Yaya a duniya wannan mutumin ba ya gumi?' Darakta Brett Morgen na shekaru 10 na ƙwazo wajen sake gyara 'mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayon da aka ɗauka a fim' na Bowie

A cikin 2017, lokacin da Brett Morgen ya fara aiki a kan shirin shaidar David Bowie da ya shahara a 2022, Moonage Daydream, an ba shi cikakken damar shiga babban tarihin marigayi tauraron. "Idanuna sun ja zuwa ga tarin gwangwani na fim na 35mm masu walƙiya da aka rubuta kalmar 'Stage' a kansu," in ji shi. Da farko, daraktan—wanda aikinsa ya haɗa da Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck da shirin shaidar Rolling Stones Crossfire Hurricane—ya ɗauka cewa gwangwannin na iya ƙunsar hotunan da aka ɗauka a kusa da kundin waƙoƙin raye-raye na Bowie na 1978, Stage, wanda aka fi yin rikodin shi a Philadelphia. Amma ba da daɗewa ba ya gane cewa a zahiri suna ƙunsar babban taskar kayan tarihi na Bowie: hotunan shahararrun wasannin Earl's Court daga baya a wannan shekarar, waɗanda suka kasance ba a gani ba kusan shekaru 50. "A cikin yin Moonage Daydream, na sami damar shiga kowane wasan kwaikwayo da aka ɗauka na David Bowie da ya wanzu," in ji shi, "amma lokacin da na ga wannan na san babu shakka shi ne mafi girman wasan kwaikwayo da aka ɗauka a aikinsa." A cikin 1978, Bowie ya umarci daraktan Just a Gigolo David Hemmings ya ɗauki hotunan biyu daga cikin wasannin bazara uku da aka sayar gaba ɗaya a wurin—inda tauraron yake yawon buɗe ido na Low da "Heroes"—da nufin nuna fim ɗin a gidajen sinima maimakon yin yawon buɗe ido na jiki (ba zai sake yin yawon buɗe ido ba har sai 1983). Duk da haka, mawaƙin daga baya ya fara yin kundin Lodger, ya ƙaura zuwa Switzerland, an ruwaito cewa bai ji daɗin gyaran fim ɗin ba, kuma an bar dukan aikin a baya. "Yana tafiya zuwa wasu abubuwa da saurin haske," in ji Morgen. "Don haka a wannan lokacin ina tsammanin ra'ayin duba baya ya kasance abin ƙyama a gare shi." Kafin mutuwarsa a 2016, duk da haka, Bowie ya yi tunanin fitar da shi a ƙarshe. A cikin sabuwar shekara zai fara nunawa a wuraren wasanni—ba gidajen sinima ba—kusan rabin ƙarni bayan an yi shi. Morgen da ƙungiyarsa sun shafe kusan shekaru 10 suna shirya shi don 2027 a matsayin gwanintar multimedia. "Ya zama wani abu na sha'awa," in ji shi. "Mun shafe sama da sa'o'i 1,000 muna daidaita launi na hotunan, wanda na yi imani wani nau'in rikodin ne, amma muna so ya yi kama da kuma ji kamar wani abu da za ku fuskanta a yau." Ya taimaka cewa an ɗauki hotunan da kyau kuma an adana su daidai a cikin ɗakin ajiyar Bowie, tare da kyakkyawan sauti da furodusan Bowie, Tony Visconti ya ɗauka. Abin da zai ɓace daga fim ɗin Morgen shi ne kayan da ba su dace ba da Hemmings ya ƙara a cikin wasannin. "Na sami hotuna da yawa na wani yaro ƙarami yana wasa David wanda na ɗan rikice da su," in ji daraktan yana murmushi. "Wannan ba ya cikin fim ɗin." A maimakon haka, yana mai da hankali kan Bowie—cikin wando mai kumbura da kayan shafa—a kololuwar ƙarfin wasan kwaikwayonsa. "Yana da ban mamaki," in ji Morgen yana murmushi. "Na duba hotuna na kusa kuma ina tunani: ta yaya wannan mutumin ba ya gumi?" A lokacin da yawon buɗe ido na Isolar II ya isa Earl's Court, Bowie da ƙungiyarsa sun kasance a kololuwar wasansu, suna nuna hanyar zuwa gaba. "Samun violin na lantarki, piano da mai kunna synth a cikin wasan rock a 1978 abu ne mai ban mamaki," in ji Morgen, wanda fim ɗinsa ya haɗa waƙoƙi daga duka dare biyu saboda "ya kasance mai yawan gyare-gyare. Shirye-shirye daban-daban dare biyu a jere. Kuna iya jin haɗari da jin daɗin cewa zai iya ɓacewa a kowane lokaci, kuma David ya sami ƙarfafa sosai da hakan. Ƙarfin zuciyar fara wasan da Warszawa, watakila waƙar farko mafi ƙarancin kuzari a kowane wasan kwaikwayo na rock da aka taɓa yi—amma wannan shine Bowie. A ƙarshen saitin farko ya jawo su, kuma a ƙarshen saitin na biyu wurin ya zama mahaukaci kawai. Wasan kwaikwayon Station to Station abin mamaki ne." A lokacin wasan na biyu, a ranar 1 ga Yuli, Bowie ya ce, "To, wannan zai kasance mai ban sha'awa," kuma ya yi Sound and Vision a karon farko da aka taɓa yi. "Kuma yana dariya a duk lokacin waƙar, ina tsammanin violin na lantarki yana ƙoƙarin kwaikwayon sashin ƙaho, wanda David ya ga abin dariya ne. Lokaci ne mai girma. Sannan kyamarar ta tsaya tare da David yayin da ya tafi gefe, yana shan gilashin giya ko shan sigari, kuma yana da sha'awa sosai, yana rawa da murmushi. Abin farin ciki ne ƙwarai. Ina tsammanin wannan shine karon farko da ya yi wasa ba tare da abin rufe fuska ba, ko 'hali', a ce." Morgen ba ya bayar da komai amma ya yi alkawarin "abubuwan mamaki" da kuma "sabon hanyar nishaɗi". "Ba fim ba ne da ake nunawa a wuraren wasanni," in ji shi. "Akwai allon nuni da yawa, cikakken kunshin haske, haɗin sauti na 7.1. Wasan kwaikwayon daga 1978 ne amma gabatarwar ta 2027 ce. An gayyaci masu sauraro su duba duk inda suke so: zaɓi naku kasada." Shekaru goma sha ɗaya bayan rasuwarsa, yana da ma'ana cewa Bowie zai sake zama majagaba. Farkon wasan kwaikwayon mataki yana a bikin fina-finai na Berlin a Jamus a watan Fabrairu 2027, kafin yawon buɗe ido.

Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi
Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi Brett Morgens Sake Gyaran Shekaru 10 na Mafi Girman Wasan Kwaikwayon Bowie da Aka Ɗauka

Menene ainihin wannan aikin game da shi
Shirin shaidar darakta Brett Morgen ne da aka gina a kusa da hotunan da aka dawo da su na fim ɗin wasan kwaikwayo na David Bowie na 1973 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Morgen ya shafe kusan shekaru 10 yana sake gyara hotunan cikin ƙwazo

Daga ina taken How on earth is this man not sweating ya fito
Martanin magoya baya ne ga wasan kwaikwayon Bowie yana kama da ba zai yiwu ba yana sanyi kuma bushe a ƙarƙashin fitilun mataki masu zafi yayin da yake ba da wasa mai tsanani Yana nuna mamakin da mutane suke ji suna kallonsa

Menene ainihin hotunan
Fim ɗin DA Pennebaker ne na wasan ƙarshe na Ziggy Stardust na Bowie a Hammersmith Odeon a London a ranar 3 ga Yuli 1973 daren da Bowie ya sanar da cewa zai yi ritaya daga Ziggy

Me ya sa ake kiransa mafi girman wasan kwaikwayon da aka ɗauka
Magoya baya da masu suka da yawa suna ɗaukar wannan wasan na Hammersmith a matsayin tabbataccen wasan kwaikwayon Bowie da aka ɗauka kayan ado ƙungiyar da lokacin ritaya mai ban mamaki duk sun haɗu

Me ya sa sake gyaran ya ɗauki shekaru 10
Fim ɗin na asali yana da lalacewar tsufa da iyakokin fasaha Dawo da shi firam da firam tsaftacewa daidaita launi da daidaita sauti aiki ne mai jinkiri da kulawa

Menene ma'anar sake gyarawa
Yana nufin inganta ingancin hotuna ko sauti da ke akwai ƙarfafa hoto gyara launi tsaftace sauti ba tare da canza ainihin wasan kwaikwayon ba

Ina buƙatar zama babban mai sha'awar Bowie don jin daɗinsa
A'a Yana aiki a matsayin fim ɗin wasan kwaikwayo da kuma akwatin lokaci na glam rock na 1970s Magoya baya kawai suna samun ƙarin daga cikakkun bayanai

Menene amfanin kallon sigar da aka dawo da ita maimakon tsohuwar
Hoto mafi bayyana launi mafi kyau da ingantaccen sauti suna sa wasan kwaikwayon ya ji mafi kusa kuma suna ba ku damar ganin cikakkun bayanai da tsofaffin kwafi suka rasa

Waɗanne matsaloli na gama gari ne dawo da shi ya kamata ya gyara
Launuka da suka ɓace ko suka karkata ɓarkewa da ƙura a kan fim ɗin walƙiya da sautin da bai dace da hotuna daidai ba

Yaya aka gudanar da sautin
An tsaftace sautin wasan kwaikwayon kuma an sake daidaita shi da hoton da aka dawo da shi don sautin ya dace da wasan kwaikwayon daidai

An canza hotunan ko an sake gyara su
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