Dokotala X, Kanema wa 1932 wolemba Michael Curtiz, ndi gawo limodzi la chaka chino Phwando la Mafilimu la TCM. Kulowa pakati pa nthawi yamadyerero kudzasewera 1:30 am ET Lachisanu Meyi 7, 2021.

Poyang'ana kumbuyo kwa koleji yapamwamba ya zamankhwala, kanemayo amatengera sewero lotchedwa Zoopsa, yomwe idawonetsedwa chaka chimodzi filimuyo isanatuluke ndipo imakhudza kupha anthu ambirimbiri. Mtolankhani (Lee Tracy) atazindikira kuti m'modzi mwa aphunzitsi aku kolejiyo akhoza kukhala akuyambitsa kupha kumeneku, sayimilira kalikonse kuti atenge nkhani ya pepala lake ngakhale litamuyika pachiwopsezo.

Tracey adalumikizidwa ndi omwe adasewera ndi Fay Wray (mfumu Kong), A Lionel Atwill (Kapiteni Magazi), ndi Preston Foster (Masiku Otsiriza a Pompeii).

Inali nthawi yosangalatsa pakupanga makanema. Kukhumudwaku kudakhudza makampani opanga makanema - monga chuma chonse - molimbika. Nyumba zachitetezo pafupifupi zitatu zidatsekedwa, ndipo ambiri adasandulika nthabwala kuti zitseko zawo zisatseguke. Studios ngati Warner Bros., MGM, ndi Universal adasandutsa makanema owopsa kuti apange omvera. Mwayi kwa iwo, chilinganizo chinagwira ntchito, ndipo ndipamene Alan K. Rode akuti, director Michael Curtiz adalowa chithunzichi.

Rode adalemba bukuli kwa wotsogolera yemwe amathandizira pafupifupi makanema 200 asanamwalire. Nkhani zonse za masamba 700+, Michael Curtiz: A Life in Zithunzi, idayamba ndi ntchito komanso malingaliro ochokera kwa bwenzi pomwe iHorror idatulukira pomwe tidakhala pansi ndi wolemba mbiri kuti tikambirane za kanema ndi director wake patsogolo pa chikondwerero cha kanema.

"Ndidapemphedwa kuti ndilembe buku lokhudza wotsogolera ndi University Press yaku Kentucky," Rode adalongosola. “Ndimakonda kulima malo atsopano. Sindikuganiza kuti dziko lapansi likusowa buku lina lokhudza Joan Crawford, mwachitsanzo, sindilemba. Ndinali ndimaganizo a anthu angapo. Kenako mnzanga, malemu Richard Erdman, adati, 'Mukudziwa Mike adandipeza. Anandipeza nditangomaliza sukulu yasekondale. Muyenera kulemba za Mike Curtiz. '”

Ndipo, ndizomwe Rode adachita. Zomwe zimayenera kukhala ntchito yazaka ziwiri zidakhala zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zofufuza, kuyenda, ndi kulemba kuti apange ndi buku lonena za Michael Curtiz. Mwachilengedwe, pamene TCM idasankha kukonza Dokotala X pachikondwerero chake chaka chino, adayitanitsa Rode kuti atenge nawo mbali.

Ndiye mwamunayo yemwe pamapeto pake amawongolera makanema adakonda Casablanca ndi Mildred Pierce kuchita nawo kanema wowopsa?

Mwachilengedwe, chifukwa cha nthawiyo, zambiri zimakhudzana ndi situdiyo. Rode akuwonetsa kuti Curtiz anali mgwirizano ndi a Warners kuyambira 1926 mpaka 1953. Nthawi yomwe situdiyo idalamulira kwambiri ndikupeza zinthu zambiri zosavomerezeka, mgwirizano woyamba wa Curtiz adawerenga kuti "chilichonse chomwe adachita kapena kuganiza" pomwe anali mgwirizano ndi Warner A Bros anali a studio.

"Sindingaganize zamtundu wina uliwonse wa director yemwe anali ndiudindo wamachitidwe ndi zotulutsa za studio ina iliyonse," adatero Rode. “Koma, panthawiyi, anali akufunabe kuti apeze. Kufanizira komwe ndimagwiritsa ntchito m'buku langa ndikuti anali woyang'anira wamkulu mufakitole yamafilimu. Anali munthu wofunikira koma anali ndi owongolera ambiri ofunika panthawiyo. Ankachita chilichonse chomwe amamuwuza kuti achite. Ndi zomwe anali kunena. ”

Zomwe adauza Curtiz kuti achite kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 30s ndikupanga kanema wowopsa. Jack Warner anali ndi mgwirizano woti akwaniritse ndi Technicolor, ndipo Ntchito X ndi "atolankhani ochenjera, owerenga mwamphamvu, apolisi omwe anali atcheru ngati zotsekemera, ndi Fay Wray" omangirizidwa ku nkhani yonena za wakupha munthu wamba yemwe anali woyenera ndalamazo.

Mofanana ndi ntchito zake zonse, Curtiz adadzipangira yekha ntchitoyi kuti apange chiwonetsero chabwino kwambiri cha kanema.

"Adayesa kuyeserera kusiyanasiyana kulikonse kuti apange filimuyo momwe angathere," adatero. "Zachidziwikire, izi zamubwezera m'mbuyo ndandanda zolimba izi komanso bajeti zovuta. Chifukwa chake, pankhani ya Dokotala X, nthawi ina, ine ndikuganiza iye ankagwira ntchito kwa olimba maola 24 Lamlungu. Onse anakomoka. ”

Kuunikira kotentha kwambiri kwa Technicolor pantchitoyi sikunathandizenso Curtiz. Nthawi ina, nyenyezi ya kanema, a Lionel Atwill, adafunsa mafunso pomwe adalankhula za chovala chake chovala mwadzidzidzi chimayamba kusuta ngati kuti chatsala pang'ono kuyaka. Mukamajambula, ochita sewerowo nthawi zambiri ankathawa akangotchedwa "cut".

Komabe, kwa okonda mitundu, kanemayo amadzitamandira pazenera lalikulu loyamba la Fay Wray chaka chatha mfumu Kong, ndipo ili ndi zovuta zambiri, makamaka chifukwa cha ntchito ya kamera ya Curtiz ndikuwunika tsatanetsatane makamaka pamalo amodzi ofunikira labotale ya Xavier.

Poyesa kupha wakupayo, dotolo amamangira anzawo m'mipando ndikuwakakamiza kuti awonere kuwonetseredwa kwamilandu ya omwe amapha Mwezi poyesa kudziwa momwe akumvera komanso momwe akumvera. Malowa ndi chitsanzo chodabwitsa chokhazikitsa mavuto.

Ndipo makamera akakhala akulu kwambiri kuti angayende kwambiri, Curtiz amasuntha ochita sewerowo m'malo mwake. Idapatsa makanema ake mwachangu omwe adanyamula kuchokera pamalo ena kupita kwina ndipo amasunga omvera ake pamphepete mwa mipando yawo.

Mutha kuwona ntchito ya Curtiz Dokotala X Lachisanu, Meyi 7, 2021 nthawi ya 1:30 AM ET ngati gawo la TCM Film Festival yodzaza ndi zolembedwa zazifupi zokhala ndi Alan K. Rode amalankhula za makanema owopsa a Michael Curtiz koyambirira kwa ma 1930.