Zinsinsi zakhala chinthu chosowa, ngati chilipo. Tiyenera kuganiza kuti mafoni athu onse ndi mauthenga akuyang'aniridwa. Winawake nthawizonse amayang'ana. Malo opatulika okhawo omwe atsalira alipo m'malingaliro athu, ndi malingaliro athu, koma bwanji ngati izi zitagwa? Nanga bwanji ngati "iwo" amatha kuwerenga malingaliro athu momwe amawerengera maimelo athu?

THE CIRCLE, TOM HANKS, 2017. PH: FRANK MASI/© EUROPACORP USA

Izi ndizomwe zimachititsa mantha za filimu yatsopano yosangalatsayi Chozungulira, yomwe idachokera mu buku la Dave Eggers la 2013. Circle ndi dzina la kampani yamphamvu yapaintaneti yomwe imachita malonda mwaufulu, chinsinsi, komanso kuyang'anira. Tom Hanks, yemwenso adapanga filimuyi, ndi mtsogoleri wa bungwe. Emma Watson amasewera wachinyamata wogwira ntchito zaukadaulo yemwe amalowa nawo The Circle ndipo amatulukira mwachangu chiwembu chomwe chingakhudze tsogolo la anthu.

THE CIRCLE, EMMA WATSON, 2017. PH: FRANK MASI/© EUROPACORP USA

Posachedwa ndakhala ndi mwayi wolankhula ndi James Ponsoldt, director of Chozungulira, yomwe imayamba kutulutsidwa pa Epulo 28.

DG: Kodi mungafotokoze bwanji chiwembu cha filimuyi?

JP: Mae Holland, mtsikana amene wachoka ku koleji kwa zaka zingapo, sakusangalala ndi moyo wake wapasukulu. Ali ndi ntchito yotopetsa, ndipo akukhala ndi makolo ake, ndipo nzosautsa kwambiri. Kenako mnzake wina waku koleji adakumana naye mosayembekezereka ndikuuza Mae kuti pali ntchito yotseguka pakampani yomwe mnzakeyo amagwira, yotchedwa The Circle. Mae amapeza ntchito pakampaniyo, zomwe zikuwoneka ngati ntchito yamaloto kwa iye. Amayambira mu dipatimenti yowona zamakasitomala, zomwe zili ngati kukhala wothandizira makasitomala koma zosangalatsa kwambiri kuposa ntchito yoyang'anira makasitomala yomwe Mae anali kugwirako kumayambiriro kwa filimuyo. Ntchito yamaloto iyi imakhala moyo wa Mae. Zili ngati chipembedzo. Pali gawo lofanana ndi lachipembedzo ku The Circle, ndipo amakhala wokhulupirira weniweni. Malo a utopian akuwoneka kuti alipo mkati mwa bungwe, ndipo amatenga moyo wa Mae. Kenako amakhala nkhope ya kampaniyo. Apa ndipamene amayamba kudziwa zonse zomwe zikuchitika mkati mwa kampaniyo.

DG: Nchiyani chakukopani ku ntchitoyi?

JP: Ndinalikonda bukulo. Zinandichititsa chidwi. Ndinasesedwa paulendo wa Mae, womwe ndi ulendo wosangalatsa, wachilendo. Ndinali kum’konda kwambiri pamene ndinali kuŵerenga bukhulo, kotero kuti ndinadzimva kukhala wotetezera kwa iye. Kenaka, pamene ndinapitiriza m’bukhulo, ndinayamba kupeza mbali za khalidwe lake ndi umunthu wake zosasangalatsa, zomwe zinandikhumudwitsa kwambiri. Ndinali ndi mwayi wopeza malingaliro ake, omwe ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri za nkhaniyi, ndipo ndinazindikira kuti: Bwanji ngati wina angakhoze kuwerenga maganizo anga? Chabwino, mwina sakanandikonda ine kwambiri.

DG: Mukuganiza kuti ndi chiyani chomwe omvera adzapeza chopatsa chidwi komanso chowopsa pafilimuyi?

JP: Ubale wathu ndi zida zathu, zida zamagetsi, zakhala zowopsa, ndipo ndizomwe filimuyi ikunena. Ndinachita mantha kwambiri nditawerenga bukuli, chifukwa linandipangitsa kuzindikira kuti ndinali wokonda kwambiri luso lamakono. Kodi ndingasiye zida zanga zonse? Ine ndi mkazi wanga tinali pafupi kukhala ndi mwana wathu woyamba pamene bukhulo linatuluka, ndipo bukhulo linandipangitsa kulingalira za dziko limene mwana wanga anali pafupi kuloŵamo. Panopa ndili ndi ana awiri, ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti filimuyi ichititsa anthu kumva chimodzimodzi. Kodi ana anga adzakhala ndi ufulu wotani m’tsogolo? Kodi miyoyo yawo idzalembedwa mochuluka bwanji, ndipo tili ndi chosankha chotani pa izi?

DG: Mutasintha mabuku m'mbuyomu, ndi zovuta zotani zomwe mudakumana nazo potembenuza? Chozungulira mufilimuyi?

JP: Sindinganene kuti filimuyi ikuwonetsa masomphenya ena amtsogolo monga momwe ikuyimira mtundu wina wapano. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, zinali zofunika kwambiri kuti filimuyo ioneke ngati yofunika, ndipo ndinkada nkhawa kuti filimuyo idzakalamba bwanji. Mukamapanga filimu, nthawi zambiri simungada nkhawa kuti filimu yanu idzakalamba bwanji m'zaka zisanu kapena khumi, koma ndinayenera kuganiza motere. Chozungulira. Ngakhale kuti bukuli linkawoneka ngati longopeka kwambiri pamene linatuluka mu 2013, malingaliro ndi mitu yake ili pafupi kwambiri ndi zenizeni tsopano, ndiye nkhaniyo idzawoneka bwanji zaka zisanu? Komabe, bukuli silinali laukadaulo. Zinali zokhudza moyo wathu. Zinali za anthu ndi umunthu ndi zinsinsi, ndi kuthekera kwa dziko lathu kukhala dziko loyang'anira. Nditanena izi, palibe chomwe chikuwonetsa filimu ngati ukadaulo wake, ndiye momwe tidawonetsera zida zidali zofunika kwambiri. Mufilimu yathu, mulibe Apple, palibe Facebook, ndipo mulibe Twitter. Pali zinthu za Circle, ndipo zida zomwe zili mufilimuyi palibe padziko lapansi pano, kotero anthu sangathe kuyang'ana filimuyi m'zaka khumi ndikuseka kuti zidazo zachikale bwanji.

DG: Kodi Tom Hanks ndi Emma Watson adabweretsa chiyani ku polojekitiyi zomwe zidakudabwitsani?

JP: Ndinkadziwa kuti ndi ochita zisudzo, koma chomwe chidandidabwitsa ndi momwe amayankhira pazotsatira zawo zazikulu, makamaka Tom. Amamvetsetsa kuti anthu mamiliyoni ambiri amawonera zomwe akuchita ndi kunena, ndipo amazindikira kwambiri izi, zomwe zikugwirizana ndi filimuyo. Izi sizodzikuza kapena zachabechabe kumbali yawo: Iwo ndi ochita zisudzo otchuka, ndipo zoona zake n'zakuti mamiliyoni a anthu akuwatsatira, zomwe zimawapatsa mawonekedwe osowa kwambiri, apadera.

Amalankhulana ndi otsatira awo kudzera muukadaulo. Iwo ayenera kutero. Kanemayu akuwonetsa tsogolo lomwe aliyense atha kukhala wotchuka, zomwe sizili kutali ndi zomwe zikuchitika masiku ano. Aliyense ali ndi tsamba la webusayiti, ndi malo ochezera a pa Intaneti, ndipo aliyense amafuna kumva kuti ndi wofunika komanso kuti mawu ake amvedwe.

Tom, makamaka, wakhala nyenyezi yaikulu kwa zaka zambiri, kwa zaka zambiri, ndipo anali ndi chidwi chapadera pa filimuyi ndi mitu yake. Iye ndi wopanga filimuyo, ndipo anali katswiri wa bukhuli. Iye si nyenyezi ya filimuyi, yomwe ili yosangalatsa kwambiri, udindo watsopano kwa iye. Emma ndi amene akutsogolera mufilimuyi, ndipo chifukwa Emma ndi Tom ali pazigawo zosiyana kwambiri pa ntchito zawo, ali ndi mphamvu zosiyana pa mphamvu za chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso kumvetsetsa kwakukulu kwa mphamvu zake. Ndi anthu ena angati, otchuka, amamvetsetsa kuposa momwe Emma ndi Tom amachitira mphamvu zama media azachuma komanso malingaliro a anthu otchuka, akumva kuti wina akukuwonani nthawi iliyonse m'moyo wanu? Ndizowopsa.