Kumayambiriro sabata ino, iHorror adapanga chithunzi cha Joshua Hoffine: mpainiya wojambula woopsa. Ndidakhala ndi mwayi wosankha ubongo wake ndikukambirana za mantha aubwana, zomwe zikubwera komanso kanema wowopsa yemwe amawakonda. Ngati mukufuna kudziwa zambiri za Joshua Hoffine ndi ntchito yake komanso mbiri yake poyamba, onani mbiri yake Pano.

DD: Wawa Joshua, zikomo pondilankhula. Tiyenera kudziwa, nchiyani chinakuyambitsa mu kujambula koopsa?

Joshua Hoffine: Ndinakulira ndikuwonera makanema aku Horror ndikuwerenga Stephen King. Mitundu yoopsa ili pafupi ndi mtima wanga.

Nditakhala wojambula zithunzi, ndidazindikira kuti palibe "kujambula koopsa". Makanema owopsa, inde- mabuku ochititsa manyazi, nthabwala, mapulogalamu a pa TV, masewera apakanema, owonetsa zithunzi, ndi magulu- koma kodi ojambula anali kuti?

Joel Peter Witkin ndi chitsanzo choyambirira. Zithunzi zake ndizosokoneza, koma mwina sangavomereze kuti ndizoopsa, komanso sanakhudzane ndi zojambulajambula kapena mitundu ina yamtunduwu.

Ndinkafuna kukhala, "wojambula woopsa".

Ndidayamba ntchito yanga mu 2003. Dzikolo lidali likadali lodzaza ndi 9/11 chikhalidwe chamantha. Psychology yamantha idandigwira ngati nkhani yofunika kuifufuza ndi kujambula kwanga.

Komanso ndinali nditachoka ku Hallmark Cards kuti ndikagwire ntchito yanthawi yonse kunyumba ndikumakhala ndi nthawi yambiri yocheza ndi ana anga aakazi. Ndinalipo pomwe iwo adalimbana ndi mantha amwana omwe ndidakumana nawo. Kuzindikira uku - kuti mantha ena ali ponseponse- ndizomwe zidayambitsa ntchitoyi. Izi ndi kupezeka kwa ana anga aakazi achichepere ngati ochita zisudzo.

Ndidakonda kujambulidwa kwa Cindy Sherman ndi Gregory Crewdson, ndipo ndimafuna kutengera nthano zawozo ndikuwapatsa malangizo owopsa komanso owopsa.

Digiri yanga yaku koleji inali mu English Literature. Pamene kujambula kumapita patsogolo, ndinayamba kuzindikira kuti zonse zowopsa, zilombo zonse, zimagwiritsa ntchito fanizo. Sindinachite chidwi ndi zowonetseratu zowopsa, komanso tanthauzo lenileni komanso mantha.

DD: Tithokoze chifukwa mudadzaza mpata wojambula. Ndi chinthu chomwe mafani onse owopsa angatsimikizire, timakonda zaluso zomwe ndizabwino komanso zokongola. Kodi pali ojambula amene adakopa kalembedwe kanu ka kujambula?

JH: Osati mopitirira malire. Ndinapewa kuyang'ana ntchito za ojambula ena. Ndinayang'anitsitsa kwambiri kanema- Terry Gilliam makanema, Stanley Kubrick, waluso la Oipa Akufa 2.

Ndinaphunzira kuyatsa kuchokera kwa wojambula wojambula wotchedwa Nick Vedros. Ndinakhala naye miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Izi zinali zisanachitike kusintha kwa digito. Adagwiritsa ntchito zida zenizeni komanso zowoneka bwino, nthawi zina pamlingo waukulu, kwa makasitomala akulu otsatsa. Ndikuganiza kuti zokongoletsa zanga zidapangidwa kuchokera m'maphunziro omwe adandiphunzitsa.

DD: Kodi nthawi zonse mumakhala wokonda zamanyazi? 

JH: Nthawi zonse.

Mayi anga anatenga ine ndi azichemwali anga kukawona Poltergeist mu bwalo lamasewera pomwe tinali aang'ono. Tinakhala chaka chathunthu ndikuwonetsa zochitika, ndi mlongo wanga womaliza Sarah nthawi zonse amalowa mchipinda.

Tidamuyang'ana John Carpenter chinthu pa HBO ngati banja. Ndinali ndi zaka 10 ndipo zidandigunda. Pofika kusekondale, tinali ndi VCR ndipo makolo anga amandilola kuti ndiwonere kanema wowopsa yemwe ndimafuna, popanda choletsa chilichonse. Ndinakulira mosangalala. Makanema owopsa nthawi zonse amakhala abwinobwino kwa ine.

DD: Ndipo apa zonse zomwe ndinayerekezerani ndili mwana Winnifred Sanderson akuchokera Hocus Pocus. Ndikuganiza kuti mwandimenya. Kodi "After Dark, My Sweet" idawonetsa chilichonse cha mantha anu aubwana?

JH: Ndimakhudzana nawo onse. Sichoncho inu?

DD: Monga mwana inde mpaka lero. Chithunzi chanu cha "Wolf" chimandiopsa kwambiri, ndikuganiza. Kodi mumakonda kujambula zithunzi ziti?

JH: "Pambuyo pa Mdima, Wokoma Wanga.". Inali ntchito yoyamba, inali ndi ana anga, ndipo udali ulendo weniweni wopeza. Kuyambira pamenepo ndakulitsa kuchuluka kwanga ndikukonzanso luso langa, koma ntchitoyi inali yosangalatsa chifukwa inali yosadziwika. Ndinalibe omvera panobe. Zonse zinali za ine. Zinali zoyera.

DD: Ndipo zikuwoneka ngati chithunzi chanu. Kusaka kulikonse padzina lanu kumakoka "After Dark, My Sweet" kwambiri. Kodi mumagwiritsabe ntchito abale anu pazithunzi zanu?

JH: Inde, mwayi uliwonse ndikapeza. Mkazi wanga, Jen, adapezeka mu chithunzi changa chaposachedwa "Nosferatu."

DD: Ndi wokongola (tsitsi limenelo!) Ndipo chithunzicho chinali chodabwitsa. Zowopsa kwambiri ku Hollywood. Kodi ndi zithunzi ziti zomwe mungachite mukapanda kujambula zoopsa?

JH: Kujambula zithunzi. Ndimasangalala nayo kwambiri ndipo imandipatsa mphamvu: kuyatsa, kupangitsa anthu kukhala omasuka, komanso kuwalangiza momveka bwino.

Ndili ndi mapulojekiti ena angapo omwe ndikufuna kupanga mtsogolo.

DD: Nchiyani chakulimbikitsani kupanga kanema wamfupi Lullaby wakuda (za msungwana yemwe akukumana ndi Boogeyman)?

JH: Ndinkafuna kuwona zithunzi zanga zikuyenda. Ndinali ndi lingaliro losavuta la kanema lomwe nditha kuwombera kunyumba kwanga. Mwana wanga wamkazi, Chloe, anali wazaka zangwiro ndipo anali ndi luso lokwaniritsa zisudzo. Unali ulendo wina wopeza.

DD: Mukukonzekera kupanga ina?

JH: O, inde.

DD: Sindingathe kudikira kuti ndiziwone. Zabwino zonse pa buku lanu! Ndikuwona kuti ikutuluka chaka chino, owerenga athu angayitanitsiranji?

JH: Zikomo! Ndizofunikira kwambiri kwa ine.

Anthu atha kuyitanitsa kope pa Mdima Webusayiti Press.

DD: Ili ndi buku lomwe ndiyenera kukhala nalo posonkhanitsa zowopsa. Kodi tikuyembekezera chiyani m'tsogolomu?

JH: Tsopano popeza ntchito yanga yojambula ili kusindikizidwa ngati buku, ndikupanga kanema wapa Horror wanthawi zonse.

Chilichonse chakhala chikugwira ntchito mpaka pano. Ndikudziwa kale kuti ndi chiyani. Zikhala zazikulu, koma zodabwitsa.

DD: Ine Sangathe dikirani kuti muwone maloto olakwika omwe mumapanga mu kanema wathunthu. Nditha kungoyerekeza kuti zidzakhala zodabwitsa. Funso lomaliza… ndimafilimu otani omwe mumawakonda?

JH: Poltergeist, yo.

DD: Chisankho chabwino. Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cholankhula nane Joshua Hoffine. Ndikuyembekezera zoopsa zonse zomwe zikubwera.

Joshua Hoffine amaponyanso zithunzi, maukwati ndi zosowa zanu zina. Mutha kulumikizana naye ku [imelo ndiotetezedwa] kukhazikitsa chithunzi kapena chochitika. Zikomo Joshua kwambiri chifukwa cholankhula nafe kuno ku iHorror ndipo sindingathe kudikira kuti ndiwonenso kanema wanu wonse ukamatuluka.

Onani chilombo prom Sony UK idamulamula kuti apange. Ndizosangalatsa kwambiri, ndikukuuzani.

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