Abaqondisi bedokhumenti entsha mayelana nokufana phakathi kwe-Mapplethorpe ne-Madonna, nokuthi kungani umsebenzi womthwebuli wezithombe wase-NY usenamandla okushaqisa.
“Bheka izithombe,” kumemeza uSenator u-Jesse Helms, egxeka ubuciko obuyimpikiswano bomculi waseMelika u-Robert Mapplethorpe, izithombe zakhe ezicindezela imingcele ngezithombe ezingagwegwesi zobunqunu, ubulili kanye nobuthakathi. Umbukiso wokugcina kaMapplethorpe, iThe Perfect Moment, ozihlelele yena njengoba ebulawa ingculazi, wabonakala eyibhomu lesikhathi, ebhebhethekisa impi yamasiko esaqhubeka nanamuhla.
Ngokufinyelela okungakaze kubonwe, okungenamkhawulo ezinqolobaneni zakhe kanye nomsebenzi, i-Mapplethorpe: Bheka Izithombe yenza lokho nje, ethatha ukubuka okungenakuqhathaniswa, okungakaze kubonwe emsebenzini wakhe ovusa inkanuko. Okuwukuphela kwento evusa inkanuko kunezithombe zikaMapplethorpe kwaba ukuphila kwakhe. Wayexakwe umlingo futhi, ikakhulukazi, lokho ayekubona njengomlingo wokuthwebula izithombe nobulili. Wakuphishekela kokubili ngokuzinikela okunganeliseki.
Sikhuluma nabaqondisi u-Randy Barbato kanye no-Fenton Bailey mayelana neciko elihlukanisayo kanye nezisusa zabo zokwenza i-movie, ngesiqeshana esikhethekile esitholakalayo ukuze sibukwe ngezansi.
I-Mapplethorpe: Bheka ukukhonjiswa kwezithombe kuqala ngoMsombuluko, Ephreli 4 ngo-9pm, ku-HBO kuphela.
Yini ekugqugquzele ukuthi wenze idokhumentari mayelana nobuciko nempilo kaMapplethorpe ngalesi sikhathi?
Randy Barbato: Siqale saba nezingxoxo ezithile ne-HBO, engabadidiyeli befilimu, futhi kwavela igama lakhe. Mina noFenton sasihlala e-NY ngeminyaka yawo-80s futhi sasijwayelene kakhulu ne-Mapplethorpe, kodwa saqaphela ukuthi sasilazi igama kodwa sasingazi ngempela ubuciko noma indoda. Waziwa kakhulu ngehlazo elenzeka ngeminyaka yama-90s kodwa kuncane esikwaziyo ngaye ngale kwalokho. Uvezwe ngokwedlulele futhi akavezwanga kahle. Ngakho-ke saqala ukwenza ucwaningo futhi saba matasa kakhulu ngobuciko kanye nendoda.
Izingxoxo naye zinhle, ubonakala ekhululekile futhi ekhuluma ngokungagwegwesi. Futhi usho izinto ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu - incazelo yakhe yobudlelwano, ngokwesibonelo. Obani ababenza lezo zingxoxo?
UFenton Bailey: Lezo zivela emithonjeni eyishumi nambili eyahlukene. Wakhetha abantu ngobuhlakani obukhulu, waba umngane wababhali abaningi futhi wayefuna ababhali babhale ngaye. Wayehlale enza izingxoxo! Futhi sakwazi ukulandelela ezinye zazo. Isikhathi esiningi imibhalo midala ngempela, eminye yayo ibolile, kodwa sithole ezimbalwa ezinhle ezivela emithonjeni ehlukene sazihlanganisa.
Futhi yilapho esaqaphela khona: yile ndlela esenza ngayo ifilimu. Bheka Izithombe, umsebenzi wakhe, futhi ulalele amazwi akhe. Futhi lapho ukhona! Kuyamangaza ukuthi kuningi okushiwo ngoMapplethorpe futhi abantu abaningi batshela indaba yakhe futhi ngacabanga, kuthiwani ngoMapplethorpe ngokwakhe ekhuluma indaba yakhe? Uphelele, ukhuluma ngendlela emangalisayo. Futhi isho nje indlela okuyiyo. Futhi uma abantu bezomahlulela ngakho, akanandaba, konke kuyiqiniso le-hashtag.
Lesi isici esithandeka kakhulu sobuntu bakhe.
Randy Barbato: Yebo, kuyisici esithandekayo futhi ngeshwa abantu abaningi bangase bangacabangi kanjalo. Kunabantu abacabanga ukuthi, OMG, kubi kangakanani, ubonakala enobugovu, enobuqili, enesifiso sokuvelela.
Njengabaculi abaningi, empeleni!
Randy Barbato: Yebo, impela!
UFenton Bailey: Impela, kodwa abaculi abaningi abavumi ngoba bacabanga ukuthi kuzolimaza amathuba abo. Noma ukuthi abantu bazobahlulela kabi. Kodwa uMapplethorpe wavuma. Ngakho ifilimu ikhuluma ngaye kodwa futhi iyindlela yokuqondisa ngoba uMapplethorpe wayevuleleke kakhulu, wayenokuncintisana kakhulu, kodwa wayengaqaphi izimfihlo zakhe. Wayekhuluma kakhulu, ‘Nansi indlela owenza ngayo.’ Kunengobo yomlando enkulu esiyitholile lapho ethatha khona umculi osemusha waseDashi, uPeter Klasvost, omthwebulayo. Ngakho uthatha isithombe sakhe, amkhombise umsebenzi wakhe. Uyabona, uMapplethorpe wayefuna abanye baphumelele.
“Madonna ikakhulukazi. Ngicabanga ukuthi zifana kakhulu: isici samaKatolika, kusukela esigabeni esiphakathi, ukuzinikela kwabo ekuziphatheni okuhle emsebenzini, i-Blonde Ambition, ukusebenzisa ukubukeka kwakho ukuze uthole lokho okufunayo, ukukhuthala ekusebenzisaneni nabanye abantu ukuze uthole lokho okufunayo, ungabi namahloni. mayelana nesifiso sakho. Ngicabanga ukuthi zifana kakhulu. ” - UFenton Bailey
Source: Dazed