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Nokuba kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya ye-arthouse okanye imiboniso yaseHollywood, akukho ngquzulwano phakathi kwesitayile esikhaliphileyo kunye nezopolitiko zongquzulwano, eziguquka zibe yimpembelelo enkulu kodwa eyothusayo kwi "Posse" kaMario Van Peebles 1993. Yenye yentshona enkulu yanamhlanje, kwaye ngoku isasaza ngokubanzi. , kubandakanywa kwi-Pluto TV kunye ne-Roku Channel. Ingqungquthela yokufika kwayo kwi-Pluto TV, ngo-Agasti, kunye neForam yeFilimu ebuyela emva kweefilimu zomlawuli waseFransi u-Alain Resnais isikhumbuzo esiluncedo sento edibanisa i-art-house kunye nezithethe zaseHollywood. I-Resnais, ngakumbi kwiifilimu zakhe zokuqala (ezifana ne "Hiroshima Mon Amour" kunye ne "Muriel"), ihambisa izibalo ezibukhali zezopolitiko - kunye nezopolitiko zememori ngokwayo - ngobuhle obunqabileyo obunqabileyo, obusesikweni. KuVan Peebles, i-flash kunye ne-flair ye-"Posse," kunye nefom yayo eyahlukileyo ye-flashback-centric, isebenzela injongo efanayo, enamandla: ukuya ngaphaya kweentsomi ze-cinema kunye nokutyhila inyaniso malunga nembali yaseWild West kunye neMelika ngokuhamba kwexesha. bonke, ngabo bakhumbula eli bali kodwa ixesha elide bengahoywa. Njengakwezinye iifilimu ezizezona zibalaseleyo zikaResnais, uVan Peebles - esebenza ngendlela ethandwa ngabantu abaninzi kunye neyoopopayi - ulinganisa inkumbulo njengesenzo, njengohlobo lobutshantliziyo.
I-“Posse” igxile kubomi babantu abamnyama – abantu basezidolophini, abakhweli beenkomo, nkqu noonothimba – kwinkulungwane ye-1898 eNtshona. Yinto yasendle, i-picaresque adventure enomsindo ongaguquguqukiyo kunye nothando lomgaqo-siseko, obonelelwe kakhulu ngumenzi wefilimu njengabadlali befilimu, hayi kancinci kuba uVan Peebles ukwangumdlali weqonga uJesse Lee, umntu ongaziyo kwifilimu yaseSpain-American. Imfazwe. Eli nyathelo liqala eCuba ngo-XNUMX, apho uJesse, owagwetywa ubomi bonke kwinkonzo yasemkhosini, eyinkokeli yomkhosi wabantu abamnyama owathunyelwa kwimishini yokuzibulala nguColonel Graham (Billy Zane) onobuhlanga. UJese ukhokela iqela lamajoni amathathu amnyama kunye nejoni elimhlophe elinye ekuvukeleni uKoloneli, kwaye bachwechwa babuyela eUnited States, isifuba esibiweyo seengqekembe zegolide, ngendlela ehlekisayo yokuthatha indawo yezidumbu. Ukufikelela eNew Orleans - kwaye ujoyinwe ngumdlali obizwa ngokuba nguBawo Ixesha (uTata omkhulu Kane) - iqela labaphambukayo lithemba uJesse ukuba ahlale inyathelo elinye phambi komthetho kunye neColonel, eshushu kumzila wakhe. Kodwa uJese unento engaphezulu engqondweni yakhe kunokusinda nje. Ukhathazwa ziinkumbulo zokutshiswa, ukutshatyalaliswa, kunye nokubulawa kwabantu abantsundu ngamagosa omthetho amhlophe kunye nababukeleyo, iinkumbulo ezivezwa kumila kumbi, amaphupha amabi, amaqhekezana amnyama namhlophe. Efuna ukuziphindezela, uzisa iqela lakhe kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yiWestern Frontier, kwidolophu awakhulela kuyo nalapho le mibono yoyikekayo yayiyinyani yakhe.
Liliphi ibali ekufuneka libaliswe kwaye libaliswa njani? Olu luxinzelelo ngokubanzi lwe "Posse." Ifilimu enomsindo, intshukumo engxolayo yenzeke ngaphakathi kwisixhobo sokuqulunqa sendoda emnyama engaziwayo ekhumbula iqela labathandathu, ibabiza "iqela lokuqala" kwaye inika isifundo sembali: phantse isithathu sazo zonke iifilimu zasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-1914. Iinkomo zaseMelika - kunye nesiqingatha sabemi bokuqala baseLos Angeles - babemnyama. Ubuni balo mlingiswa budibana kunye nomdlali ngokwakhe, kwi-stroke ye-genius yokuphosa: umbalisi udlalwa nguWoody Strode, owazalwa ngo-1960, owadlala indima yesihloko kwi-Western "Sergeant Rutledge" nguJohn Ford ngo-1881. ebekwe ngo-XNUMX., malunga nentshutshiso yobuhlanga yegosa elintsundu. Ukudityaniswa kwembali kunye nentsomi, ukungafani kwembali ukusuka kumazwi obungqina bomntu, amandla okugqiba isikhumbuzo kunye nokuhanjiswa: ezi zizona zifundo ze "Posse". Ngalo lonke ixesha, uVan Peebles unqwala kumandla entsomi asentshona ngelixa efaka iitropes zawo ngezinto ezahlukeneyo, ezibanzi zembali kunye nokwazisa amaqhawe amatsha ukuba abandakanyeke. Njengakwintshona ye-Ford, kuyamangalisa ukuba ifilimu enzulu kunye neengcamango zengqondo ezinzulu zifumana amandla amakhulu, amnandi, anzima, kwaye, ngamanye amaxesha, kunye nokuphathwa kakubi okuhlekisayo.
Ibali uVan Peebles elibaliselayo (ukusebenza kunye nescreenplay nguSy Richardson kunye noDario Scardapane) kukugrumba okunzulu kolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nezono apho iUnited States isekelwe khona. Libali le-adventurism yasemkhosini, ukwanda kobukoloniyali, i-capitalism ye-crony, inkohliso yezopolitiko, i-sham yengcinezelo yomthetho kunye nocwangco, kunye nesiseko sobukhulu obumhlophe obuxhomekeke kolu kuxhatshazwa. U-Jesse wakhulela kwidolophu ebizwa ngokuba yiFreemanville, indawo yokuhlala yabantsundu abadityaniswe ngokungazi kunye nesikhululo esimhlophe saseCutterstown, esiqhutywa ngusherifu onoburhalarhume ogama linguBates (Richard Jordan). Umdla kaBates unobundlongondlongo kunye ne-mercenary, kwaye usebenzisa amandla esipaji ukuze afumane ukuhambelana nosherifu omnyama waseFreemanville, uCarver (Blair Underwood), kwiinkqubo zakhe. Umba obalulekileyo we-“Posse” kukufunyaniswa kweepateni zikaBates – ukuqondwa kwazo ngenkumbulo, ngolwazi nangemfundo, ekwabonelela ngesiseko esibalulekileyo sokuxhathisa.
I-fulcrum yeenkumbulo ezibuhlungu zikaJese zibandakanya uyise, uKumkani uDavid (uRobert Hooks), owabulawelwa ukwakha isikolo esibhalwe ngesiqubulo esithi "Imfundo yiNkululeko." UJese, ngokwenene, uyindoda yencwadi, ephethe ivolumu encinci kwaye exabisekileyo equlethe inkondlo malunga nobomi bekhoboka obuqala "UNikodemo wayeyikhoboka lokuzalwa kweAfrika." (Lo mbongo wapapashwa, ngokungaziwa, ngo-1877, ukukhuthaza ikholoni emnyama egama linguNicodemus, Kansas). Incwadi, leyo uJese ayinika u-Obobo ongafundanga (Tom Lister, Jr.), iqhawe elinamandla kakhulu leqela, lithatha umsebenzi ongumfuziselo - umkhondo wezobugcisa webali, ngoko njengangoku, umngcipheko wokususwa. Ugqithiso kunye nengcebiso zilukiwe nzulu ngakumbi ebalini ngokusebenzisa abalinganiswa, ababandakanya umdala uPapa Joe, umcebisi kaJesse; udlalwa nguMelvin Van Peebles, umlawuli wale mihla ongutata kaMario Van Peebles. (Intombi kaPapa uJoe uLana, odlalwa nguSalli Richardson-Whitfield, ngutitshala wale dolophu.)
Isicwangciso sixhomekeke kakhulu ekuqaphelisweni kunye nomphumo wokufuduka ngokutshabalalisa abantu baseMerika kunye neemeko ezicinezelayo ezinyamezelwa ngabasebenzi baseTshayina; kukwabandakanya nebinzana elithi "igatya likatatomkhulu", elichaza ukuba nawuphi na umntu ontsundu onoyisemkhulu okhotyokisiweyo, ngoko ke engakwazi ukuvota, naye akavumelekanga ukuba avote. Kuyo yonke imbali yayo yokugrumba, “i-Posse” libali lokuchwayita, labantu abaziintyatyambo kunye nobungcathu, abazonwabisayo kunye neengozi zabo, zikwangundoqo webali. Ecaleni kwe-Obobo eqinile kunye ne-brash kunye ne-Father Time eyaqanjwayo, kukho i-Angel ebukekayo (iToni Loc), i-Little J (uStephen Baldwin) onobuqili kunye no-Weezie (uCharles Lane) owayenelishwa. ukukhonza ikholoneli kunye nesibindi sokutshintsha amacala phantsi koxinzelelo, kunye nengxoxo yakhe yamandulo isebenza njengento efana nokukhutshwa kwesazela kubushushu bomzabalazo. Umbalisi wamabali odlalwa nguStrode uzisa obu buntu bangaphandle ebomini kwibali elingaphezulu-phezulu nelicaphukisayo, kwaye ngokwenza njalo, ujoyina uVan Peebles ekudibaniseni intsomi kunye nembali.
"I-Posse" ibonisa ingqondo yobugcisa emsebenzini ngexesha elifanayo njengengqondo yezopolitiko. Uvuyo lokuthetha ngefilim - kunye nobulumko, umculo, imibongo, isinxibo, umdaniso kunye nokwenza - kuninzi malunga nokubonakaliswa kwengqondo njengoko imalunga nokuqaphela kunye nokuhlawulela ulwaphulo-mthetho lwembali. Nangona idrama idla ngokuba mnyama kwaye iyoyikisa, iindlela eziphuculweyo kunye nezenzo ezinesibindi zeqela le-titular, kubo bonke uburhalarhume balo obubulalayo, banamandla avuyisayo abonisa into engaphezu kokusinda - babonakalisa amandla okwakha, injongo ehlangeneyo yoluntu olumnyama. Inkangeleko yobuqu ye-protagonists ngokwayo ngumbuzo wesitayela; okanye kunoko, isimbo seqela simalunga nesazisi, ukuziqinisekisa, unyamezelo. UVan Peebles, esalathisa ifilimu ngochulumanco nangobuhle, omabini abonisa le mbali yesitayile kwaye ayibonise njengeyona nto ifanelekileyo yangoku. ♦
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