The Deep Blue Sea
| Movie | |
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| German title | The Deep Blue Sea |
| Original title | The Deep Blue Sea |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Terence Davies |
| script | Terence Davies |
| production |
Sean O'Connor Kate Ogborn |
| music | Tim Barker |
| camera | Florian Hoffmeister |
| cut | David Charap |
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The Deep Blue Sea is a British drama directed by Terence Davies from 2011. It is an adaptation of the theater play of the same name by Terence Rattigan, which has been successful since 1952 . Rachel Weisz , Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russel Beale star in the lead roles . It tells the story of a judge's wife who has an affair with a former RAF pilot.
The title is the English proverb To be caught between the Devil and the deep blue Sea borrowed (dt. About sitting in a dilemma ) and refers to the manageable by the main character to dilemma.
action
London around 1950: Hester Collyer is the wife of the much older judge Sir William Collyer. She has had an affair with Freddie Page, a former RAF pilot. Since then she has lived in a small apartment with Freddie. Most of the film takes place on a single day in Hester's apartment: It is the day on which she decides to take her own life . Her attempt fails and while she recovers the story of her affair and marital life is told in flashbacks.
Hester's married life with William was comfortable and characterized by mutual sympathy, but remained without sexual passion - this is what the charming and attractive Freddie can offer her. The affair awakens the sexuality of Hester, who grew up strictly as a pastor's daughter. When her affair is revealed, she leaves her previously luxurious life. In the small apartment with Freddie, however, there is no lasting happiness, there is a lack of money, and the illegitimate relationship is hardly socially accepted. In addition, there are differences in mentality between the cultivated, demanding Hester and Freddie, who spends many evenings in the bar and carries his own problems with him: He lacks the “mixture of fear and excitement” that he had as a pilot in the war, but at the same time he can deal with his traumatic ones Not properly processing war experiences. With his restlessness, he cannot offer her the openly shown love and stability that her husband gave her.
After Hester's attempted suicide, her husband appears, who was notified by her worried landlady, Mrs. Elton. William still loves Hester and suggests that she can return to him if she wants - Hester is, however, unbearable to return to a life without passion. When Freddie returns to the apartment, she tries to hide her suicide attempt from him. But he finds her suicide note and reads in it that although she does not blame him for her suicide attempt, the trigger was that Freddie (unlike William) had forgotten her birthday. Freddie storms out of the apartment furiously and accepts a job offer in South America for which he is supposed to leave England in a few days.
Hester tries to save the relationship and forks Freddie in a pub, but it's too late. At the same time, Hester thankfully rejects Williams' offer to return and declares that she wants to go through the divorce. When Freddie picks up his things from the apartment, they have one last discussion that ends in a friendly goodbye. Hester is now on her own and cries for a long time, but finally she looks hopefully out of the room window into the dawn.
background
At the suggestion of the film producer Sean O'Connor, Terence Davies devoted himself to a film adaptation of Terrence Rattigan's play. This was previously in 1955 as Lockende depth (The Deep Blue Sea) with Vivien Leigh was filmed in the lead role. Davies made a few changes to the adaptation of Rattigan's play. The role of Hester's neighbor, Mr. Miller - a former doctor whose permission to treat was withdrawn - has been reduced significantly compared to the play and the first film adaptation. In the play, Miller befriends Hester after attempting suicide, but Davies found the character to be rather implausible. The scenes in the pub and the visit to Williams' distant mother were designed by Davies, also to take the film away from the stage-like nature of the play.
For Terence Davies, an author , The Deep Blue Sea was his first feature film in eleven years, as he struggled with funding difficulties for his projects in the intervening years despite his great reputation. The Deep Blue Sea was shot for £ 2.4 million over 24 days, which is a relatively tight budget for a feature film. With Rachel Weisz , he was still able to commit a great movie star. After seeing her in Amy Foster - In the Sea of Emotions , he phoned her and convinced her for the film, especially since he found her appearance and demeanor to be suitable for the ambience of the 1950s.
The film first appeared in Great Britain in 2011, the year of the 100th birthday of Terence Rattigan. It started in German cinemas on September 27, 2012.
Reviews
The film has received largely positive reviews. On the Rotten Tomatoes site , the film has a rating of 7.1 / 10 points, 80% of the 140 reviews are positive. At Metacritic , the film received a score of 82 out of 100 possible points in 30 reviews.
Der Spiegel writes in its film review: “Davies carefully opened the chronology of events, he shows in fragmentary flashbacks what happened before the suicide attempt, and he explores the aftermath of its failure in long dialogical scenes. [...] But the director also builds a doll's house out of decor, light, elegant camera work and classic violin around his figures, which almost inevitably appear like dolls themselves. "
In the Taz it says: “The Deep Blue Sea” is in the signature style of Terence Davies, from the singing pub-goers to the always moving, elegant gaze of the German cameraman Florian Hoffmeister, who sweeps elegantly over the fabrics and textures. However, despite all the beauty, you can't get rid of the feeling that a great director is practicing repetition here. Above all, it is those scenes in which the judge's dismissive mother appears that are all too obviously aimed at the theatrical arts and crafts. "
The Berliner Zeitung judged in its review: “If you love clever and old films, this is the right place for you. British director Terence Davies has such an unerring instinct for beauty and drama that one is inevitably entranced. [...] Terence Davies artfully combines various time levels and discourses, for example about nature and culture, devotion and distance, history and the present. "
Deutschlandradio Kultur praises: “What sounds like a great cinematic melodrama from the 1950s remains a chamber play in the direction of Terence Davies - only that the screen here becomes a stage without the emotional or cinematic effect being lost. A consistently gloomy, melancholy scenery, sophisticated dialogues, but above all the facial expressions of the actors are captured in long, calm shots, almost painfully. "
Awards
In 2011 The Deep Blue Sea competed unsuccessfully in the competitions of the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián and the London Film Festival . In 2012, lead actress Rachel Weisz received the New York Film Critics Circle Award and was nominated for the Evening Standard British Film Award and the London Critics' Circle Film Award that same year . Supporting actor Simon Russell Beale also received a nomination for the London Critics' Circle Film Award . In 2013 Rachel Weisz was nominated for the Golden Globe for 'Best Actress - Drama'.
Web links
- The Deep Blue Sea in the Lexicon of International Films
- The Deep Blue Sea in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ David Thomson: A Cinematic Revival of Britain's Most Popular Mid-Century Playwright . In: The New Republic . April 3, 2012, ISSN 0028-6583 ( newrepublic.com [accessed April 14, 2020]).
- ↑ Brandon Harris: Terence Davies, The Deep Blue Sea. In: Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved April 14, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Brandon Harris: Terence Davies, The Deep Blue Sea. In: Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved April 14, 2020 (American English).
- ^ The Deep Blue Sea (2012) . Rotten Tomatoes .. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
- ^ The Deep Blue Sea . Metacritic .. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
- ↑ Love drama "The Deep Blue Sea": So big feelings, so little space . In: Der Spiegel , September 27, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ↑ Love in dispassionate times . In: Taz , September 26, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ↑ Lady Hester's lover . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 27, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "The Deep Blue Sea" . On: Deutschlandradio Kultur , September 26, 2012. Accessed October 14, 2013.