Naphi na uMarlee Matlin , umdlali wezithulu onokubonga, uhamba, uguquleli ulwimi lwezandla uJack Jason usekho. UJason noMatlin bebeye iqela ukususela ekuqaleni komsebenzi kaMatlin. Wathetha kunye nokutolika nokuba ngumlingane we-Matlin.
Ngaba ungumntwana wabantu abazizithulu (i-CODA)?
UJason: Ndiyi-CODA enekratshi. Abazali bam baya kwiSikolo saseCalifornia yeZiThulu kwiBerkeley, eCalifornia.
Umama wamkhulela eCalifornia kwaye ubawo wakhula eNew York, kwaye badibana eBerkeley bengenalo umdla omkhulu. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, badibana kwakhona e-Idaho kwiintambo zezithulu zebhasikidi, [kwaye] bawa thandana.
: Waba njani utolika?
UJason: Usuku lokuqala ekholejini (University of California State, Hayward, 1974 ukuya ku-1978), ndatshelwe ukuba ndingathatha iteksi yolwimi lwezandla njengento yam yolwimi lwangaphandle. Omnye wayefuna isichazili kwiklasi yesiNgesi kwaye ndaphoswa ngaphandle kokungazi into yokuqala ngokutolika.
Kwakuvivinywa ngomlilo. Ekugqibeleni, ndafunda phantsi koLou Fant, uVirginia Hughes kunye noBarbie Reade abaza [babe] yinxalenye yenkqubo yokutshintshana phakathi kwikholeji yam ne-CSUN. Kwakungekho kamva [emva kwikholeji] ndifumene ukuba ndibe ne-knack yokutolika kwezobugcisa obwenzayo, ukusebenza kuqala nge-DEAF Media kwi-Bay Area kwaye emva kwenguqulelo kwisikrini seendaba zeTV.
Isabelo sam sokuqala "sesidumo" sasiyichaza uLinda Bove kwinqaku leengxoxo zengingqi ngexesha leNdwendwe kaZwelonke yoBantwana bakaThixo Omncinane .
: Wenzani ngaphambi kokuba ube ngumtoliki wakhe we-Marlee kunye neqabane lamashishini?
UJason: Umsebenzi wam wokuqala wokuqala emva kokuba ndiqinisekiswe [njengomtoliki], ukulungelelanisa iinkonzo zeetoki kwi-DCARA eFranmont, eCalifornia.
Ukusuka apho, ndadlulela kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia Berkeley, apho ndidibanisa iinkonzo zokutolika, kwaye ndayingumcebisi wezemfundo kubafundi abayizithulu . EBerkeley, ndavelisa umkhosi wezobugcisa obizwa ngokuthi "Ukubhiyozela: Abaculi bezithulu nabaBenzi." Kungekudala emva kokuba "uMthendeleko," ndagqiba kweyokufumana i-MA kwiTV kunye neFilimu kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York (NYU). Ndiyicacisa kwicala lokudlala, zombini nakwi-Broadway.
: Waba njani uphendule uMarlee?
UJason: [Ugqirha] Umncedisi kaWilliam Hurt wabiza ngeNew York efuna umntu ukuba ahumushe uMarlee emva kokuba ifilimu yoonyana bakaThixo Omncinci igqityiwe. [Wabiza] i-NYU kuba wayevile ukuba kukho inani elikhulu labafundi abayizithulu nabaguquli. Unobhala kwiSebe loPhuculo lokuThuthukiswa kweNzululwazi wandinika ifowuni kwaye ndazinikela!
Ngelishwa, ndatshelwa ukuba uMnu. Hurt wayekhangela ibhinqa ukutolika uMarlee. Ekugqibeleni, wandibiza wabuya wandinika umsebenzi omnye wamhla. Andizange ndiyazi ukuba isabelo sam kuMarlee sasingeke sibe njengenguqulelo yakhe, kodwa ukuhamba naye kuthengisa. Wayeneminyaka engama-19 kwaye wayenobutsha olutsha kwiNew York kwaye ndandingumkhokeli wakhe. Siyichukumisa ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ndamcela ukuba ndiyichaze xa ifuna enye kwaye ndizinikele njengomqeqeshi weelwimi uWilliam Hurt.
: Ube njani umlingane wezeMarlee?
UJason: Emva kokuba uMarlee anqobe i-Oscar, ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiphume kwiF.D. izifundo kunye nokumlandela. Ndabona abadlali abaninzi beenkampani zabo zokuvelisa ezazivumela ukuba zivelise kwaye zilandele izikripthi. Njengoko ndaqala ukufaka iingcamango kunye nokucebisa uMarlee kwiempendulo, saqonda ukuba kwakuyixesha lokuba uMarlee aqale inkampani yakhe ukuze ahlale ehleli aze alinde umsebenzi. [Ngenxa] yam yefilimu kunye nemiboniselo yeTV, ndacela ukuba ndiqhube inkampani, kwaye [yayithanda] le ngcamango. Wayiqamba ngokuthi yiSolo One ngozuko lwenja yakhe yobuntwana.
: Uyenza ntoni kwiSolo One?
UJason: Usuku ngalunye luqala ngokujonga iindaba, kwaye ujonge ukuphonsa izaziso ukuze ubone ukuba yiziphi iimpendulo uMarlee eza kulungile. Ndihlakulela iingcamango zebali kwaye ndithetha nama-ejenti, ndibeka abalawuli nabavelisi, ndihlola iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokufaka uMarlee kwiibali ezingabhalwanga ukuba ngumdlali oyisithulu. Ndiphumelele kwiimeko ezininzi, kubandakanywa ifilimu ethi "Yiyiphi i-Bleep Do We Know," kwaye ivelise iifilimu zefilimu ezinomdla nge-Marlee kunye neefilimu [e] ezingakhange zikhanye nazo. Okwangoku, ndisezigaba ezahlukeneyo zokuqala kokuveliswa kwiiprojekthi ezahlukeneyo zeMarlee ukuya kwiinkwenkwezi [ku], zivelise okanye zombini.
: Ngaba wenza njalo? Ndifumene le khasi le-IMDB likaJack Jason. Eli phepha lithetha indima njengomlawuli weelwimi, kwaye enye indima ibe ngutokiki.
UJason: Nguwe. Ndenze enye inxaxheba kwaye ndenzile ilizwi elininzi phezu komsebenzi. Inxaxheba yam yokuqala yayiyindoda yommangalisa kwifilimu uMarlee wabiza ngokuthi uMntu kwiMaski e-Golden. Ukususela ngoko, ndizidlale "kwi-Larry Sanders", kwaye ndibe noMarlee kwiimiboniso kunye nemiboniso. Ukuba ukhangele kanzima ungabona undenza umgca apha naphandle kwiimpawu ezinjenge- Arrested Development . Kwaye ndonwabile ukuba ngumqeqeshi wolwimi lwenzululwazi kwiifilimu ezininzi ezinjengeNtsapho yoTywala .
: Ngaba unayo amava okutolika angakulibaleki?
UJason: Kwakunomzuko [ukutolika] kuMarlee xa ephumelele i-Award Academy. [Xa] ndathetha egameni lakhe, ndaphinde ndabhalela xa ndandineminyaka emashumi asibhozo ubudala kwaye ndabhala kwiphepha leencwadi ukuba ndifuna ukuba ilizwi lam livezwe zizigidi zabantu njenge-DJ okanye ummemezeli weTV. Kulapho ndenza oko kanye. Umzuzu wawumnandi kakhulu njengoMarlee wabonga abazali bakhe kwaye ndathetha loo mazwi, ndiyazi ukuba nabazali bam bebephulaphula nabo. Kwakungomzuzwana andiyi kulibala.
Esinye sezihlandlo ezimnandi kakhulu ukuguqulela uMarlee kufika xa wayesanda kubeletha umntwana wakhe wesibili, kwaye [wenza] ukubukeka kwintlanganiso yesizwe ye-Girl Scout. UMarlee wamenyelisela iqela lamantombazana ukuba kwakufuneka azithethelele "ukupompa" amabele akhe. Ndayichaza loo nto, kwaye ngoko nangoko amantombazana aphendukela kum kwaye agubha ngathi ndiyena omele aphephe. "Marlee, kungekhona mna!" Ndamemeza. Kwakukhohlakele!
: Naluphi na into ongathanda ukuyongeza ngokutolika kuMarlee Matlin?
UJason: Into endiyithethayo kukuba ndinomsebenzi opholileyo kunokuba ndicinga.