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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 373180" data-attributes="member: 23">Yesterday&#039;s matineé was:

The Sea (2013)

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A charming tale of (among other things) bereavement, grief, depression, alcoholism, melancholic nostalgia, searching, envy and sexual awakening.

It&#039;s the kind of film one feels rather than watching, and I can imagine if you&#039;re not on board with that it&#039;s quite a difficult film to watch. I can understand how may experience it as plodding or pretentious. There&#039;s something inherently arty about its tone which could be a case of overselling itself. 

The subjective, fragmented way the story is told is what made it so effective for me. A gist of the plot is that that, following the death of his wife, a man revisits places (and in some cases, people) from childhood and memories come flooding back to him. With flashbacks galore to various stages of his life - recent and distant - we&#039;re given the patches but don&#039;t see the quilt until pretty much the end. Indeed, we don&#039;t even know for certain who one of the main characters is until the name is revealed in the film&#039;s final moments. 

As someone who can lean heavily into introspection and reflectiveness, I feel I was on board with the film&#039;s voice (or, at least, the way the story was told). It was also very frank about certain matters... almost shockingly so. 

I&#039;m not sure I&#039;d want to revisit the film. Not because I thought it was bad, but I very much feel I&#039;ve ticked that box. It&#039;s the kind of experience where once is enough. That said, the film is based on a book, with the screenplay written by the author itself. I wouldn&#039;t rule out reading it at some point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 373180, member: 23"] [CENTER]Yesterday's matineé was: [B][SIZE=6]The Sea[/SIZE][/B] (2013) [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F474x%2Fa0%2Fb7%2F36%2Fa0b73648cef1c1d012aaa66776b37147.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=202509fd69b4cf2ef17ed8df7ea0510ab3b4976481a040d929327390a377beec&ipo=images[/img] A charming tale of (among other things) bereavement, grief, depression, alcoholism, melancholic nostalgia, searching, envy and sexual awakening. It's the kind of film one feels rather than watching, and I can imagine if you're not on board with that it's quite a difficult film to watch. I can understand how may experience it as plodding or pretentious. There's something inherently arty about its tone which could be a case of overselling itself. The subjective, fragmented way the story is told is what made it so effective for me. A gist of the plot is that that, following the death of his wife, a man revisits places (and in some cases, people) from childhood and memories come flooding back to him. With flashbacks galore to various stages of his life - recent and distant - we're given the patches but don't see the quilt until pretty much the end. Indeed, we don't even know for certain who one of the main characters is until the name is revealed in the film's final moments. As someone who can lean heavily into introspection and reflectiveness, I feel I was on board with the film's voice (or, at least, the way the story was told). It was also very frank about certain matters... almost shockingly so. I'm not sure I'd want to revisit the film. Not because I thought it was bad, but I very much feel I've ticked that box. It's the kind of experience where once is enough. That said, the film is based on a book, with the screenplay written by the author itself. I wouldn't rule out reading it at some point.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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