻono ʻē kona. Manaʻo wau ʻo kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni punahele Kaha holo. No laila ʻaʻole ʻo ia e akahai a akahai, makemake ʻo ia i nā ʻano mea ʻē aʻe, akā ʻo nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli, weliweli pololei, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia iā lākou no ka mea makaʻu loa. Akā makemake ʻo ia ʻAʻole ʻoe koʻu makuahine. No laila, loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻae a ka makuahine. Me he mea lā, like ia me 50%, ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo i ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe hoʻohewa ma hope o kēlā. [ʻakaʻaka]

Kelly McNeely: He aha kou hoihoi i ka weliweli? 

Kate Dolan: ʻAe, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu. ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea aʻu i nīnau mau ai iaʻu iho a ua hoʻāʻo wau e huli i hope i kekahi mea. Akā, manaʻo wau he aloha maoli koʻu i kekahi mea ʻano ʻē a weliweli. Maopopo iā ʻoe kaʻu ʻōlelo? Like, aloha au i ka Halloween i koʻu wā kamaliʻi, e helu ana au i nā lā i ka Halloween, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka Kalikimaka. A makemake au i kekahi mea weliweli. Heluhelu au i nā puke Goosebumps a pau, a laila puka au iā Stephen King. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu kahi i hele mai ai, makemake wale wau. A ʻike ʻoe, ʻike maopopo i kēia manawa he mea hoʻoweliweli weliweli wau a me nā ʻano mea ʻē aʻe i loko o ke keʻena weliweli, inā he moʻolelo, kiʻiʻoniʻoni, TV, ʻo kēlā me kēia mea, ʻano ʻai au e like me kaʻu hiki. 

Kelly McNeely: He aha kāu mea e hiki mai ana? Inā he mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio? 

Kate Dolan: ʻAe, ʻelua kaʻu mau papahana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma ʻIlelani, ʻo kekahi o lākou ua kokoke pau ka palapala. No laila, ʻae, hiki paha i kekahi o lākou ke hele ma hope. He mau papahana hoʻoweliweli pū kekahi, nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli. ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻike, pono ʻoe e loaʻa i nā ipu he nui ma ka paila ma ke ʻano he mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli ma ka laulā, akā ʻano mau wau i nā mea he nui i ke ʻano o ka kuke ʻana, a pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e puka mai ana ma hope, akā wau. E noʻonoʻo i ka wahi weliweli no ka wā e hiki mai ana, no laila ʻaʻole wau e ʻimi i nā ʻano rom-com, a i ʻole kekahi mea like.

Kelly McNeely: Ua ʻōlelo ʻoe ua ʻai ʻoe i ka nui o ke ʻano. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mea āu i heluhelu ai a nānā paha i kēia mau lā āu i makemake nui ai? 

Kate Dolan: ʻAe, aloha nui au Mass Mass. ʻO wau no ka hānai Katolika Irish, no laila ua ʻano hammered home i kahi ʻano hohonu o ke ʻano PTSD. Ua like wau, e, e hele ana i ka lehulehu, weliweli! [ʻakaʻaka]

Akā, e heluhelu ana au i ka puke o nā pōʻino na Chuck Wendig i koʻu lele ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, a manaʻo wau he mea ʻoluʻolu loa ia. He puke hoihoi loa ia, he ʻano surreal maoli, a he leʻaleʻa nui. Makemake au e hele e ike X. E hele paha wau e ʻike i kēia pō ma ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni. aloha au ʻO ka pepehi kanakaʻo Texas Chainsaw, a ke ʻōlelo nei ka poʻe he ʻano mea like ʻole ia Chainsaw ʻo Texas Kino.

Kelly McNeely: A he ninau cliche loa keia. Akā, he aha kāu kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli? 

Kate Dolan: ʻO ka Exorcist ʻO ia paha ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni i makaʻu loa iaʻu i koʻu ʻike ʻana iā ia, no ka hewa o ka Irish Katolika, malia paha, e like me ka makaʻu o loaʻa ʻoe i kahi diabolo a i ʻole kekahi mea. Akā makemake wau i ke ʻano weliweli campy, like Scream a Kāhea 2. E nānā hou wau Scream ʻo ia mau manawa, no ka mea, ʻano like ia me kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni hōʻoluʻolu. ʻO kekahi mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni aʻu i makemake ai akā like ʻoe, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke nānā i kēia manawa. Akā, manaʻo wau i ka Scream nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hiki iaʻu ke nānā i kēlā me kēia manawa a makemake wau.

 

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