Mar Adentro (the Sea Inside)
Dec. 9th, 2004 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cthulhiaMy free screening last night was to see a Spanish (subtitled) movie based on a true story about euthanasia: Mar Adentro (the Sea Inside)
I suspected as much, although I didn't mention that for fear it would scare off potential movie dates. The most-likely taker had to bail for a vet appointment to determine whether or not to euthanize a pet. Negative synchronicity narrowly averted.
phew
Having someone else there might've prompted inadvertently upsetting questions about parallels to my own family, which would've been too much to bear at the time.
That said, this was an amazing movie. Beautifully filmed. Anyone who's had to deal with "end-of-life care" paperwork (be it as a relative or a professional caregiver) will relate to the mixed feelings people get about euthanasia. Some of my favorite parts simply cannot be recounted without being spoilers.
Not the windmills, though. The windmills scene reminded me of Madison, NY, which has a farm of modern windmills that can seen from miles away, so large as to be deceptively out of proportion. Objects are much further away than they appear. Mom knew Dad had reached another point-of-no-return when he was too blind to see the windmills anymore. (The main character in the movie has excellent vision.) They appear for less than a minute in the film, and probably wouldn't mean much to you. But had me pondering which would be harder to lose, my vision or my hands.
The same director did the original Abre Los Ojos (Open your eyes), reputed to be significantly better than its American remake: Vanilla Sky. I need to see that original now. Wow.
I suspected as much, although I didn't mention that for fear it would scare off potential movie dates. The most-likely taker had to bail for a vet appointment to determine whether or not to euthanize a pet. Negative synchronicity narrowly averted.
phew
Having someone else there might've prompted inadvertently upsetting questions about parallels to my own family, which would've been too much to bear at the time.
That said, this was an amazing movie. Beautifully filmed. Anyone who's had to deal with "end-of-life care" paperwork (be it as a relative or a professional caregiver) will relate to the mixed feelings people get about euthanasia. Some of my favorite parts simply cannot be recounted without being spoilers.
Not the windmills, though. The windmills scene reminded me of Madison, NY, which has a farm of modern windmills that can seen from miles away, so large as to be deceptively out of proportion. Objects are much further away than they appear. Mom knew Dad had reached another point-of-no-return when he was too blind to see the windmills anymore. (The main character in the movie has excellent vision.) They appear for less than a minute in the film, and probably wouldn't mean much to you. But had me pondering which would be harder to lose, my vision or my hands.
The same director did the original Abre Los Ojos (Open your eyes), reputed to be significantly better than its American remake: Vanilla Sky. I need to see that original now. Wow.
