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De zee die denkt

  • 20002000
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
542
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De zee die denkt (2000)
We humans live in a world of illusions. In a playful labyrinth of images and viewpoints, this film raises questions that get to the very essence of existence. Is this real? What do I think I see? Who do I think I am? The main character in this illusory drama is a screenwriter desperately looking for a leitmotif, a connection between things, between the separate scenes in his story. Then he introduces himself as a character in his script. He does what he types and he types what he does, and illusion and reality soon blend completely. He is delighted by the twist in his story and gradually seems to manage what he has been trying to do: to let go of the thoughts that hinder his being and to be happy, unfettered by anything. Just like the sea in the story that the filmÂ’s title refers to: the sea that thinks she is a tree and is robbed of her happiness because of that illusion. But nothing is what it seems in this film, which is not about the screenwriter, after all. The film, the greatest illusion of all, is about the viewer.
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Incredible optical illusions in a story in a story in a story helps the surprised viewer finally to find out that he has been watching himself all along.Incredible optical illusions in a story in a story in a story helps the surprised viewer finally to find out that he has been watching himself all along.Incredible optical illusions in a story in a story in a story helps the surprised viewer finally to find out that he has been watching himself all along.

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  • Director
    • Gert de Graaff
  • Writer
    • Gert de Graaff
  • Stars
    • Bart Klever
    • Devika Strooker
    • Rick de Leeuw
  • Director
    • Gert de Graaff
  • Writer
    • Gert de Graaff
  • Stars
    • Bart Klever
    • Devika Strooker
    • Rick de Leeuw
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    • 7Critic reviews
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      • 6 wins & 1 nomination

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    Bart Klever
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    Devika Strooker
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    Don Duyns
    • Duyns, Don
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      • Gert de Graaff
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      • Gert de Graaff
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    • Connections
      Features Tokyo-Ga (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      The Fifth Day
      by René de Graaff

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    reality or illusion? this film asks, and SHOWS the answer
    to communicate in film essential things of life - like what is life, does it have a meaning? - is sheer impossible. Of course possible answers to these questions are demonstrated in every film (story), but communication needs a direct appeal to consciousness. This happens if the input from the senses overrules the "input" from our mind, i.e. our thoughts. Few directors know how to communicate essential things. Tarkovsky, is one. His "Stalker" shows images of existence, communicates life as it shows itself and yet escapes your mind. I think De Zee and De Graaff do the same.
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    • Dec 26, 2000

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 2000 (Netherlands)
    • Country of origin
      • Netherlands
    • Official sites
      • official website
      • Studio Nieuwe Gronden [nl
    • Language
      • Dutch
    • Also known as
      • The Sea That Thinks
    • Production companies
      • SNG Film / Studio Nieuwe Gronden
      • Theorema Films
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      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
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      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 1.37 : 1

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