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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 435607" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">The Salt Path</span></strong> (2024)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpics.mydorpie.com%2Fi%2Fmovieimages%2FThe-Salt-Path.jpg%3Fcb%3D20975&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=5bc34e9181d64979e3f40797ffee0e269a97efe9e295966d1b18cad6d3a1f63e" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 1029px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">There were a few things I'd read about the film ahead of time, all really based on the news around the controversy generated when facts in the book (and in turn the film) were disputed. Oh, and I'd also read that Cornish locals were unhappy that so much of their coast was getting attention because it might encourage tourists (even though tourism is their #1 trade sector. And most people there are probably London city people anyway, with true locals having been priced out of their own homes).</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">I've visited many of the places in the film, and walked a number of sections of the South West Coast Path, so my main reason for watching was really to see some familiar places. The story was secondary to me, since I had no idea what the story even was.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">The story is enough to keep the viewer interested, with a focus on a very specific kind of homelessness (a middle-class couple lose their home and livelihood and choose to simply take a small tent and walk the coast path, surviving on a tiny income and their wits) and a nasty neurodegenerative disease I wasn't aware of. But the real star of the film - particularly given there's some question around the facts presented - is the cinematography. The wild, beautiful and temperamental coast is captured perfectly here, always extremely photogenic and filmed so subjectively it's the next best thing to being there.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">The performances, too, are nice. It took me a while to recognise Gillian Anderson, and Jason Isaacs gives a nice performance which is quite vulnerable at times.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This makes perfect sense.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh yes. Strikes were so prevalent at the time they did seem to work their way into Soapland (to use James's term).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 435607, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]The Salt Path[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=6] [/SIZE](2024) [IMG width="1029px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpics.mydorpie.com%2Fi%2Fmovieimages%2FThe-Salt-Path.jpg%3Fcb%3D20975&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=5bc34e9181d64979e3f40797ffee0e269a97efe9e295966d1b18cad6d3a1f63e[/IMG] There were a few things I'd read about the film ahead of time, all really based on the news around the controversy generated when facts in the book (and in turn the film) were disputed. Oh, and I'd also read that Cornish locals were unhappy that so much of their coast was getting attention because it might encourage tourists (even though tourism is their #1 trade sector. And most people there are probably London city people anyway, with true locals having been priced out of their own homes). I've visited many of the places in the film, and walked a number of sections of the South West Coast Path, so my main reason for watching was really to see some familiar places. The story was secondary to me, since I had no idea what the story even was. The story is enough to keep the viewer interested, with a focus on a very specific kind of homelessness (a middle-class couple lose their home and livelihood and choose to simply take a small tent and walk the coast path, surviving on a tiny income and their wits) and a nasty neurodegenerative disease I wasn't aware of. But the real star of the film - particularly given there's some question around the facts presented - is the cinematography. The wild, beautiful and temperamental coast is captured perfectly here, always extremely photogenic and filmed so subjectively it's the next best thing to being there. The performances, too, are nice. It took me a while to recognise Gillian Anderson, and Jason Isaacs gives a nice performance which is quite vulnerable at times. [/CENTER] This makes perfect sense. Oh yes. Strikes were so prevalent at the time they did seem to work their way into Soapland (to use James's term). [/QUOTE]
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