Ndira, 1999. Sundance Firimu Mutambo. Iyo isinganzwisisike nyowani inotyisa firimu kubva kuna Dan Myrick naEduardo Sanchez yakagadzirirwa kuita nyika yayo kuratidzwa. Magetsi akadzima munhandare uye kwemaminetsi makumi masere nemasere, vateereri vakagara vakanyudzwa mukutanga-kuongorora Iyo Blair Witch Chirongwa.

Iyo Myrick / Sanchez yekushambadzira muchina yakanga yatove kufamba muSundance gore iro. Ivo vakabata iyo nyaya seicho chaicho, vachiratidza kwavo kwavo kuita kugona mune izvozvi.

Pakupera kwemutambo, Artisan Varaidzo anga atenga kodzero dzekuparadzira Iyo Blair Witch Chirongwa kwemadhora 1.1 miriyoni, iyo yaifanirwa kunge yakavhundutsa pfungwa yavo ichifunga bhajeti remufirimu rinofungidzirwa chete $ 60,000.

Nhanho inotevera, hongu, yaive yekutengesa iyo firimu kune vakawanda vateereri.

Myrick naSanchez vakadzokera kubasa uye mukuita izvi vakagadzira tsika yechiitiko vachishandisa inopenya chishandiso chitsva chaigadzira mafungu ayo panguva iyoyo: internet.

Muna 1999, kutaurirana kwepamhepo uye nhau zvaive zvichiri mucheche kune chikamu chikuru chevagari. Tsvaga injini dzaive dzakashata, uye mifananidzo uye zvimwe midhiya zvaigona kutora maminetsi mashoma kuti dzigadzike. IRC chat yaive hasha, uye mumwedzi mishoma chete, izwi rekuti Napster raizotanga kuzevezeranwa pakati peshamwari.

Yakanga iri nguva inosara ichipenya nekushuva.

Kana iwe ukaenda online ukatsvaga "Blair Witch," iwe hauna kukodzera kuwana wongororo zvakanyanya sezvazvino anozivikanwa "Anoshaya" maposta uye kubvunzurudzwa, "nhau dzenyaya," uye mamwe magwaro akanyatsogadzirwa nevakagadziri vemufirimu kupa iyo kunyepedzera kuti yavo firimu yakaita, kutaura zvazviri, chaizvo kuitika.

Vazhinji vanozopokana kuti izvi zvaive zvisina hunhu, asi kwandiri, zvinomira semuenzaniso unoshamisa wekushambadzira hunyanzvi hunokodzera nzvimbo munhoroondo padyo padyo nezvigaro zvinozungunuka zveWilliam Castle uye mafupa anoyangarara uye bhuku raHitchcock rekuti ungatengesa sei Psycho.

Pakutanga kweZhizha 1999, iyo buzz yakanga yave kutinhira uye musi waChikunguru 1, 1999, Artisan yakaburitswa Iyo Blair Witch Chirongwa pasi rose. Pakupera kwemwedzi iwoyo, kudiwa kwaive kwakura zvekuti kusunungurwa kwavo kushoma kwakawedzera, uye pasina nguva refu, iyo bhaisikopo ine bhajeti ine mwero yakave yekuburitswa kwakabudirira kwazvo nguva dzese, ichiita madhora mazana maviri nemakumi masere nesere pasirese.

Pepa, iwo manhamba anoshamisa, asi izvozvo zvakashandura sei kugamuchirwa kwemufirimu?

Muchidimbu, vatsoropodzi wakada iyo firimu uye wongororo zvaive zvizere zvakanaka.

Kunyangwe Roger Ebert, uyo anga aine chinopfuura chikamu chake chakaringana chegunwe pasi zverudzi rwemakumi emakore akapa iyo firimu ina-nyeredzi kunyora:

"Nekuti fungidziro dzavo dzakapiswa nekutaura kwevaroyi, vafi nevekuponda vana musango, nekuti chikafu chavo chiri kupera uye hutsi hwavo hwapera, ivo (uye isu) takawandisa mhore kutya kupfuura dai ivo vaingodzingirirwa nemumwe mukomana mune ski mask."

Vateereri, zvisinei, yaive imba yakakamurwa.

Ini pachangu, ndinorangarira zvakanaka pandakabata shamwari dzangu mbiri dzepedyo, Joe naMat, ndokutyaira mamaira makumi matanhatu kuenda kuMesquite, Texas uye theatre iri padyo inoratidza firimu kuti tikwanise kuzvionera.

Panguva ino, vazhinji vedu taiziva kuti firimu rakanga risiri, muchokwadi, "chairo," asi izvo hazvina kuita chinhu kudzikisira tarisiro muvateereri sezvo mwenje wakadzikira uye firimu rakatanga.

Zvizhinji sevateereri veSundance, shamwari dzangu neni takagara takabatwa nezvatakange tichiona, maoko edu akabata bata zvigaro zvechigaro chedu, uye kupera kwemafirimu kwakangoerekana kwasviba, vateereri vedu vateereri 'manzwi akanzwikwa pamadziro emitambo.

"Ihwo hwaive hupenzi."

“Hapana kana chavakaratidza!”

"Izvo zvaifanirwa kutyisa?"

Kana, Matt, Joe, kana neni hatina kufamba zvakanyanya, zvakadaro. Takagara ipapo takanyarara takakatyamadzwa kwenguva pfupi apo Matt akazembera pamberi, akatarisana nesu, ndokuti chinyararire, "Ndinofunga ndicho chinhu chinotyisa chandati ndamboona."

Takamira ini ndikatora huwandu hwevateereri vakandikomberedza pavaive vachibuda munzira yemitambo. Vazhinji vaiseka, vachiseka zvavo nezve izvo zvanga zvichangoona, asi seni uye neshamwari dzangu, paive nevazhinji kupfuura vashoma vakagara ipapo vachiita senge vari kuyedza kunzwisisa zvavainge vaona uye nei kunzwa kwakanyanya kwekutya kwakaratidzika kuva kunowoneka.

Sezvataifamba tichienda kumota, tichipedzisira tawana manzwi edu, ndinotarisa tarisa pandiri pamagetsi eguta nemazana emota dzinobhururuka nenzira yakasununguka pandakafunga pfungwa.

Vazhinji veavo vanhu vakaseka firimu havana kufanira kufamba mamaira makumi matanhatu kudzokera kunzvimbo yekumaruwa yeEast Texas murima. Gehena, mazhinji acho anga asati ambotsika musango, ndoda kushandisa nguva yekudzika musasa. Ivo vangadai vasina kumboita kuti fungidziro dzavo dzizadze navo nekutya pavanomuka kubva kurufu rwakafa kunzwa chinhu kwesha kanivhasi yematende avo.

Ini ndakarondedzera izvi kushamwari dzangu dzakakwenya musoro kubvumirana uye isu takaita irwo rwungangodaro rwuri runyararo rwendo kuenda kumba kubva kuguta ratakambotyaira pamwechete pamberi.

Zvino, zvirokwazvo, havasi vese vateveri vemufirimu vaive nemamiriro akafanana kwatiri, uye vanopfuura vashoma vakaringana vakanga vakurira muguta. Zvimwechetezvo, zvirokwazvo vamwe vevaivenga vaive vapedza nguva musango. Zvakadaro, panguva iyoyo, pfungwa dzangu dzaive nemusoro chaiwo.

Zvisinei, iyo firimu munguva pfupi yakazove chikamu chenhoroondo yepop tsika, ichitonga icho chaive chiri kudzikira murazvo we "yakawanikwa mifananidzo" inotyisa, uye ichizadza anopfuura makopi mashoma. Icho chifananidzo hachidzimiki mupfungwa dzedu.

Pasina nguva, maparodhi akatanga, uye munhu wese kubva Bhaisikopo rinotyisa ku "Charmed" yakaratidza firimu mune imwe nzira kana imwe.

Dan Myrick naEduardo Sanchez vakaramba vachinyora nekutungamira mumakore apfuura Iyo Blair Witch Chirongwa. Sanchez akatungamira zvikamu zvepa terevhizheni zvakateedzana se "Kubva Dusk 'kusvika Dawn: Iyo Series" uye Myrick arikutungamira iyo inofungidzirwa zvakanyanya vatorwa kubiwa firimu, Skyman, yakakodzera kunze kwegore rino.

Nanhasi, zvakadaro, Iyo Blair Witch Chirongwa ndiro zita rekutanga rinouya mupfungwa kana mugadziri wemufirimu ataurwa, uye kana iwe uchida kutanga gakava guru pakati pevanotyisa vateveri, unza firimu mushure mekunge munhu wese anwa kana maviri. Uchaona imba yakakamurwa pasina anosara ari pakati nepakati.

Kana ndiri ini, ndichiri kunakidzwa zvishoma pandinozora guruva paDVD yekare uye ndokugara munzira ine rima musango naHeather, Josh, naMike.