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Post by kygal on Jun 28, 2014 20:26:00 GMT
Great news ladies! Hope you enjoy!
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Post by lassie on Jun 29, 2014 19:04:13 GMT
My DVD has arrived too  Rufus is fantastic as Carlo. A brilliant performance. |
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Post by walt on Jun 30, 2014 8:45:23 GMT
IMHO "The Sea" is an exceptional film, but also a very serious one. Beautifully shot with excellent actors.  If I'm not mistaken, there was some discussion about Rufus's beard as Carlo Grace in the past in this thread. I'm not sure about the correct English term for this beard, but it was mentioned in the book as well. And I agree with Laban, subtitles would have been very welcome to understand the dialogues completely. Of course, it helped a lot that I read the book and re-read it now again. |
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Post by francesca on Jun 30, 2014 19:54:19 GMT
As usual I saw this film twice before I reviewed it.
You are right Walt, it is an exceptional film, beautifully filmed, superbly acted.
I usually find that Rufus outclasses everyone but in this film, the standard of acting is so high and is upheld by everyone, both adults and children.
It is a serious film , but then it was a serious book.
As in the book, the loneliness of the child Max's life is lit up by the exotic gaiety and warmth of Carlo and Connie until tragedy struck them.
When I read the book, I thought that Carlo was a part Rufus could pay to the hilt, and he did.
My applause too, to Ciaran Hinds, Natasha McElhone and the wonderful Charlotte Rampling.
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 6, 2014 12:47:26 GMT
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Post by kygal on Jul 7, 2014 10:26:48 GMT
Great news Kate. Enjoy!
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Post by adina on Aug 4, 2014 10:13:03 GMT
There is a pretty detailed review: linnetmoss.com/2014/08/01/the-sea-2013/  The author is a Ciarán Hinds fangirl, and this means two things: it was written with enthusiasm and it is focusing on the non-Rufus parts of the movie. I think it is interesting to read it, (and I think some lines could work as a general description of a mesmerised fangirl - "Trying to capture screenshots of his hallucination scene with Anna, I almost gave up, because it’s impossible to show in a still photo what he is able to convey with his voice, face, and body in even a few seconds of film." Oh, yes, I know this feel very much!  ) Her screenshots are lovely!  “Everything tastes a bit sour at the seaside, my darling.”There is the louche Carlo Grace (well-played by Rufus Sewell), who slyly makes Max complicit in his philandering with a shopgirl. Carlo Grace (Rufus Sewell), handsome devil. Grown Max remembers him fondly. “The Great God Pan is dead! Long live the god.” |
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Post by kissmekate on Aug 4, 2014 11:17:04 GMT
Aww, lovely find!
I haven't read the whole review as I haven't yet watched the movie, but thanks for the link anyway. Will save it for later.
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Post by kygal on Aug 5, 2014 20:25:45 GMT
Great pics!
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Post by kissmekate on Aug 11, 2014 7:21:01 GMT
So I'm finished now, and while this will not quite make the top of my Rufus-movie list because there was not enough Rufus in it, it ranks very high on my general movie hit list.
I loved this as thoroughly as I thought I would when I saw the trailer. The cast, the scenery (oh so beautiful!), the lighting, the dialogue, the costumes (oohhh!) - everything was fantastic in my opinion, up to the perfect ending.
It is a melancholy film on a melancholy subject, with tragedy striking both in Max's present and his past, but not as bleak and depressing as it might have been. I loved how the present was intertwined with the two layers of the past and how the beach scenes with the Graces were bathed in this lovely golden glow, a beautiful metaphor for the nostalgic glow that childhood memories often assume in our minds.
Rufus was so so so good in this and once again made me wish he'd get to play a LOT more of those complex characters. He nailed flamboyant, over-the-top Carlo Grace just perfectly, down to the looks. I totally adored that brown suit.
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Post by kygal on Aug 11, 2014 10:23:51 GMT
Thanks for the review Kate. Hope I get to see it at some point.
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Post by rueful on Aug 13, 2014 14:48:07 GMT
Thanks for posting a link to that review and the beautiful pictures, Adina. Very interesting.
Kate, thanks for your review too! You give excellent descriptions of the mood while giving no spoilers. I'm looking forward to seeing this!
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Post by kissmekate on Aug 14, 2014 5:57:54 GMT
I'm pretty sure you'll like this one, rueful |
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Post by rueful on Aug 14, 2014 17:01:46 GMT
I'm pretty sure you'll like this one, rueful I think so too. If it ever gets released here.  |
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Post by kissmekate on Aug 14, 2014 17:23:12 GMT
Pity it didn't get a theatrical release in Germany (at least none that I was aware of).
I hope you US ladies will at least get a DVD soon.
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Rufus is fantastic as Carlo. A brilliant performance.
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