The Big Blue - Version Longue DVD
20th Century Fox
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Laufzeit:
161 Minuten
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ab 18 Jahre
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EAN:
5039036003001
Bild:
2,35:1 Widescreen
Ton:
DD 2.0
Sprache:
Englisch/Französisch
Land:
Frankreich
Jahr:
1988
The Big Blue - Version Longue
A unique epic adventureromance, filmed over eight months on locations from the Riviera to Sicily, Corsica, Paris, New York and The Virgin Islands. When Joanna first meets Jacques it is his innocence and mystery which attract her, she then follows him to Peru, and later to Europe, where Jacques becomes involved in the dangerous sport of free diving.
A hit in Europe but a flop in the US--where it was trimmed, rescored, and given a new ending--Luc Bessons The Big Blue has endured as a minor cult classic for its gorgeous photography (both on land and underwater) and dreamy ambiance. Jean-Marc Barr is a sweet and sensitive but passive presence as Jacques, a diver with a unique connection to the sea. He has the astounding ability to slow his heartbeat and his circulation on deep dives, a phenomenon thats only been observed in whales and dolphins until now, remarks one scientist. Kooky New York insurance adjuster Joanna (Rosanna Arquette at her most delightfully flustered and endearingly sexy best) melts after falling into his innocent baby blues, and she follows him to Italy, where hes continuing a lifelong competition with boyhood rival Enzo (Jean Reno in a performance both comic and touching).
Bessons first English-language production looks more European than Hollywood, and it suffers from a tin ear for the language. At times it feels more like an IMAX undersea documentary than a drama about free divers, but the lush and lovely images create a fairy tale dimension to Jacquess story, a veritable Little Merman. More dolphin than man, hes so torn between earthly love and aquatic paradise that even his dreams call him to the sea (in a sequence more eloquent than any speech).
Besson has expanded the film by 50 minutes for his directors cut, which adds little story but slows the contemplative pace until it practically floats in time, and has restored Eric Serras synthesizer-heavy score, a slice of 1980s pop that at times borders on disco kitsch. Most importantly, he has restored his original ending, which echoes the fairy tale he tells Joanna earlier in the film and leaves the story floating in the inky blackness of ambiguity.
A hit in Europe but a flop in the US--where it was trimmed, rescored, and given a new ending--Luc Bessons The Big Blue has endured as a minor cult classic for its gorgeous photography (both on land and underwater) and dreamy ambiance. Jean-Marc Barr is a sweet and sensitive but passive presence as Jacques, a diver with a unique connection to the sea. He has the astounding ability to slow his heartbeat and his circulation on deep dives, a phenomenon thats only been observed in whales and dolphins until now, remarks one scientist. Kooky New York insurance adjuster Joanna (Rosanna Arquette at her most delightfully flustered and endearingly sexy best) melts after falling into his innocent baby blues, and she follows him to Italy, where hes continuing a lifelong competition with boyhood rival Enzo (Jean Reno in a performance both comic and touching).
Bessons first English-language production looks more European than Hollywood, and it suffers from a tin ear for the language. At times it feels more like an IMAX undersea documentary than a drama about free divers, but the lush and lovely images create a fairy tale dimension to Jacquess story, a veritable Little Merman. More dolphin than man, hes so torn between earthly love and aquatic paradise that even his dreams call him to the sea (in a sequence more eloquent than any speech).
Besson has expanded the film by 50 minutes for his directors cut, which adds little story but slows the contemplative pace until it practically floats in time, and has restored Eric Serras synthesizer-heavy score, a slice of 1980s pop that at times borders on disco kitsch. Most importantly, he has restored his original ending, which echoes the fairy tale he tells Joanna earlier in the film and leaves the story floating in the inky blackness of ambiguity.
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