Chirombo Chimabwera Pakati pa Usiku ndi filimu yomwe ikubwera ya werewolf yochokera ku Tampa, Fla. Firimuyi ikutsatira zochitika za achinyamata asanu a m'tauni yaing'ono, omwe amakumana ndi wolowerera waubweya, wofanana ndi IT or mlendo Zinthu. 

iHorror idapeza mwayi wokhala pansi ndi wotsogolera komanso wolemba nawo filimuyi, Christopher Jackson, kuti alankhule za werewolves ndikujambula mawonekedwe odziyimira pawokha. Jackson nayenso ndi m'modzi mwa owongolera pamasamba opangidwa ndi iHorror Nkhani Zowopsa, amene Jackson amalankhulanso za tsogolo la zokambiranazo. 

Bri Spieldenner: Kodi mumakonda chiyani popanga filimu yanu yatsopano, Chirombo Chimabwera Pakati pa Usiku?

Christopher Jackson: Chabwino, zinali zabwino kuti potsiriza tituluke mumitundu yaifupi yamakanema omwe ali ndi filimu, ife (Zithunzi za Cineview Studios) takhala tikudzipangira mbiri monga kampani yopanga mafilimu kwa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazi. Ndiyeno uwu unali mwayi wabwino kuti ife tilowe mu dziko la mafilimu owonetsera. Ndikuganiza kuti mwina gawo langa lomwe ndimalikonda linali kupeza mwayi wotambasula miyendo yathu pafilimuyi kwa nthawi yoyamba. 

Koma kunja kwa izo, kugwira ntchito ndi otsogolera asanu kunali kwabwino. Onse ndi ana ang'onoang'ono, onse anali ofunitsitsa kukhala pampando, onse ankagwirizana kwambiri. Ndipo timayika nthawi yambiri ndi khama pomanga chemistry ya oponya pamodzi kuti amve bwino. Iwo anatenga malangizo bwino kwambiri. Ndipo kotero icho chinali chinthu china ndikungowawona iwo atakhala ndikupeza malo omwe anali ndi nthawi yabwino, ndikugwira ntchito molimbika nthawi yomweyo. Izo zinali zabwino kwambiri, nazonso.

BS: Mwawapeza kuti ochita zisudzowa?

CJ: Kanemayu anali ataseweredwa kale, gawo lokhalo lomwe ndidapanga makamaka anali wotsogolera zisudzo, Madelyn Chimento monga Mary. Kotero izo zinalinso zosangalatsa, chifukwa, popeza ndinalibe dzanja lenileni pa ntchito yoponya, chifukwa cha ndondomeko ya nthawi yomwe tinali pansi, ndinkafuna kuonetsetsa kuti ana anali ndi nthawi yambiri yochezera limodzi kale. filimuyo inayamba. Sindinafune kuponya alendo pagulu limodzi, chifukwa ndi gawo limodzi. Ndipo kotero ine ndimafuna kupanga chiyanjano chimenecho à la mlendo Zinthu, kumene ana, iwo anasonkhana pamodzi. 

Chifukwa chake ndinganene, sabata imodzi tisanapite ku kamera, tidakhala pafupifupi sabata limodzi tikuyeserera limodzi. Ndipo ndinali ine ndi ana asanu kwa pafupi sabata imodzi. Ndipo timasewera masewera. Chinthu chinanso chosangalatsa ndi ambiri mwa ana awa, iyi inali nthawi yawo yoyamba pazenera. Ndipo ndinali nditagwirapo ntchito ndi Madelyn Chimento pa kanema kakang'ono mwina milungu inayi kapena isanu ndisanabweretsedwe ku polojekitiyi. Ndipo kotero iye ndi ine tinali kale ndi ubale wabwino kwambiri wogwira ntchito. Kukonzekera kwa izo kunali kosangalatsa kwambiri, chifukwa kunali masewera ambiri a zisudzo, kukonzekera comedy yomwe inali patsogolo pathu. Tinkafuna kuswa zipolopolo ndikukhala ngati tidziwane. Ndipo kotero ndi zomwe tinachita. 

BS: Zodabwitsa. Inde, ndizabwino kwambiri kuti mudakhala ndi nthawi yomanga maubwenzi amenewo ndi ochita zisudzo. 

CJ: Panalibe zochitika zosonyeza kuti sangayesere. Ndipo panthawi ina, tinali kukhala ndi tsiku limodzi lokonzekera. Ndipo kwa ine sizinali zovomerezeka. Kotero ife tinazipanga izo mu maonekedwe athu, mu chisanadze kupanga kwathu kuti tikhale ndi sabata lathunthu la kubwereza tisanalowe mmenemo. 

Ndipo iwo anali masiku ambiri, iwo ankagwira ntchito mwakhama kwambiri. Chifukwa anali atakhala ngati amasewera ngati Eric Roberts, Michael Paré ndi Joe Castro, awa ndi akale akale akanema. Ndipo pa nthawi yathu, chifukwa nthawiyi inali yopenga pakupanga komweko. Tinalibe nthawi yoti tifike pamasewera ndikukhala ngati, chabwino, titani? Tidadziwa kupita momwe zowonerazo zinali, momwe tingakwaniritsire mwaluso kuchokera pakuchita, chifukwa tidayeserera kale kwa sabata. 

BS: Kodi mungafotokoze bwino bwanji Chirombo Chimabwera Pakati pa Usiku? 

CJ: Ndinganene kuti ndi za gulu la achinyamata omwe amapeza kuti werewolf ali m'tawuni yawo yaing'ono ya Florida. Ndi sewero lanthabwala lomwe lili ndi zinthu zowopsa, chifukwa filimuyo pomwe ndidapeza zolemba zoyambirira, ndipo ndidalowanso ndikulembanso, ndimafuna filimu yowopsa yomwe mabanja amatha kuwonera limodzi, ndimafuna kuti ana ndi achinyamata ndi akulu onse athe sangalalani ndi filimuyi. Ndipo kotero ine ndinganene kuti ndi sewero lanthabwala lomwe lili ndi zinthu zoopsa mkati mwake.

BS: Ndipo anali Chirombo Chimabwera Pakati pa Usiku filimu yanu yoyamba ngati director?

CJ: Ayi, ndinali ndi filimu imodzi pafupifupi zaka 12 zapitazo yomwe sidzawona kuwala kwa tsiku. Ndipo zinali ngati ubatizo wopangidwa ndi moto. Chifukwa chake, ndidangomaliza gawo langa loyamba ngati wosewera. Ndipo ine ndinati, Ndikufuna kupanga mafilimu m'malo mokhala mu kanema. Ndipo kotero ine ndinali ngati, ine ndingodumphira mkati ndikupanga filimu yowonekera. Kulakwitsa kwakukulu. Sindingathe kulimbikitsa anthu kuti asamachite izi, yambani ndi kanema kakang'ono, yambani ndi mphindi 10 kapena mphindi 30 ndipo musalumphe mufilimuyi. Chifukwa chake, pambuyo pake, ndidafuna kupitiliza kukulitsa luso langa monga director. Ndipo pazaka 12 zapitazi, ndapanga mulu wa mafilimu achidule. Monga wotsogolera komanso wolemba, ndawongolera malonda ambiri. Inali nthawi yokhayo yomwe ndimakhala womasuka mokwanira mu luso langa kuti nditenge izi monga wolemba komanso wotsogolera.

BS: Munalemba Chirombo Chimabwera Pakati pa Usiku komanso?

CJ: Ed McKeever, m'modzi mwa opanga wamkulu, ndiye adayambitsa nkhaniyi. Ananditumizira script. Nditalankhula ndi Ed ndi Todd Oifer, yemwe ndi wopanga wamkulu, ndidawatsimikizira kuti andilole kutenga mbali zabwino kwambiri za lingaliro loyambirira la Ed ndikupanga nkhani yomwe ndidadziwa kuti titha kujambula milungu itatu, chifukwa ndizo zonse zomwe tinali nazo, milungu itatu. , ndipo zinali zamisala, ndimatha kuyankhula kwa maola ambiri momwe filimuyi inalili yopenga, chifukwa ndikutsimikizira kuti zinali ngati Robert Rodriguez, mukudziwa, wopanduka wopanda gulu la ogwira ntchito, kunali kuthamangira kwamisala. Chifukwa chake ndidapanga script m'njira yomwe ndimadziwa kuti ndikufuna kuwongolera chifukwa sindine wotsogolera wowopsa. Ngakhale ndachita mafilimu owopsa kwambiri. Ndimakonda kupangitsa anthu kuseka ndipo ndimakonda kupangitsa anthu kuganiza choncho uwu unali mwayi wabwino wochitira zimenezo, kupangitsa anthu kuseka. Ndinapanga sewero lanthabwala limodzi ndi Jason Henne, anali wolemba mnzanga. Ndinalemba malemba omwe tsopano akuwombera.

Zinali zabwino kwambiri. Chifukwa nthawi zambiri amangondisiya ndikungondisiya, ndizosowa kuchita izi. Ndipo kuti ndipeze izi makamaka m'mafilimu odziyimira pawokha, zimandivuta kwambiri kukhala ndi mwayi wongokhala wojambula ndikuyamba kupanga, ndipo ndizomwe Todd ndi Ed adandipatsa, kotero zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri.

BS: Eya, ndizo zabwino kwambiri. Ndine wokondwa kuti mwakwanitsadi Chirombo Chimabwera Pakati pa Usiku filimu yanu. Kodi mukuganiza kuti muchita zowopsya kwambiri pamenepo?

CJ: Mukudziwa, sindikutsutsana nazo. Sindidzakhala munthu amene amapanga filimu yodula ngati Halloween kapena ngati chinthu chamtundu wa Freddy Krueger. Pokhapokha ngati pali china chake chomwe chimandisangalatsa pa izi. Monga ndanenera, ndimakonda kuseketsa anthu. Ndipo ndimakonda kupangitsa anthu kuganiza, awa ndi mitundu yanga iwiri yomwe ndimakonda kwambiri yoti ndigwirepo ntchito. Ndipo ndikuganiza muwona kuti mutatha kukulunga izi ndi Joe Castro, yemwe adachita zonse zapadera ndikusewera werewolf yathu, adayamba kukankha. kuzungulira lingaliro lalikulu kwambiri lanthabwala ili lomwe ndimakonda kwambiri. Ife tiri ngati tikugwira ntchito pa izo. Koma sanaikidwe mwala. Kotero sindinganene kuti sindidzachitanso zoopsa. Dominic Smith ndi ine tikukonzekera kubweretsanso Nkhani Zowopsa, yomwe ndi mtundu wamtundu wowopsa.

BS: Gotcha. Ndipo Nkhani Zowopsa ndi mndandanda wapaintaneti, sichoncho? 

CJ: Kulondola. Choncho Nkhani Zowopsa ndinachita ndi ine ndekha ndi Dominic Smith. Ndipo iHorror idathandiziradi nyengo yoyamba. Ndipo chiyembekezo chathu ndichoti, chifukwa takhala ndi magawo awiri a nyengo yachiwiri omwe adawomberedwa kale, atha. Koma mliri unagunda. Ndipo kotero izo zinayika chirichonse pa izo. Tsopano tikubwerera ku nthawi yoti, chabwino, tiyeni timalize nyengo yachiwiri ndikuwona zomwe zikuchitika. Chifukwa nyengo yoyamba idachita bwino kwambiri. Kotero, zingakhale zosangalatsa kuwona zomwe nyengo yachiwiri ikuchita tsopano popeza tasintha mawonekedwe pang'ono.

BS: Ndizodabwitsa. Ndi zabwino kumva kuti mukubwerera mu izo. Ndiye zisonkhezero zowopsa ndi ziti Chirombo Chimabwera Pakati pa Usiku? 

CJ: Zikafika pazochitika zenizeni zowopsa, ndimayang'ana kanema wa werewolf yemwe ndimatha kuyikapo, ndimatha masiku ndi masiku ndikuwonera makanema a werewolf, kuti ndipeze mtundu womwe ndimakonda. Koma ndikuganiza kuti zomwe zidandilimbikitsa kwambiri pafilimuyi sizinali mafilimu owopsa. Zomwe zidandikhudza kwambiri ndi filimuyi, zinali zinthu ngati The Goonies or mlendo Zinthu kapena mpaka Mtsikana wachinyamata, comedic mbali imeneyo, Mtsikana wachinyamata si kanema wowopsa, ili ndi mphindi zingapo zowopsa monsemo. Ndipo ndinali ngati, uku ndi komwe ndimafuna kukhala. 

Ndipo kotero cholinga changa sichinali pa werewolf monga momwe zinalili pomanga dziko limene ana awa akukhalamo pamodzi, kumverera kwapadera kumeneku komwe anali nako pamodzi. Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndizomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zoseketsa kwambiri ndikuti ana amacheza nthawi zonse. Ndipo werewolf imakhalapo nthawi zonse. Koma iye si cholinga chathu chachikulu, mukudziwa?

BS: Pankhani imeneyi, zidakuchitikirani bwanji pojambula filimu yokhudzana ndi zolengedwa? Kodi chinali chinthu chomwe chinakuvutani kugwira nacho ntchito? The werewolf palokha?

CJ: Inde, ndinganene kuti izi zinali zovuta kwambiri, chifukwa chakuti werewolf idapangidwa kale ndikupangidwa pofika nthawi yomwe ndidakwera. Ndipo kunena zoona, ndikukumbukira nditakwera, adangopanga manja ndi mutu wa werewolf. Kunalibe thupi konse. Ndipo kotero ine ndinali ngati, ayi, ayi, tiyenera kukhala ndi thupi. Choncho tinalenga thupi. Koma zinali zosangalatsa kugwira ntchito ndi werewolf, chifukwa mukakhala mulibe zopangira zenizeni pa cholengedwacho, musanalowetsedwe, muyenera kupita, chabwino, tingagwiritse ntchito bwanji cholengedwa ichi kuti mwakukhoza kwanga monga wotsogolera. Ndipo kotero ine ndikuganiza ndi zomwe tinachita. 

Tidachita mwayi kuti Joe Castro awuluke kuchokera ku California kuti akhale wolf wathu. Chifukwa iye sanayesedwe kukhala wolf. Ndinamupempha pafoni tsiku lina, ndinali ngati, Joe, ndikufuna kuti ukhale wopenga wathu mufilimuyi. Ndipo Joe amapita, sindikudziwa, ndiyenera kuti ndisachite. Chifukwa ndikufuna kuti ndiwone zotsatira zomwe zikuchitika komanso zinthu zonsezi. Ndipo ndidati, Joe, ndikupezerani aliyense yemwe mungafune kuti muwone zowonera mukuchita. Ndikufuna kuti mukhale nkhandwe yanga, mungakhale wangwiro. Ndipo iye anati inde. Umene uli wapamwamba mwayi kwa ife kukhala naye kumeneko. 

Koma ndinganene kuti pogwira ntchito ndi werewolf iyi, ndimayenera kupeza njira yogwirizana ndi kalembedwe kanga kakanema. Ndipo kotero ndikuganiza kuti tidachita izi, ndikuganiza kuti timalemekeza kwambiri mafilimu owopsa a zolengedwa zowopsa cha m'ma 1980, komwe kumakhala kosangalatsa kuwona cholengedwa chifukwa ndi cholengedwa, ngati zili bwino, timachipeza. Tonse tili mu izi limodzi. Ndipo ndi zomwe tinachita. Ndikutanthauza, zolengedwa zamtunduwu ngati ndinu munthu wachikulire yemwe amakonda mafilimu owopsa, mafilimu olengedwa. Mukabwerera ndikuwona mafilimu amenewo lero, muli mu nthabwala. Sikukuwopsyezaninso chifukwa tapita patsogolo kwambiri paukadaulo ndi zolengedwa, sichoncho? Monga timatha kupanga ma werewolves enieni. Izi siziri choncho, izi ndizowopsya kwambiri kuyang'ana werewolf koma ife tonse tiri mu mfundo yakuti ichi ndi cholengedwa, chomwe chiri chosangalatsa kwambiri kwa omvera.

BS: Inde, ndithudi. Ndiye mungati filimu yomwe mumakonda kwambiri ya werewolf ndi chiyani? Kunja kwa Chirombo Chimabwera Pakati pa Usiku kumene.

CJ: Mukudziwa, tinali ndi mkangano uwu kuti filimu yabwino kwambiri ya werewolf ndi chiyani, ndipo aliyense anali ndi zake, anthu ambiri adanena. Silver Bullet. Anthu ambiri anatero Kulira, ndiyenera kunena kuti, mwa kufufuza kwanga konse, ndinasangalala kwambiri American Werewolf ku London. Ndipo chifukwa chomwe ndimachikonda kwambiri ndizomwe zimachitika mnyumbamo. Ndikutanthauza, kusintha kodabwitsa bwanji, ndipo kunali kodabwitsa. Zinali zodetsa nkhawa komanso zoyipa komanso isanakwane nthawi yake, mwa lingaliro langa. Ndiye ndikadayenera, mfuti kumutu, mwina An American Wolf mu London.

BS: Eya, ndi yankho labwino. Mwina ndikugwirizana nanu. Ndimakonda kusinthika kumeneko. 

CJ: Chinthu china chozizira pafilimu yanga ndi chakuti 95% ya filimuyi inawomberedwa ku Tampa, Florida. Ndipo zimenezo zinali mwadala. Tinapeza malo odabwitsa kwambiri ku Showmen's Museum ku Gibsonton. Tinagwiritsa ntchito malowa kuchokera pamwamba mpaka pansi. Zinali zodabwitsa. Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti, monga munthu amene amadziwonetsera yekha ngati wojambula mafilimu ku Florida, kuti athe kusonyeza momwe malo ochititsa chidwi amayenera kuwombera 95% ya izo kuno ku Tampa, ku Hillsborough County, makamaka. Kunali chabe kumva kwabwino kwambiri kubadwa ndikukulira kuno. Zinali zochititsa chidwi kuti nditha kuwunikira malo ambiri omwe anthu ambiri amawanyalanyaza.

BS: Kodi mukuganiza kuti Florida ndi malo abwino owopsa?

CJ: Ndikuganiza kuti Florida ndi malo abwino kwambiri amtundu uliwonse. Ndawombera pafupifupi malo aliwonse akulu ku Florida, ndayenda ulendo wopita ku Everglades kukawombera, ndapita kumizinda yayikulu kuno ku Florida kukawombera. Ndinayenda njanji ndikuchita mphukira. Ndipo ndizodabwitsa zomwe mumapeza ku Florida zomwe anthu ambiri sadziwa. Ndipo ndimanyadira kudziwa malo amenewo ndikutha kutero. Kanema wanga wotsatira adzakhala kuno ku Florida. Apa ndi pamene tikufuna kukhala.

BS: Zodabwitsa. Chabwino, ndikuyamikirani kuti mwatenga nthawi yochita kuyankhulana ndi ine lero. Ndikuganiza kuti zinali zodabwitsa. Kodi filimuyi ili ndi tsiku lotulutsidwa?

CJ: Ndikuganiza kuti chilimwe cha 2022 ndi nthawi yomwe zidzachitike.

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