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Skybird · 08-20-06, 11:48 AM

Okay, what would you have done with twenty increasingly frenetical sharks around you, blood in the water, the fishes one armslength away, your husband been eaten just seconds ago, no knife, no land and no boat and no plane in sight, your body's energy down, all physical reserves gone, no water, no food, no nothing? She had been very emotional the day before, and in despair. Now she was calm, composed: no tears, no gestures noone wold see, not one thing too much anymore. She knew that there was no more escape, that she needed to face what was inevitable, and that whatever she might think of wouldn'T change anything in that she would be next. That is the meaning of this gesture - letting go her oxygene pack, and all equipement: saying farewell, giving up all safties, all security lines to life, knowing there is no return. What do you mean by carrying on to fight - with just seconds or minutes to live any longer? That she did not carry on a hopeless fight, but despite her fear somewhat surrendered to life having it's way - giving up the demand to be master of her fate: this is what moves me. I think it was very high time to clear her mind and letting go all attachement to life. The film showed it all within just one minute, from the final kiss for her dead husband, over his body beeing pulled under water and her giving up of equipment, to her final disappearing under the surface.

Really I would like to see how you "carry on a fight" with hopelessly many sharks around you, just seconds away from eating you up. I think by giving it this twist in interpretation you try to avoid the psychologic tension and the message this scene and this movie is all about: that there is a point where you simply cannot carry on with any fight, cannot carry on to live any life, any whatever. End. Finish. No more second chances, no happy end, no next day, no miracle. No hope. No rescue. Rien ne vas plus. Out. Stop living. Face pain, fear, dying. Be dead. Be gone. Be no more.

Open Water - like I watch at that movie now, those two words are almost like a koan about life to me. Strange, how it goes sometimes, that something so banal like this film (that maybe was not planned to be so "philosophically striking") suddenly could make you thinking and reflecting.

08-20-06, 11:48 AM	#11
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,714 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Okay, what would you have done with twenty increasingly frenetical sharks around you, blood in the water, the fishes one armslength away, your husband been eaten just seconds ago, no knife, no land and no boat and no plane in sight, your body's energy down, all physical reserves gone, no water, no food, no nothing? She had been very emotional the day before, and in despair. Now she was calm, composed: no tears, no gestures noone wold see, not one thing too much anymore. She knew that there was no more escape, that she needed to face what was inevitable, and that whatever she might think of wouldn'T change anything in that she would be next. That is the meaning of this gesture - letting go her oxygene pack, and all equipement: saying farewell, giving up all safties, all security lines to life, knowing there is no return. What do you mean by carrying on to fight - with just seconds or minutes to live any longer? That she did not carry on a hopeless fight, but despite her fear somewhat surrendered to life having it's way - giving up the demand to be master of her fate: this is what moves me. I think it was very high time to clear her mind and letting go all attachement to life. The film showed it all within just one minute, from the final kiss for her dead husband, over his body beeing pulled under water and her giving up of equipment, to her final disappearing under the surface. Really I would like to see how you "carry on a fight" with hopelessly many sharks around you, just seconds away from eating you up. I think by giving it this twist in interpretation you try to avoid the psychologic tension and the message this scene and this movie is all about: that there is a point where you simply cannot carry on with any fight, cannot carry on to live any life, any whatever. End. Finish. No more second chances, no happy end, no next day, no miracle. No hope. No rescue. Rien ne vas plus. Out. Stop living. Face pain, fear, dying. Be dead. Be gone. Be no more. Open Water - like I watch at that movie now, those two words are almost like a koan about life to me. Strange, how it goes sometimes, that something so banal like this film (that maybe was not planned to be so "philosophically striking") suddenly could make you thinking and reflecting. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 08-20-06 at 12:05 PM.