Firecracker (fim na 2005)

Firecracker fim ne mai ban tsoro na 2005 wanda Steve Balderson ya jagoranta, tare da Karen Black da Mike Patton, kowannensu yana taka muhimmiyar rawa biyu. Patton da Jak Kendall suna wasa da 'yan'uwa David da Jimmy, waɗanda ke zaune a wani karamin garin Kansas a cikin shekarun 1950 kuma suna da dangantaka mai banƙyama. Dukkanin 'yan uwan sun shiga cikin Sandra (Black), mawaƙa tare da bikin tafiya wanda ke ziyartar garin a kowane bazara. Sandra kuma tana cikin mummunar dangantaka da mai mallakar carnival Frank (wanda Patton ya buga). Lokacin da bikin ya bar garin, David ma ya ɓace, wanda ya haifar da bincike game da kisan da ya yi.

## Makirci
Ana fitar da gawar wanda aka kashe a ƙarƙashin ajiya a cikin ƙaramin garin Wamego, Kansas. An ba da labarin da ya kai ga kisan.

Kyakkyawan, mai son zamantakewa, David, mai mallakar garage na gida, yana zaluntar ɗan'uwansa mai tawali'u, mai saurin wasa da piano, matashi Jimmy. Mahaifiyarsu ta addini, mai hankali, Eleanor, tana ƙoƙari ta yi watsi da halin David; mahaifinsu mai janyewa kuma mara lafiya yana gab da sanya shi a gidan tsofaffi. Lokacin da Jimmy ya sanar da shi a teburin abincin dare na iyali cewa malaminsa na piano yana shirin hada shi a cikin wani wasan kwaikwayo mai zuwa, David ya raina shi kuma ya doke shi, ya umarce shi da ya bar piano "sissy" kuma ya yi aiki a garage, ya sami kuɗi kuma ya zama mutum na ainihi. Jimmy ya sami tserewa na wucin gadi daga matsalar iyalinsa ta hanyar ziyartar wani biki mai tafiya wanda ke tsayawa a Wamego a kowane bazara. Ya kafa abota ta platonic tare da jan hankali na farko, Sandra, tsohuwar amma har yanzu mai raira waƙa. Sandra kusan fursuna ce ga mai mallakar carnival, Frank, wanda ke cin zarafin ta a motsin rai da jiki. Yayinda Jimmy ke mafarkin gudu don yin piano don bikin, Sandra tana da akasin haka - don tserewa daga bikin kuma ta rayu rayuwa ta yau da kullun.

Sandra tana da dangantaka ta baya da David, amma lokacin da ya sake kusantar ta, ta bayyana a fili cewa ba ta da sha'awarsa kuma ta gaya masa cewa ba za ta bari ya "yi wa ta rauni" kuma. David ya koma gida kuma ya fitar da takaici a kan Jimmy, a cikin wani yanayi inda ake nuna cin zarafin jima'i sosai amma ba a nuna shi ba. Daga baya an bayyana cewa David ya yi wa Sandra ciki a lokacin rani na baya, kuma lokacin da Frank mai kishi ya gano, ya dakatar da ciki kuma ya lalata jikinta don ya sa ta zama mara kyau ga wasu maza. Ba tare da son karɓar amsar a'a ba, David ya fuskanci Sandra a cikin motar ta, kuma ya gano Jimmy yana ɓoye a can. David ya tashi cikin fushi, ya yi wa Jimmy fyade a gaban Sandra, kuma ya fita. Sandra ta ta'azantar da Jimmy, wanda ya koma gida. Kashegari, bikin ya bar garin, tafiyarsa ta yi daidai da bacewar David, wanda shugaban 'yan sanda mata, Edith "Ed" Carlisle, ya fara bincike. Ya fara bayyana cewa kisan kai, mai yiwuwa na Dauda, ya faru a gidan iyalinsa.

A halin yanzu, bikin yana rasa kudi kuma yadda Frank ke bi da Sandra ya kara muni, gami da aika da ƙungiyarsa ta masu zalunci don barazana ta jima'i. Ta yanke shawarar barin kuma sauran 'yan wasan kwaikwayo sun yi mata ban kwana. Jimmy ya zo yana shirin shiga cikin carnival, amma Sandra, da sanin cewa carnival ma yanayi ne mara kyau kuma ba tserewa ba wanda Jimmy yake mafarki, ya tura shi gida. Frank ya ki barin Sandra ta tafi kuma a maimakon haka ya ɗaure ta. Lokacin da Frank ya zo ya gan ta a cikin sarƙoƙi, sauran masu ban tsoro sun taimaka wa Sandra ta shawo kansa, kuma ta maƙure shi har ya mutu da sarƙoƙinta. 'Yan fashi sun ɓoye Sandra daga magoya bayan Frank kuma sun ba ta kuɗi da tikitin bas don taimaka mata ta tsere, amma magoya bayan sun kama ta a filin kuma sun kashe ta.

Komawa a Wamego, flashbacks ya nuna yadda David ya dawo gida don samun Eleanor ta'azantar da Jimmy mai rauni a cikin ɗakin da aka kulle. David ya rushe kofar, ya ja Jimmy ƙasa kuma ya fara cin zarafinsa. Eleanor, tana addu'a, ta ɗauki takalma biyu daga cikin aljihu kuma ta soke Dauda har ta mutu. Jimmy da Eleanor sai suka binne gawar a ƙarƙashin zubar. Pearl, wata yarinya mai hankali ta yankin, ta fahimci wurin jikin Dauda kuma ta tono gawarsa, ta bayyana hannu ga Cif Ed. Eleanor, yanzu a bayyane yake rashin lafiya, masu kula da ita sun dauke ta zuwa asibitin mahaukaci, yayin da Jimmy ke kuka. A cikin ƙoƙari na ceton mahaifiyarsa, Jimmy da hawaye ya furta kisan David. An yanke wa Jimmy hukuncin rai da rai a kurkuku kuma daga baya aka sake shi a kan parole, a wannan lokacin Cif Ed, wanda ya zama alƙali na gundumar, ya rufe shari'ar don haka babu wani rikodin a yau.

## Yan wasa

* Karen Black a matsayin Sandra / Eleanor
* Mike Patton a matsayin Frank / David
* Susan Traylor a matsayin Ed
* Kathleen Wilhoite a matsayin Jessica
* Jak Kendall a matsayin Jimmy
* Brooke Balderson a matsayin Pearl
* Paul Sizemore a matsayin Jami'in Harry
* Jane Wiedlin a matsayin Ursula
* George McArthur a matsayin Mutumin da ba shi da gemu
* Cathy Berry a matsayin Maxine, The Lobster Girl
* Mai daɗi Gehman a matsayin Estelle
* Selene Luna a matsayin Harriet
* Susie Legault a matsayin Buffalola
* Jeff Montague a matsayin Mai ba da labari
* Sean R. Shuford a matsayin Sauran Mutumin
* Enigma kamar kansa
* Katzen a matsayin kanta
* Amy Kelly a matsayin Susie Jenkins
* Dean Ackles a matsayin Clark
* Richard Villar a matsayin Yahaya

## Shiryawa
Marubuci, darektan kuma mai haɗin gwiwa Steve Balderson ya dogara da Firecracker a kan kisan kai na ainihi wanda ya faru a Wamego a cikin shekarun 1950, tubalan uku daga gidan da Balderson ta girma. A cewar Balderson, wani biki mai tafiya ya ziyarci garin a kowace shekara a ranar 4 ga Yuli. Wanda aka kashe ya ɓace a safiyar Yuli 5, yayin da bikin ke barin garin, kuma daga baya an gano cewa ɗan'uwansa ne ya kashe shi. Balderson ya canza sunayen da wasu bayanai game da labarin don fim dinsa. Ya kira fim din da aka gama "mafi fiction fiye da gaskiya" kuma ba wani tarihi ba.

Dennis Hopper an fara jefa shi a matsayin Frank amma ya fita kafin a yi fim din. Balderson ya ce wannan saboda sa hannun Hopper a cikin fim din bai haifar da kudi ba, don haka ya koma ga " hangen nesa na asali" na samun ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ɗaya ya buga sassan Frank da David, kuma Hopper ya kasance "shekaru arba'in da haihuwa" don ya buga David.

An harbe fim din a Wamego da kewayen yankin sama da watanni biyu a shekara ta 2003, a kan kasafin kuɗi na kasa da $ 500,000. An yi amfani da bikin carnival na Ottaway, ainihin bikin da ke ziyartar Wamego a kai a kai, don al'amuran carnival, tare da mazauna yankin a matsayin karin.

## Halin da aka yi amfani da shi
An gama shi a shekara ta 2005 kuma an sake shi a cikin "Freak Show Tour" na farko a cikin Landmark Theatres, kuma an sake ya a DVD a shekara ta 2006. Mai sukar fina-finai Roger Ebert ya kira shi "Brilliant" kuma ya ba Firecracker lambar yabo ta musamman a cikin jerin fina-fukkuna mafi kyau na shekara.

An yaba da shi a matsayin "mafi kyawun" [1] wanda "mai ba da labari wanda ke da yatsa a kan bugun fim na zamani" (Magajin Aftertaste), Firecracker ya fara ne a bikin fina-finai na Raindance na London, don sayar da jama'a, inda ya lashe kyautar Jury don Hoton Mafi Kyawu. Har ila yau, ta lashe kyaututtuka da yawa a zagaye na bikin a duk duniya ciki har da: Hoton Mafi Kyawu, Cinematography Mafi Kyawu ga Karen Black, da kuma darektan Steve Balderson ya lashe lambar yabo ta Domani Vision ta 2005 don ƙwarewa mai tasowa a Tribeca's Visionfest .￼

## Kyaututtuka

* 2005 Visionfest - Wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Domani Vision (Steve Balderson) 
* 2005 Visionfest - Wanda ya lashe fim mafi kyau
* 2005 Visionfest - Wanda ya lashe kyautar 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau (Karen Black) 
* 2005 Visionfest - Wanda ya lashe Cinematography Mafi Kyawu
* 2005 Fantasporto - Wanda ya lashe kyautar 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau (Karen Black) 
* 2005 Fantasporto - Mafi Kyawun Fim
* 2004 Raindance Film Festival - Kyautar Kyautar Kyauta ta Fim

## Manazarta