A cikin 1990, gyaran Nicolas Roeg na Roald Dahl's The Witches fashewa zuwa babban allon, yara masu ban tsoro kuma suna farantawa iyayensu rai. Ya kasance ɗayan babbar nasarar kasuwanci da darektan ya fuskanta a rayuwarsa (duk da cewa lambobin ofisoshin ta ba taurari bane ta kowane fanni), kuma kamar yadda muke yi makokin rasuwarsa a yau, Ina tsammanin zai zama da daɗi in kalli bayan wannan fim ɗin ban mamaki.

Don haka, bari muyi la'akari da abubuwa biyar da baku sani ba The Witches!

#1 The Witches shine fim na ƙarshe da Lorimar Productions ta shirya.

Lorimar Productions an kafa ta a ƙarshen 1960s, kuma ta samar da / ko rarraba wasu finafinai daban daban daban cikin shekaru ashirin da kasancewar ta. Auraren yana baya Cruising, Wani Jami'i kuma Mai Mutunchi, Da kuma Dan Jarida Kullum Zobensa Sau biyu dab da jerin TV da karamin-jerin kamar Stephen King na IT da kuma Freddy's Mafarkin dare.

An kammala fim ɗin a cikin 1989 kuma an saita shi don rarraba lokacin da aka rarraba sashen wasan kwaikwayo na kamfanin. An sayar da haƙƙin rarrabawa ga Warner Bros. amma har yanzu fim ɗin ya zauna a kan shiryayye kusan shekara guda kafin daga baya aka sake shi a cikin silima.

# 2 Anjelica Huston ba shine farkon zaɓi ba don ɗaukar matsayin Babban Babban Mayya.

Kamar yadda yake da wahalar gaskatawa, an yi la'akari da yawancin sauran mata don rawar da Maɗaukaki Maƙaryaci ya taka a fim din.

A zahiri, tsawon shekaru jita-jita yana da wasu sauran 'yan mata da aka ɗauka matsayinsu tun daga lokacin rubuce-rubuce da kuma cikin tsarin jefa' yan wasa. Ko waɗannan jita-jita sun kasance da gaske ko kuma ainihin labarin ba ze da mahimmanci duk wannan ba, amma rahotanni sun haɗa Vanessa Regrave, Eartha Kitt, Susan Sarandon, Liza Minnelli, Faye Dunaway, Jodie Foster, har ma Cher ga tsarin jefa ƙuri'ar.

Kowane ɗayan waɗannan 'yan wasan mata babu shakka ya kashe rawar, amma wannan ɗayan ɗayan misalai ne da ya kamata ku tambaya, "Shin da sun yi hakan fiye da Anjelica?"

# 3 Wannan shine fim na ƙarshe Jim Henson da kansa ya duba kuma yayi aiki kai tsaye.

Fitaccen jarumi kuma mahaliccin halitta, Jim Henson ya tsara salo daban daban na yar tsana da linzamin kwamfuta Bokayen. Smalananan sun kasance ainihin girman linzamin kwamfuta tare da wayoyi masu sarrafawa waɗanda aka ce sun zama siriri gashi kuma mafi girma sun shigo kusan ƙafa uku a tsayin da Roeg yayi amfani da shi don ɗaukar hoto kusa da fim ɗin.

Abin da ya fi haka, Henson ne ya shawo kan Roald Dahl da kada ya kushe aikin kuma ya cire sunan sa daga ciki lokacin da ya rubuta wasika ga marubucin bayan ya ji rashin jin dadin sa.

Abin baƙin cikin shine, Henson ya mutu kwanaki kaɗan kafin fim ɗin ya fara fitowa a Burtaniya daga cutar sihiri mai saurin cutar streptococcal. Yana da shekaru 53. A cikin wani lamarin da bai dace ba Dahl, da kansa, ya mutu a wannan shekarar.

# 4 Ba a taba bayyana dalilin da ya sa mayu suke son kawar da duniyar yara ba.

Kamar yadda abin mamaki kamar yadda zai iya sauti, kuma hakan yana faruwa ne idan kuna kama da ni kuma kuna da shi a cikin hankalinku cewa an bayyana dalilin a cikin fim din, babu littafin ko fim ɗin da ya bayyana ainihin dalilin da ya sa mayu suka ƙi jinin yara sosai.

Shin ya kasance mai sayarwa ne? Shin kawai suna tsammanin sun kasance masu jaruntaka? Shin wasa ne mai tsayi don tabbatar da cewa an shafe zuriyar mutum?

Wanene ya san?

Zai yiwu Roald Dahl ya sani, amma bai taɓa bayyana shi a cikin ainihin rubutun ba, kuma Nicolas Roeg, da yake ɗaukar abin da ya faɗi daga littafin, bai sami cikakken dalili ba.

# 5 Kamar yadda fim ɗin yayi duhu, littafin yayi duhu sosai.

 

Kamar yadda muka gani da labaran yara da litattafai da yawa da aka tsara don babban allo, ƙungiyar masu samarwa da gaske sun nuna duhu yayin aiwatar da daidaitawa.

Ba kamar fim ɗin ba, alal misali, Luka (wanda bai taɓa da suna a cikin littafin ba) ba a sake dawowa da surar mutum ba kuma ya fahimci zuwa ƙarshen cewa wannan yana nufin an yanke rayuwarsa da gaske. Beraye suna rayuwa ne kawai fewan shekaru a cikin mafi kyawun yanayi, bayan komai, kuma dole ne ya daidaita da wannan gaskiyar.

An nuna a cikin littafin cewa Bruno aka ɗayan ɗan ƙaramin yaron ya zama bera, wani maigadi ya nutsar da shi cikin bokitin ruwa a kan nacewar mahaifinsa wanda ya dace da shirin Babban Babban Mayya don a kashe duk yaran da malamai marasa tunani suka kashe, masu kula, da iyaye lokacin da suka zama beraye.

Gaskiya Gaskiya!

Roald Dahl, kamar yadda aka ambata a baya bai gamsu da wannan karbuwa ba. A zahiri, bai ji daɗi ba sosai saboda an faɗi cewa ya bar umarni a cikin nufinsa waɗanda suka kafa ƙa'idodi ƙwarai da gaske ga kowa a nan gaba wanda zai so ya daidaita aikinsa don fim!