Januwale, 1999. Chikondwerero cha Mafilimu a Sundance. Kanema watsopano wodabwitsa watsopano wochokera kwa Dan Myrick ndi Eduardo Sanchez wakonzekera kuti apange dziko lonse lapansi. Magetsi adazimitsidwa m'bwalo lamasewera ndipo kwa mphindi 81 zotsatira, omvera adakhala atatengeka ndikuwonetsetsa koyamba kwa Pulojekiti ya Blair Witch.

Makina olengeza a Myrick / Sanchez anali atayamba kugwira ntchito ku Sundance chaka chomwecho. Iwo adawona kuti nkhaniyi ndi yoona, ndikuwonetsa kuthekera kwawo pochita izi.

Pamapeto pa chikondwererochi, Artisan Entertainment anali atagula ufulu wogawa kwa Pulojekiti ya Blair Witch kwa $ 1.1 miliyoni, zomwe zimayenera kuwonetsa malingaliro awo poganizira bajeti yocheperako ya $ 60,000 yokha.

Gawo lotsatira, kumene, linali momwe mungagulitsire kanemayo kwa omvera ambiri.

Myrick ndi Sanchez adabwereranso kuntchito ndipo potero adapanga zikhalidwe pogwiritsa ntchito chida chonyezimira chatsopano chomwe chimapanga mafunde ake panthawiyo: intaneti.

Mu 1999, kulumikizana pa intaneti komanso nkhani zidali zazing'ono kwa gawo lalikulu la anthu. Ma injini osakira anali osakongola, ndipo zithunzi ndi zofalitsa zina zimatha kutenga mphindi zochepa kutsitsa. Macheza a IRC anali okwiya, ndipo m'miyezi yochepa chabe, mawu oti Napster angayambe kunong'onezedwa pakati pa abwenzi.

Iyo inali nthawi yomwe imakhalabe yowala ndi chikhumbo.

Mukapita pa intaneti ndikusaka "Blair Witch," simunali oyenera kupeza ndemanga monga zikwangwani zotchuka kwambiri za "Kusowa" ndi zoyankhulana, "nkhani," ndi zolemba zina zomwe adapanga mosamala ndi omwe adapanga kanema kuti apatse chinyengo chakuti filimu yawo idachitikadi.

Ambiri pambuyo pake anganene kuti izi sizabwino, koma kwa ine, ndizachitsanzo chodabwitsa chotsatsa malonda chomwe chikuyenera kukhala malo m'mbiri pafupi ndi mipando yoyenda ya William Castle ndi mafupa oyandama komanso buku la Hitchcock momwe angagulitsire Psycho.

Pofika koyambirira kwa Chilimwe 1999, phokoso lidayamba kubangula ndipo pa Julayi 1, 1999, Artisan adatulutsa Pulojekiti ya Blair Witch padziko lapansi. Pofika kumapeto kwa mweziwo, kufunika kudali kukulira kotero kuti kumasulidwa kocheperako kukukulirakulira, ndipo pasanapite nthawi, kanemayo wokhala ndi bajeti yocheperako adakhala imodzi mwamasulidwe opambana kwambiri nthawi zonse, ndikupanga $ 248 miliyoni padziko lonse lapansi.

Pepala, manambalawa ndi odabwitsa, koma kodi izi zidamasulira bwanji kulandira kwa kanema?

Mwachidule, otsutsa anakonda Kanemayo ndi ndemanga zake zinali zabwino.

Ngakhale Roger Ebert, yemwe anali ndi zochulukirapo pazazithunzi za mtunduwo kwazaka zambiri adapatsa nyenyezi zinayi kulemba:

"Chifukwa malingaliro awo adatentha ndikulankhula za mfiti, ziwombankhanga ndi kupha ana m'nkhalango, chifukwa chakudya chawo chatha ndipo utsi wawo watha, iwo (ndipo ife) tili ambiri mhore mantha kuposa ngati amangothamangitsidwa ndi munthu wina wovala zodzikongoletsera."

Omvera, komabe, anali nyumba yogawanika.

Za ine, ndikukumbukira bwino pomwe ndidatenga anzanga awiri apamtima, Joe ndi Matt, ndikuyenda ma 60 mamailosi kupita ku Mesquite, Texas ndi bwalo lamasewera loyandikira kwambiri lomwe limawonetsa kanemayo kuti tidzitha kudzionera tokha.

Pofika nthawi ino, ambiri aife timadziwa kuti kanemayo sanali "weniweni" koma sizinachititse chilichonse kuti muchepetse chidwi cha omvera pamene magetsi anali kutsika ndipo filimuyo imayamba.

Mofanana ndi omvera a ku Sundance, ine ndi anzanga tinakhala pansi mosinthana ndi zomwe tinkawona, manja athu akugwira zolimba mipando yathu, ndipo pomwe filimuyo imatha mwadzidzidzi, omvera anzathu amatulutsa mawu pamakoma a zisudzo.

Zinali zopusa kwambiri. ”

Sanasonyeze kalikonse! ”

"Izi zikuyenera kukhala zowopsa?"

Ngakhalenso, Matt, Joe, kapena ineyo sitinasunthire kwambiri. Tinakhala pamenepo mwakachetechete modabwitsa kwakanthawi pomwe mwadzidzidzi Matt adatsamira mosamala, natiyang'ana, ndikunena mwakachetechete, "Ndikuganiza kuti ndichinthu chowopsa kwambiri chomwe ndidawonapo."

Tidayimirira ndikuyang'ana omvera omwe adandizungulira pomwe anali kutuluka m'bwalomo. Ambiri anali kuseka, kuseka zomwe anali atawona kumene, koma monga ine ndi anzanga, panali ochulukirapo kuposa ochepa omwe adakhala pamenepo akuwoneka kuti akuyesera kuti amvetsetse zomwe adawona komanso chifukwa chomwe mantha akuluwo amawoneka kuti ndiwowoneka.

Pamene tinali kupita ku galimoto, potsiriza kupeza mawu athu, ndimayang'ana pozungulira ine pamagetsi amzindawu ndi mazana amgalimoto omwe amayenda msewu waulere pomwe lingaliro linafika kwa ine.

Ambiri mwa anthu omwe adaseka filimuyo sanayende mtunda wa makilomita 60 kubwerera kumidzi yaku East Texas mumdima. Gahena, ambiri aiwo anali asanapite kuthengo, makamaka kuthera nthawi yakumisasa. Sakanakhala ndi malingaliro awo amawadzaza ndi mantha akamadzuka ku tulo tofa nato Chinachake tsukani chinsalu cha mahema awo.

Ndinafotokozera izi anzanga omwe adagwedezera mutu ndikuvomereza ndipo tidapanga ulendo wodekha wobwerera kunyumba kuchokera kumzinda womwe tidapitapo limodzi kale.

Tsopano, sikuti aliyense wokonda filimuyo anali ndi mbiri yofanana ndi yathu, ndipo opitilira ochepa chabe adakulira mtawuniyi. Momwemonso, ena mwa odana nawo adakhala kuthengo. Komabe, munthawi imeneyi, malingaliro anga anali omveka.

Mosasamala kanthu, kanemayo posakhalitsa adakhala gawo la mbiri yakale ya chikhalidwe cha anthu, ndikuwongolera zomwe zinali zowala pang'ono "zowoneka" zowopsa, ndikupanga ma copycats angapo. Zithunzithunzi zake ndizotenthedwa m'maganizo mwathu.

Pasanapite nthawi, ma parody adayamba, ndipo aliyense kuchokera Movie Yowopsa kuti "Charmed" adatchulanso kanemayo mwanjira ina.

A Dan Myrick ndi Eduardo Sanchez apitilizabe kulemba ndikuwongolera zaka zapitazo Pulojekiti ya Blair Witch. Sanchez yatsogolera magawo angapo apawailesi yakanema pamndandanda woti "Kuyambira Dusk 'mpaka Dawn: The Series" ndipo Myrick akuwongolera kanema woyembekezeredwa wolanda zakunja, Skyman, chifukwa chakumapeto kwa chaka chino.

Mpaka lero, Pulojekiti ya Blair Witch ndiwo mutu woyamba kubwera m'maganizo mwanu pomwe aliyense wopanga makanema atchulidwa, ndipo ngati mukufuna kuyambitsa mkangano pakati pa mafani owopsa, bweretsani kanemayo aliyense atamwa kapena awiri. Posachedwa mupeza kuti chipinda chagawanika popanda aliyense wotsalira.

Za ine, ndimasangalalabe ndikamasula DVD yakale ndikukhazikika munkhalango ndi Heather, Josh, ndi Mike.