Kai Fever - ka mea i hoʻokani ma ka International Festival Film ʻo Toronto ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou papahana Discovery - he mākaʻikaʻi nui ia no ka ʻike weliweli ʻole o ko mākou ao kūlohelohe. ʻO nā mea nani a weliweli hoʻi, e noʻonoʻo The Kiakahi ke Aloha ma ke kai; holo nā mea ʻē aʻe a me kahi paranoia seeping ma o Kai Fever i nā nalu, e kīkēkē ana i nā ʻano o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a lākou e hoʻāʻo nei e mālama i ko lākou poʻo ma luna o ka wai.

Ua lanakila ka mea kākau / luna ʻo Neasa Hardiman kekahi mau makana no kāna hana pepa a me ke kīwī. Ua lawe mai ʻo ia i kāna mau manaʻo maoli i Kai Fever, ka hana ʻana i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a puʻuwai maoli me kahi mahele nui o ka makaʻu. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa kūpono e kamaʻilio me Hardiman e pili ana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana, ka haipule, ka weliweli ʻIlani, a me nā wahine i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

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Kelly McNeely: He aha ka genesis o Kai Fever? No hea mai kēia manaʻo? 

Neasa Hardiman: Manaʻo wau ʻo kekahi o nā mea aʻu e makemake ai e hana, ua makemake wau e haʻi i kahi moʻolelo i loaʻa, i ʻae ai i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke ʻano a me kahi hoʻokele haʻi moʻolelo e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi i mua i kou noho. No laila he mea nui ia iaʻu. 

Makemake wau e haʻi i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka ʻepekema, kahi o ka ʻepekema ke alakaʻi. Manaʻo wau he mea nui nō hoʻi kēlā. Ma muli o koʻu manaʻo he ʻano maʻamau ka ʻepekema i ka ʻaoʻao a me kahi amoral iki, a pinepine inā ʻaʻole kahi ʻano leʻaleʻa, kahi kiʻi o ka leʻaleʻa. No laila makemake wau e kau i kēlā kiʻi ma mua a ma waena, a hele, e wehe wale kākou i ka mea hea hea kahi a kēlā ʻano moʻomeheu ʻano ʻē.

KM: Aloha au i kēlā me ka ʻepekema i mua, no ka mea ma kahi o ka militarized “e pepehi kākou i kēia mea,” makemake nui ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa a mālama ia ola a pale aku iā ia, a manaʻo wau he manaʻo nani loa ia.

NH: ʻ brill maikaʻi loa! ʻO kēlā mea hana ʻekolu, ʻeā? ʻO ke kolu o ka hana i manaʻo ʻia i loko o kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e like me kēia e lilo i "chase-fight-chase-fight-confrontation-death" [ʻakaʻaka]. A he mea kaʻu i ʻike maoli ai. Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka ʻike ʻana iā David Hare - ka mea kākau - a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he kiʻi ʻekolu nā hiʻohiʻona. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi moʻolelo i ka hana mua i huli i ka hema, a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi moʻolelo ʻokoʻa loa i ka hana ʻelua, a laila loaʻa ka huli hema ʻelua a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kolu o ka moʻolelo i ke ʻano ʻekolu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka nui o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻelua wale nō moʻolelo no ka mea maoli paʻakikī [ʻakaʻaka]. 

Ua manaʻo wau, maikaʻi, maikaʻi wau e lawe i kēlā i ka puʻuwai a ʻaʻole mākou e hana i ka hakakā-kaua-alualu-kaua, e hana mākou i ke kolu o ka hana e pili ana i kahi mea ʻē aʻe, a pili ia ke kuleana, pono ia e pili ana i kēlā ʻano kumuhana ākea o ka moʻolelo. 

No laila ke kolu o ka hana e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i ke kuleana no kēia holoholona i hōʻea hewa ʻia i kēia wahi; ʻaʻole makemake ia ma laila, ʻaʻole lākou makemake e noho ma laila, a pono lākou e kiʻi i waho. A no laila ke kuleana nei no kēlā. A laila maopopo ma ka hopena o ka moʻolelo e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i ke kuleana no ka mea i hana ʻia iā Siobhan, a pono ʻo ia e hana i ka mea maikaʻi i ka hopena. 

KM: Aloha pū wau i ka hopena. ʻO ka maʻamau ʻaʻole ia ke ʻano wahine e loaʻa ai kēlā mau manawa kupaianaha, ʻo ia ka maʻa kāne, e like me "ʻĀ, e mālama wau i ka lā". No laila makemake wau i hiki iā ia ke hele i loko i kahi ala nani a maikaʻi a olakino hoʻi. Manaʻo wau he mea aloha kēlā.

NH: Maikaʻi! [ʻakaʻaka]

KM: Aia kekahi mea kupaianaha nui loa ma laila pū kekahi, kahi weliweli o ke kino kupaianaha. Ua hoʻohana anei ʻoe i nā hopena kūpono no kēlā a i ʻole ʻo CGI ka hapanui? 

NH: ʻO ka nui he CG ia, a loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau ʻīlio pīpī akamai loa no laila aia kahi kī i loko o kahi poho kahi e liʻiliʻi ana nā holoholona i loko o ka poho, a ola kēlā i ka lā i hana ʻia me ka limu me nā ʻāpana hao filings i loko o lākou a me kahi puppeteer ma lalo o ka poho me ka magnet [ʻakaʻaka]. No laila leʻaleʻa maoli kēlā. A hana nā papeti i nā mea kai, kēlā mau ʻami. A he mau hoʻolālā CG weliweli kā mākou; Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Alex Hansson i nā kiʻi nunui, nani, mesmeric āpau.

KM: Aia kekahi mau kumuhana nui i Kai Fever me ka ʻohana, ke ʻano, ka mōhai, nā hoʻokalakupua moana ... he aha ke ʻano o nā kumuhana iā ʻoe, a he aha kāu e makemake ai e hoʻopuka i ke kiʻi me kēlā mau kumuhana?

NH: ʻO ka mea hoihoi iaʻu i ka wā e ʻakaʻaka ana i kahi e makemake ai wau e hele ka moʻolelo, pehea wau e makemake ai e ola, ʻo kēia manaʻo o ka hana ʻepekema a noʻonoʻo maoli. A manaʻo wau ua maikaʻi, inā ʻoe e pahu aku i kēlā i kahi mea ʻoi loa, he aha ka ʻoi loa o kēlā? A ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli o kēlā ka nele o ka pili kaiaulu. 

Aia kahi kekelē e ʻae ai ka noʻonoʻo kilokilo iaʻu e hoʻohālike ua maopopo iaʻu ka mea āu e noʻonoʻo nei, a hoʻohālike ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i kaʻu e manaʻo nei, a hana mākou i kahi pilina i kēlā ala, a he waiwai kēlā. Aia kekahi mehana i loko o kēlā e ʻae iā mākou e ʻoluʻolu e pili ana kekahi i kekahi. No laila, ʻimi wau i kēlā, a ʻimi i nā kaila ʻike, a he aha nā pilikia a me nā maikaʻi o nā kaila ʻike like ʻole. 

Ua manaʻo wau inā hoʻokahi hopena kēlā, kahi e ʻae ai i kēlā ʻāpana o ka hana ʻepekema e ʻae iā ʻoe e hoʻohaʻahaʻa e pili ana i kou wahi i ka honua, a e hoʻomaopopo he mea liʻiliʻi loa ia e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻohuli, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā a hoʻāʻo e hoʻomaopopo. A laila he aha nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻē aʻe? 

ʻO ka hoʻokalakupua ʻē aʻe kekahi. E like me koʻu kīkēkē ʻana i ka pākaukau a ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole kū ka laki maikaʻi ʻole aʻu i manaʻo ai. No laila aia kēia illusion o ka kaohi, kēia illusion e kaohi ʻoe i nā mea āpau. Ua manaʻo wau aia ʻelua mau mea keu e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻimi ma o ka moʻolelo, a me kēia manaʻo o ke keu o ka maopopo loa e pili ana i ka hoʻokomo iki o kou wahi i ke ao holoʻokoʻa a me ka hana ʻepekema a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa a me ka akāka, hiki iā ʻoe ke waiho kaʻawale. a ʻeha loa kēlā. ʻO ka heluhelu ʻana i ka manaʻo i loko o nā mea āpau āpau a noʻonoʻo ʻoe, e ʻike ʻoe, e haʻi aku ana nā ʻōpū iā ʻoe i ke ʻano o ke anilā. ʻO ka mea e hoʻohui loa ana, akā ʻaʻole ia e kōkua iā ʻoe i ka honua. 

A ʻo ka mea hoihoi aʻu i ʻike ai - a he ʻano mea pāpā ʻole ia e ʻōlelo ai - akā ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o kāu kaohi i kou ola, ʻo ka huli paha ia i ka noʻonoʻo kilokilo e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka illusion o ka kāohi. A ʻaʻohe mea hewa i kēlā! ʻO kēlā lele o ka manaʻoʻiʻo he ʻano noʻonoʻo ʻole, noʻonoʻo ʻole hiki ke waiwai maoli a me ka hoʻonui ʻana a me ka hānai ʻana, a ʻaʻohe mea hewa me kēlā. A hoʻohui ia iā mākou. Ma ke ʻano he kaiāulu a me kahi laha, pono mākou i kēlā. Pono mākou e manaʻo ua lōkahi a pono mākou i ka moʻomeheu a pono mākou i ke kaiāulu a me nā manaʻo like i mea e hauʻoli a olakino ai. 

No laila he ʻano ke nānā aku i kēlā mau mea ʻoi aku ka ʻae a ʻae i ko mākou ʻano waena e hoʻomaka i kekahi hopena. Akā ʻeha ʻo ia i ka hoʻomaka o ka moʻolelo. Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo ia, akā he kuli iki kona i ke kaiāulu a paʻakikī loa iā ia. A e ʻae iā ia e neʻe i kahi kaiaulu kahi e kaʻana nei ʻo ia i ka moʻomeheu o ka meaʻai a kaʻana like i kēlā pilina me nā poʻe ma mua, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻike ʻoe, hāʻule ia Akā loaʻa iā ia kahi pilina waiwai a paʻa ʻoiai [Kai Fever] ulu, ʻoiai i ka manawa like e ʻae ana i nā ikaika o kāna kaila ʻike e hoʻokau i ke koena o ka moʻolelo. 

KM: Ua ʻike wau i kēlā - i loko o ka weliweli he nui o Irelani - aia kekahi kumuhana nui o ke kūlohelohe, a he kupaianaha kēlā kumuhana kūlohelohe. He mea nui anei ka weliweli i ke ala ʻo ia ma ʻAmelika, a i ʻole ʻaʻole nui ka nui ma ʻIlelani?

NH: He nīnau hoihoi loa kēlā. Makemake au e hoʻolahalaha no ka mea manaʻo wau he ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia mea paʻi kiʻi, a paʻakikī loa e ʻike mai loko o kāu moʻomeheu ponoʻī e hana nei. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka nānā aku ma waho a ʻike i kēlā mau motika e piʻi hou aʻe. 

ʻO ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ʻIlalani he 1.5 miliona wale nō ka poʻe, no laila ʻaʻohe o mākou ʻano hana nui, a ʻo ka moʻomeheu agrarian kahi hiʻohiʻona nui o ko Irelani ola. A manaʻo wau he kaiāulu ʻohana loa ia ma ʻIlalani; pili loa mākou i ka ʻohana a pili nui ka pilina iā mākou, a he mea nui ka aʻa iā mākou. 

Aia kahi humuhumu waiwai o nā kaʻao kuʻuna ma ʻIlani a me ka haʻi moʻolelo, a ʻo ka nui o ia mea he gothic [ʻakaʻaka]. Hele a pouli nā moʻolelo! ʻOiai lākou, manaʻo wau, ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ka wā e pili ana i ka haʻi moʻolelo folkloric. ʻO lākou kēlā mau manaʻo hoʻohālikelike moemoeā - mai hele i ka ulu lāʻau i ka pō! No laila, manaʻo wau e hoʻomaopopo i ka manaʻo ʻIlani.

Inā ʻoe e nānā i nā mea hana kiʻi ʻIlani i nā makahiki, aia pinepine ka ʻike maʻalahi gothic i ka hana. Nānā ʻoe iā Neil Jordan, me he mea lā, e Iesu kahi gothic e ʻakaʻaka ai. ʻO nā hale pule - i hoʻopaʻa ʻia [ma TIFF] i ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei - loaʻa kēlā ʻano ʻano gothic like. Ke Kai Hoʻoilo Loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike gothic like. No laila, ʻae ... manaʻo wau aia ʻoe i kekahi mea [ʻakaʻaka].

KM: He aha kāu ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e hāʻawi ai i nā mea hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni wahine?

NH: E ʻōlelo wau i ʻekolu mau mea. E ʻōlelo wau ʻaʻole e noi i ka ʻae, hana wale. E haʻi i kou manaʻo. A inā ʻaʻole ʻoe hauʻoli, e ʻōlelo pēlā. 

Manaʻo wau he paʻakikī, akā. Ke hana nei au no 20 mau makahiki i ke kīwī kiʻekiʻe, a i nā manawa he nui ke hele wau i ka set, ʻo wau ka wahine alakaʻi mua a kekahi o nā luina i hana pū ai. ʻAno ʻē nō ia. 

Nui a lehulehu nā wahine i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a nui a lehulehu wale nā ​​wahine kālena maoli i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. A he nui nā wahine kaulana, maikaʻi, a holomua hoʻi i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Akā helu helu, aia ke kaupaku aniani. Aia kahi kaupaku kīʻaha kahi e nui ai nā wahine e hana nei ma kekahi pae, a i ka manawa e piʻi ai nā kālā, iho ka helu o nā wahine i lalo. A he bias ʻike ʻole kēlā. No laila ʻo ka nīnau pehea mākou e lanakila ai i ka bias ʻike ʻole? 

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia wale nō ko mākou pilikia. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonā i kēia iā mākou iho, pono mākou i nā mea āpau e hoʻoponopono i kēia pilikia. ʻAʻole ia he pilikia hiki ʻole ke hoʻoponopono ʻia - he pilikia maʻalahi maʻalahi e hoʻoponopono [ʻakaʻaka]. A manaʻo wau ʻo ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hana ke hoʻomau mau i ka hana, hoʻomau i ka hana. Mai noi i kahi ʻae. Inā hōʻino ka poʻe iā ʻoe, ʻoiaʻiʻo e lawe iā ia ma ka papa, e noʻonoʻo, lawe, ʻae i ka loiloi, a hoʻomau i ka hana. 

KM: He aha kāu mea i hoʻoulu ai no Kai Fever, a he aha ka mea e hoʻohuli ʻia iā ʻoe ke hana i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

NH: He nīnau maikaʻi kēlā. Manaʻo wau i nā ukana a me nā ukana o nā mea like ʻole. Manaʻo wau ʻo ka laulā o kāu palette moʻomeheu ma ke ʻano he mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni - ma ke ʻano he mea hana, ʻo ka mea maʻamau, ʻae ʻoe e ʻae ʻoe - ʻoi aku ka laulā o ka ʻoi aku, no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ka mea e pīhoihoi ai iā ʻoe, a i ʻole ʻike ʻoe ke hana nei ʻoe i pilikia pilikia moʻolelo e pili ana i kou poʻo. 

E lilo ana ia he nīnauele āu e heluhelu ai, a i ʻole kahi puke heluhelu āu i heluhelu ai, a i ʻole kekahi mea mai kahi ʻokoʻa loa āu e hele ai, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ia a ʻaʻole wau i noʻonoʻo e like me kēlā ma mua, akā manaʻo maoli kēlā a he kanaka iaʻu. a hiki iaʻu ke hoʻohana i kēlā ʻike a i ʻole manawa hoʻokalakupua - a i ʻole he aha. No laila manaʻo wau he mea nui ka noho ākea a me ka hoihoi i nā mea āpau. 

No kēia, manaʻo wau ʻo nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i hoʻohuli nui iaʻu ʻo nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni paha e like me Ka hōʻea ʻana, Annihilation, Alien, maopopo ... nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni A āpau [ʻakaʻaka]. ʻO ia kahi wahi momona nani loa ma waena o ka waiwai, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiaʻiʻo, hakakā, kahakaha papa i manaʻo ʻia he paʻa a maoli, a me kahi mea moeʻuhane āu e lawe ai a hele ai, pehea inā. He aha inā kēia. Akā ʻaʻole e waiho i kēlā mea e like me ka moeʻuhane, no laila ʻaʻole e waiho iā ia i ʻano ʻano crash-bang-whollop wale nō a me kahi hopena o nā hopena ʻike, akā e hoʻolauna wale iā ia e like me ka waiho ʻana i kahi pōhaku i loko o ka wai a ʻo nā nīlei āpau nā mea āu ke nānā nei lākou. Pēlā nō ka manaʻo.

 

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