UMelissa Barrera

Ndiyazi ukuba umsebenzi wakho wokuqala wawuseMexico. Ungene njani ekudlaleni?

Umsebenzi wam waqala kwiisepha zaseMexico nakumboniso wokwenyani, kodwa ndaqala ukudlala esikolweni. Isikolo endandifunda kuso eMonterrey sasinomdlalo omnandi ngokwenene nenkqubo yemidlalo yeqonga. Ndaqala iminyaka yam yokuqala njengembaleki edlala ibhola yomnyazi, yaye ndandisoloko ndibajonga abantwana eqongeni yaye ndandifuna ukuba phaya phezulu kunye nabo. Ekugqibeleni, Ndaqinisekisa iqela lam lonke lebhola yomnyazi ukuba lihambe nam ukuya kwimidlalo Umncedisi we Oz uvavanyo kwibanga lesibhozo, kwaye kwaba njalo; Ndiwe ethandweni. Ndaziva ndinxulumana nabantwana bemidlalo yeqonga. Ndagqiba kwelokuba yile nto bendifuna ukuyenza ngomsebenzi kwaye ndaya eTisch e-NYU. Emva koko iminyaka emibini ekholejini, Ndibhalisele umboniso wokhuphiswano lokucula eMexico, kwaye emva koko, Ndaqala ukusebenza kwi-telenovelas. Leyo ibiyi 2011, phantse 15 kwiminyaka eyadlulayo ngoku.

Iikhefu zakho ezinkulu bezikwimiculo Ekuphakameni kwaye UCarmen, kodwa ndiziva ngathi ubukwimiboniso bhanyabhanya eyoyikisayo kunye nemiboniso bhanyabhanya eyonwabisayo mva nje. Ngaba ungatsho ukuba lolona hlobo lwakho oluthandayo ukusebenza kulo, kwaye kutheni?

Bendingatsho ukuba ndinohlobo endiluthandayo, kodwa kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, Ezona scripts zigqwesileyo endizifumeneyo zikoyikeka okanye iiprojekthi zesichazi ezothusayo. Imiculo luthando lwam lokuqala, nangona kunjalo, kwaye bendihlala ndisithi ukuba bekufuneka ndikhethe uhlobo olunye kuphela endinokuthi ndisebenze kulo ubomi bam bonke, iya kuba yimiboniso bhanyabhanya. Kodwa ndiyathanda ukuhlukahluka, kwaye ndicinga ukuba lonke uhlobo lusebenzisa izihlunu ezahlukeneyo, kwaye kubalulekile ukuzisebenzisa; kungenjalo, baya kuphumelela. Ukuba unamathela kuhlobo olunye ixesha elide, uyakulibala ukwenza okuseleyo. Ndicinga ukuba umdlalo ohlekisayo yeyona nto inzima kwezobuchule. Ndikhule ubukhulu becala ndibukele iimuvi ezinkulu zefantasy okanye iirom-coms, ngoko ndingathanda ukwenza okungakumbi. Andikayenzi i-rom-com ethe ngqo, kulapho ndijonge khona ngokulandelayo.

Kukuphi ukufana phakathi koloyiko kunye nomculo kuwe?

Ndiza kuphinda ndichaze oku kuCaroline Lindy, umlawuli we Irhamncwa lakho, kuba wayithetha kakuhle le nto- ukothusa kunye nomculo ziyafana kakhulu. Emveni kwakho konke, bahlala bevumela phezulu, mdaka, abafazi abangafezekanga nesibindi ukuba kwiziko. Bobabini bomelele kakhulu, nayo. Uloyiko, kanjalo, unentombazana yokugqibela, umfazi ekugqibeleni ngubani osindileyo kunye neqhawe. Iingoma zomculo zinendima ezininzi kunye nabasetyhini abakhokelayo abavunyelwe ukuba babe ngabalinganiswa abantsonkothileyo nabangenasiphako abahamba ngokukhula okukhulu.. Ezi zezona ntlobo ndisebenze kakhulu, kwaye ndicinga ukuba kungenxa yokuba bendisoloko nditsalela kwiihambo zabalinganiswa ababhinqileyo abanzima abomeleleyo.

Uthathwe njengoKumkanikazi oScream ngenxa yeendima zakho zefilimu ezoyikisayo. Ithini inkcazo ye-Scream Queen kuwe?

Kuliwonga nokuba kuthathelwe ingqalelo kolu luhlu, ngokuba kum, ukuba ngu "Scream Queen" kufuna amava amaninzi omsebenzi kunye neepotfoliyo zeendima ze-iconic. “Scream Queen” ligama elisetyenziswa ngokugqithisileyo kule mihla-ndikhule ndibukele kwaye ndiyithanda i-"Scream Queens". Ndicinga ukuba uShelley Duvall ungene Ukukhanya kunye no-Isabelle Adjani Ukuba nezinto zimbini zam eziphezulu. Inkcazo, kum, ngumntu onomfanekiso bhanyabhanya wenkolo wakudala owaziwa ngumntu wonke, okanye ukusebenza kwemihlathi ngokoyikeka.

Zeziphi ezinye iindidi zeendima ezikuluhlu lwakho lweendima zamaphupha?

Bendisoloko ndithanda Indiana Jones kwaye ndikhangele inguqulelo yaloo nto nomfazi okhokelayo. Ndingathanda ukwenza intshukumo enkulu okanye i-adventure epic. Ukongeza, nantoni na yothando-ndingumntu othanda uthando, yiloo nto endibambelela kuyo nakweyiphi na ifilimu endiyibukelayo okanye iskripthi endisifundileyo. Ezothando yeyona nto indidibanisa nebali, kungakhathaliseki ukuba icebo elisecaleni kwinto eyoyikisayo okanye ifilimu yesenzo. Ndibhale iskripthi ngokwam esiyi period romance, kuba bendisoloko ndifuna ukuba sebalini elinje. Kuba ndingowaseMexico, Andisoloko ndicingelwa ezo ntlobo zeendima, ngoko ke kufuneka ndizenzele awam amathuba. Kuninzi endisafuna ukukwenza kwaye iindima ezintsha endifuna ukuziphonononga ngaphandle kokuzivala okanye ukuba kulayini omnye.. Ndifunde ukuvuleleka kuwo nawaphi na amathuba anokuvela.

Loluphi uhlobo lweendlela zokwenza othanda, kwaye yeyiphi eyona othanda ukuyisebenzisa kakhulu ukungena kubomi kunye neemvakalelo zomlinganiswa omdlalayo?

Ngamanye amaxesha ndifunda iskripthi apho ndidibanisa ngokunzulu kunye nomlingiswa ukuba ndigxininise kuphela kwimigca ebhaliweyo. Ngamanye amaxesha, indima ifuna uphando olongezelelweyo, ukuthetha nabantu, kunye nokwenza iibhodi zeemood okanye uludwe lokudlalayo ukwakha ihlabathi lomlinganiswa. Andingomlandeli othile wento abantu abayibiza ngokuba yindlela yokwenza, endicinga ukuba ibe luhlobo lwegama elixutyiweyo. Ngokwengqiqo yanamhlanje, akuyomfuneko ngokoluvo lwam. Ndicinga ekuqaleni, Indlela yokwenza yayingathethi ukuba ufunxe umlinganiswa kubomi bakho bemihla ngemihla, kodwa kunokuba utsale kumava akho kunye nenkumbulo yengqondo ukuze ungene kumlinganiswa kunye nokufikelela kwiimvakalelo eziyinyani. Ngamnye kubo, Ndithi, okoko nje ungenzi ukungonwabi kwiseti okanye ukwenza izinto zibe nzima ngakumbi. Mna ngokwam ndihamba ngokwemeko, kuxhomekeke kwiprojekthi, Andinabuchule obunye endibusebenzisa ngalo lonke ixesha.

Ngoobani abadlali, abenzi befilimu, okanye abalawuli ojonge kubo kakhulu ukuphefumlela?

Ndiziva ndikhuthazwe kakhulu ngabenzi bhanyabhanya abangabaziyo abadlala kwiifilimu zabo, ebendisoloko ndifuna ukuyenza ngokwam. Umzekelo, USarah Polley, Xavier Dolan, Cooper Raiff, kutshanje uEva Victor, abasanda kubhala, yalathisa, kwaye wadlala kwifilimu yakhe Uxolo, Umntwana kulo nyaka. Ndiyakuthanda ukubona abantu besenza yonke into kwaye beyenza kakuhle.

Wena-ngumququzeleli-uveliswe Imikhondo yasekhaya, isekelwe kumenzi wefilimu wasePalestine-waseMexico uCollette Ghunim. Yayinjani loo nkqubo yokufumana ukuba ngumvelisi we-exec, ukubona ibali elikufutshane kakhulu kwinkcubeko yakho, kunye neziphumo zokuphumelela ibhaso le-DOC NYC?

Ndinebhongo kakhulu Imikhondo yasekhaya; intle kakhulu, kubalulekile, kunye ne-documentary ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Ndaye ndacelwa liqela ukuba ndijoyine njengomvelisi olawulayo emva kwexesha kwinkqubo, ngoko andinakukwazi ukuthatha nayiphi na ikhredithi. Ndiyavuya ukuxhasa ukukhululwa kwayo ukuze sifumane amehlo amaninzi kuyo kangangoko sinako. Ndiyazi ukuba umlawuli, Colette [Ghunim], ebesebenza kule nto ukusukela oko 2018, nto leyo ebonisa ngokwenene ukuba imeko yasePalestina imbi kangakanani na. Ndiziva ndiqhagamshelwe kuyo kuba ndingowaseMexico nangenxa yoqhagamshelo lwam ePalestine, kodwa nangenxa yokuba intle kakhulu, ethile, I-lens esondeleyo kwi-intergenerational trauma.

Ibali ligxile kusapho olunye lwaseMexico-Palestine luzama ukuphilisa amanxeba anzulu abangelwa ngabazali bobabini ngenxa yobundlobongela obahlukeneyo.. Ndiyamazi ukuba uColette, umlawuli kunye neenkwenkwezi, izicwangciso zokuqalisa iphulo lempembelelo yokufumana ifilimu phambi kwamehlo amaninzi kunye neendlebe kangangoko kunokwenzeka, kwiikholeji nakwiindawo eziya kuxhamla kolu hlobo lwencoko. Imeko yangoku yehlabathi idala iimbacu ezintsha yonke imihla, kwaye abo bantu ke badlulisela loo ntlungu kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana ukuba abanyangekanga ngokufanelekileyo (xa oko kunokwenzeka). Yincoko ebalulekileyo ukuba nayo—ukuqonda imiphumo ebuhlungu olu hlobo lokwenzakala oluya kuba nalo kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Le filimu imalunga nokuphilisa kunye nokufumana ukuvalwa, esisisixhobo esibaluleke kangaka kubantu behlabathi abazama ukwenza okufanayo. Ndinebhongo kakhulu kwaye ndiwongekile ukuba yinxalenye ye Imikhondo yasekhaya iqela.

Yeyiphi eyona njongo ibambekayo ofuna ukuyifeza kunyaka omtsha?

Injongo yam kukuhlala ndisebenza kwiiprojekthi ezindivuyisayo kwaye ndicele umngeni ukuba ndiqhubeke ndikhula. Ndinenjongo ebalulekileyo emva kwekhamera, oko kusenziwa ifilimu yam. Ngethemba, apha endleleni, Ndiza kusebenzisana neengqondo ezifanayo, amagcisa anentliziyo afanayo anomdla wokubalisa amabali ngenjongo enokuphilisa abantu intliziyo enye ngexesha. Ndiyazi ukuba ubugcisa bunamandla okuvelisa intsingiselo, utshintsho oluhle.

Ziziphi ezinye iiprojekthi ezintsha (ukuba uvumelekile ukuthetha ngayo) ukuba abalandeli banokulungela?

Iprojekthi yam entsha yile Uvavanyo lwaseCopenhagen, idlala okokuqala kwiPikoko! Lo mboniso uyintlola kudidi lwentlola, nanjengomlandeli wexesha elide wohlobo, Ndiyifumanisa iyinto entsha. Inika umdla, thandabuzekayo, kwaye engalindelekanga, ngoko ngaloo ndlela, Andifuni ukutyhila kakhulu, kodwa ndingatsho ukuba ndiyazingca ngokuba yinxalenye yayo nokusebenza noSimu Liu kunye nabanye abadlali.