Likita X, fim din 1932 na Michael Curtiz, wani bangare ne na wannan shekarar TCM Bikin Fim. Shigowar daren dare cikin jadawalin bikin zai kasance da karfe 1:30 na safe agogon ET a ranar Juma'a 7 ga Mayu, 2021.

An saita shi a bayan asalin kwalejin likitanci fitattu, ana yin fim ɗin bisa wasan kwaikwayo mai taken Firgita, wanda aka fara shekara daya kafin fitowar fim ɗin kuma ya ƙunshi jerin kashe-kashen mutane masu cin naman mutane. Lokacin da mai kawo rahoto (Lee Tracy) ya sami iska cewa ɗaya daga cikin malaman kwalejin na iya kasancewa bayan kisan, ba zai tsaya komai ba don samun labarin takardarsa ko da kuwa hakan ya jefa shi cikin haɗari, haka ma.

Tracey ya shiga cikin 'yan wasa Fay Wray (King Kong(Lionel Atwill)Jinin Kaftin), da kuma Preston Foster (Kwanakin Karshe na Pompeii).

Lokaci ne mai ban sha'awa don shirya fim. Takaicin ya afka masana'antar fim –kamar sauran tattalin arziƙin – da wuya. Kimanin kashi uku na gidajen wasan kwaikwayon sun kasance a rufe, kuma da yawa sun juya zuwa gimmicks a ƙoƙarin buɗe ƙofofinsu. Studios kamar Warner Bros., MGM, da Universal sun juya zuwa fina-finai masu ban tsoro don samar da masu sauraro. Sa'a a gare su, tsarin ya yi aiki, kuma a nan ne Alan K. Rode ya ce, darekta Michael Curtiz ya shiga hoton.

Rode a zahiri ya rubuta littafin akan daraktan da zai jagoranci kusan fina-finai 200 kafin mutuwarsa. Cikakken shafi na 700+ na tarihin rayuwa, Michael Curtiz: Rayuwa a cikin Hotuna, ya fara da kwamiti da kuma shawara daga wani abokina kamar yadda iHorror ya gano lokacin da muka zauna tare da masanin tarihin don tattauna fim din da daraktanta gabanin bikin fim.

"An umarce ni da in rubuta littafi game da darekta ta Jami'ar Press Press na Kentucky," in ji Rode. “Ina son yin sabuwar gona. Ba na tsammanin duniya tana buƙatar wani littafi game da Joan Crawford, misali, don haka ba zan rubuta shi ba. Ina da wasu mutane a zuciya. Sai abokina, marigayi Richard Erdman, ya ce, 'Kun san Mike ya gano ni. Ya gano ni tun daga makarantar sakandare. Ya kamata ku yi rubutu game da Mike Curtiz. '”

Kuma, wannan shine ainihin abin da Rode yayi. Abin da ya kamata ya zama aikin shekaru biyu ya zama shekaru shida na bincike, balaguro, da rubutu don samarwa da littafin game da Michael Curtiz. A dabi'a, lokacin da TCM ya yanke shawarar tsarawa Likita X don bikinta a wannan shekara, sun kira Rode don shiga.

Don haka ta yaya mutumin da a ƙarshe zai shirya fina-finai yake so Casablanca da kuma Sosai Sanda shiga cikin fim mai ban tsoro?

A dabi'ance, saboda zamanin, yawancin shi yana da alaƙa da tsarin situdiyo. Rode ya nuna cewa Curtiz yana karkashin kwangila tare da Warners daga 1926 zuwa 1953. A wani lokaci da ɗakunan karatu suka yi mulki kuma suka yi nesa da abubuwa marasa ɗabi'a da yawa, kwantiragin farko na Curtiz ya karanta cewa "duk abin da ya yi ko ya yi tunaninsa" yayin da yake kwangila da Warner Bros na mallakar sutudiyo ne.

"Ba zan iya tunanin wani gudu ba na darekta wanda da gaske yake da alhakin salon da fitowar wani sutudiyo," in ji Rode. “Amma, a wannan lokacin, yana neman neman kansa. Misalin da na yi amfani da shi a cikin littafina shi ne cewa shi babban jigo ne a masana'antar fim. Ya kasance babban mutum amma suna da sauran manyan daraktoci da yawa a lokacin. Yana yin duk abin da suka ce masa ya yi. Abin da yake nufi ke nan. ”

Abin da suka gaya wa Curtiz ya yi a farkon shekarun 30 shine fim mai ban tsoro. Jack Warner yana da aikin kwantiragin cikawa tare da Technicolor, kuma Aikin X tare da "masu ba da rahoton aleck masu kyau, editoci masu tauri, 'yan sanda waɗanda ke da matukar damuwa kamar muryoyin ɓarna, da Fay Wray" an ɗaura su da labari game da mai kisan gilla mai cin nama ya dace da lissafin.

Kamar yadda yake tare da dukkan ayyukansa, Curtiz ya jefa kansa gaba ɗaya cikin aikin don yin mafi kyawun fim ɗin da zai yiwu.

"Ya yi ƙoƙari ya nuna kowane irin bambancin fasaha don yin fim ɗin yadda ya kamata," in ji shi. “Tabbas, hakan ya sanya shi a baya wadannan tsauraran tsare-tsare da tsauraran matakan kasafin kudi. Don haka, a game da Dakta X, a wani lokaci, Ina tsammanin ya yi aiki da ma'aikatan na tsawan awoyi 24 ranar Lahadi. Duk sun fadi. ”

Babban zafi, hasken Technicolor mai haske akan aikin bai taimaka ma Curtiz ba. A wani lokaci, tauraron fim din, Lionel Atwill, ya ba da wata hira inda ya yi magana game da suturar dakin sawa na kayan sawa farat ɗaya ya fara shan hayaki kamar yana shirin yin yaƙi. A yayin yin fim, 'yan wasan za su gudu da sauri da zarar darektan ya kira “yanke.”

Duk da haka, don masu sha'awar jinsi, fim ɗin yana alfahari da babban allon Fay Wray na shekara daya da ta gabata King Kong, kuma yana cike da tashin hankali mai ban mamaki, godiya mafi girma ga aikin kyamara na Curtiz da hankali zuwa daki-daki musamman a cikin mahimmin abu a cikin dakin binciken Xavier.

A kokarin fatattakar wanda ya yi kisan, likitan ya daure ‘yan uwansa kan kujeru tare da tilasta musu kallon abin da ya faru da wani mai suna Moon Killer a kokarin auna halinsu da motsin rai. Yanayin misali ne mai ban mamaki na ginin-tashin hankali.

Kuma lokacin da kyamarorin suka yi girma don matsar da kansu, Curtiz zai motsa 'yan wasan maimakon. Hakan ya baiwa finafinansa damar yin tasiri wanda ya dauke su daga yanayi daya zuwa na gaba kuma ya sanya masu sauraron sa a gefen kujerun su.

Kuna iya ganin aikin Curtiz a ciki Likita X wannan Juma'a, 7 ga Mayu, 2021 da karfe 1:30 AM ET a matsayin wani bangare na bikin Fim na TCM an kammala shi da wani ɗan gajeren shirin fim wanda ke nuna Alan K. Rode yana magana game da fina-finan ban tsoro na Michael Curtiz a farkon 1930s.