Ma Sydney ʻo 9:00 pm a, ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke kiʻi ʻana o ke mele mele ʻo Carmen me kāna hoaaloha a me kāna hoa noho Australia ʻo Elsa Pataky Rossy de Palma Palma de Mallorca 1964 hele i ka media ma Zoom. Hana ʻo ia i mea e hoʻolaha ai i nā miniseries Little Birds a Sky e pili ana i nā moʻolelo erotic o Anais Nin kahi e hoʻokani ai ʻo De Palma i ka Countess Mantrax a me ka manipulative a Starzplay i hoʻomaka i kēia Lāpule.

I ka waena o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus, ʻo ka mea pena kiʻi honua loa ma Sepania i waena o kāna mau papahana he nui ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka opera ʻo Bizet ʻo Natalie Portman ka hana mua a ke kāne a Benjamin Millepied i kekahi mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me kahi miniseries ma kona home lua, ʻo Palani ka moʻolelo Senor e hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ke ahonui mai. ʻO Atresmedia a i kekahi manawa akā ʻaʻole hou ma Netflix ma kahi o ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni aʻe e Pedro Almodovar Parallel Mothers. ʻO ke kī i kou kūleʻa ʻaʻole kau i nā palena.

ʻO ka mea mua, he aha kāu i hoʻohuli ai i nā manu liʻiliʻi a me kou ʻano, ʻo COUNTESS MANTRAX?

Nui koʻu makemake i ka mea i kākau ʻia a hoʻopuka ʻia e nā wahine. A ma muli o nā moʻolelo o Anais Nin, aʻu i heluhelu ai i koʻu wā ʻōpiopio a ua wehe i nā puka makani he nui o ka moekolohe a me ke kūʻokoʻa o ka wahine a me ka ʻike pilikino. Ua hoihoi au i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻonoho ʻia ma kēlā Tangier o nā makahiki 50. A e pili ana i ka Countess, ʻo kaʻu mea i makemake nui ai ʻo ia kona keʻena keʻena no ka mea he mau lole nani loa a me nā pāpale. ʻO kona ʻano, e like me kāu e manaʻo ai, ʻaʻohe pili iaʻu no ka mea he ʻino loa ʻo ia, hoʻopunipuni, a hoʻomāinoino loa i kona mana.

Ua kākau ʻo Anais Nin i nā manu liʻiliʻi, nā moʻolelo i hoʻoulu ʻia e nā manu liʻiliʻi, i ka makahiki 1940. He aha ka mea hoʻokahuli e pili ana i ka haʻi ʻana i ke ala ʻana i ka moe kolohe a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kūʻokoʻa o Lucy Savage, ka protagonist ʻōpio, ma 2021? ʻAe, me he mea lā e like me ke kipi ʻana, ʻeā? Pono wau e heluhelu hou iā lākou akā manaʻo wau aia nō lākou i kēia manawa. A ke manaʻo nei au me ke ʻano o ka luakini ʻo Juno hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke ʻano o ke kāne, ke kaiāulu, a me kona mau mākua iā ia i ka wā e makemake ai ʻo ia e ʻike iā ia iho a hauʻoli.

Ma kēlā ʻano, a e like me kāu i ʻōlelo ai ma mua, no ke aha he mea nui iā ʻoe ma hope o nā kāmera ke alakaʻi ʻia ka hui e ka mea kākau kiʻi ʻo Sophia Al-Maria a me ke alakaʻi ʻo Stacie Passon?
ʻAʻole ʻoe makemake, aia kahi ʻano ʻike kūikawā e haʻi ai. ʻAʻole au makemake e hoʻokaʻawale i waena o nā kāne no ka mea he kālena ke kālena inā he kāne a he wahine paha. Akā, aia kekahi manaʻo koʻikoʻi a ʻo ia hoʻi e kākau nā kāne i nā mea i kamaʻāina iā lākou ʻoiai he honua ʻokoʻa nā kāne a me nā wahine no ka wahine. A manaʻo wau he mea maikaʻi ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā wahine e lilo i protagonists o kā mākou moʻolelo ponoʻī a ʻaʻohe mea nāna e kākau ia no mākou.
ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi ka moe kolohe a ma mua o nā makemake wahine i ka leo leo?

I kekahi manawa i hala aku nei ua haʻi mai kekahi mea kākau moʻolelo Farani iaʻu he ʻano moe kolohe koʻu ʻano a ʻaʻole iaʻu e hoʻohewa ʻia. He mea nui ka libido. ʻO ka mea i mahalo ʻole ʻia ʻo ia ke ʻano o kona hoʻokō ʻana i kāna mau moe kolohe ma ka ʻeleʻele, hoʻoweliweli, hoʻoweliweli. ʻAʻole paha mākou i maʻa i ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahine e moe kolohe, kūʻokoʻa, a ikaika. Akā ʻo wau iho, ua ʻaʻa koʻu ola holoʻokoʻa a ʻaʻole wau i noi i ka ʻae e hana i kahi mea aʻu i manaʻo ai noʻu. Ina no'u ko'u mau pono, aole au e noi aku, na'u no e hana. I kēia manawa ke hoʻopaʻa nei ʻo ia ma Australia, e hōʻike ana i kahi hana Pelekane, a kokoke e hoʻokuʻu i kekahi mau inoa inoa ma Farani, kahi i hoʻonani ʻia ai ʻo ia me ka mekala o kahi luna o ka Order of Arts and Letters. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke hana nei ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi, akā manaʻo ʻoe ʻoi aku ka waiwai ma waho o Sepania?

ʻAʻole au he lāhui. He mea paʻakikī iaʻu e ʻōlelo aku he Sepania wau. He mea paʻakikī iaʻu ke ʻōlelo aku he ʻEulopa wau. ʻO ka mea hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo inā hoʻomake lākou iaʻu e wehewehe iaʻu iho ʻo ia kaʻu manaʻo i ka Mediterranean. Akā, he koko Basque a me Asturia nō hoʻi au, a ʻo wau hoʻi ʻo Cantabrian. Ua haʻi mai koʻu makuakāne iaʻu i koʻu wā kamaliʻi 'ʻo ʻoe ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa' a manaʻoʻiʻo wau. Manaʻo wau e like me ke kamaʻāina o ka honua a i kēia manawa aia wau i nā antipodes, me he mea lā he honua ʻē aʻe a ʻike wau i ka home, no ka mea, manaʻo wau he Australian.

Ma kahi aʻu e hele ai, hui maikaʻi wau me ia wahi. A ke ʻōlelo mau nei au ke manaʻoʻiʻo wale nei au ʻaʻole makemake nui nā palena gastronomic geopolitics iaʻu. A ʻaʻohe mea i hele mai mai Mars mai, no ka honua honua mākou a pau. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia ma waena o kahi maʻi maʻi a ʻoi aku ma mua o kanalima, ke ʻike nei ʻoe i kahi manawa o ka effervescence hana ʻoiai he nui nā wahine wahine e hōʻike nei, i kēia makahiki ʻaʻole lākou e loaʻa nā makana.

ʻAʻole wau i manaʻoʻiʻo i nā palena o ka makahiki no ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ka ʻino. I ka makahiki 20, ua like koʻu 40 i koʻu wā ʻōpio i koʻu mau makahiki he 30 i kēia manawa he 56 au i ka makahiki iwakālua, ʻōpio loa. ʻAʻole au e komo i loko o nā laka ua kaʻawale loa au. Inā ʻoe e wehewehe iā ʻoe iho e kaupalena ʻoe iā ʻoe iho a ʻaʻole wau ʻike ʻo wai wau. ʻAʻole wau he mea hana keaka. He mea pena wau e hana ana ma ke ʻano he mea hana keaka, akā ʻaʻohe oʻu ola noʻeau ma lalo o ka hana hana no laila ke ola nei au i ka mea e hiki mai ana. Laki wau ʻaʻole i nele i ka hana akā hoʻāʻo mau wau e hoʻokomo i koʻu naʻau i loko.