Waterland
by Stephen Gyllenhaal
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Actor: Ethan Hawke, Grant Warnock, Jeremy Irons, Lena Headey, Sin?ad CusackDirector: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Producer: Ira Deutchman
Producer: Katy McGuinness
Producer: Nik Powell
Producer: Patrick Cassavetti
Producer: Stephen Woolley
Writer: Graham Swift
Writer: Peter Prince
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Waterland
Movie Review: Often the most worthwhile histories are the histories not discussed
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an incredible movie from director Stephen Gyllenhaal, father of Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie is viewable and enjoyble on multiple layers and from multiple contexts. Some of us don't understand language, and some of us are not drawn to learn to understand language, until we are attracted to someone who is on the other side of a river's shore, someone beckoning us to speak. And when we can't find the words, or when we don't know the words, we instinctively fall underwater toward the object of our attraction - sometimes not able to consider much of anything else besides them.
The movie touches on these themes: Without education, our misunderstandings can drive us to harm ourselves and others. Most monsters don't know they are monsters. Most evil is done under flawed justifications of good. Our definitions of self, religion, justice, ideals, and morality can warp or refine our actions.
The movie addresses these univeral and important questions: How do you forgive yourself after you may have contributed to the death of someone you loved? How do you forgive your past selves? How can you stop the cycle of abandonment after you've been abandoned? How do you not abandon yourself?
I was never very interested in history as it was taught to me in school, because the histories I was taught avoided controversies. They proclaimed the "one true interpretation of the past." They were watered down stories that didn't tell us many of the key things that really happened.
Histories that are worth learning, remembering & discussing are often the histories polite society doesn't discuss.
The lead character, a teacher, frustratingly asks his student, "Bloody Hell Price! Why do you make all that extra effort for mathematics and nothing for history?"
His student replies, "'Cuz math makes sense."
I personally lost a muse once. "And that day I discovered there are many ways the world can end. As many ways as there are people."
As a muse, she started ideas in motion in me, reasoning frameworks that began to make sense of so many of our worlds' crazy histories. "In one life, there can be more than one ending. It's been like that in mine."
The movie suggests: We may benefit by not believing in any stories that are dependent on falsehoods or omissions. To start on a path to recovery: First, find ways to forgive yourself. Never abandon yourself. And even if you don't think you deserve forgiveness, move on because if you can't move on, you may do more harm to yourself and others. And move on because that may be the only way to continue to benefit yourself and others.
Summary of Waterland
"Listen and I'll tell you a story of long kept secrets, sexual scandal, and murder... It's the story of my life." Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune, The Lion King) delivers a brilliant performance in this powerful and provocative story as history teacher Tom Crick, who inspires his students to embrace the past and discover the marvels and mysteries of life. Through a series of extraordinary stories, he takes them on an unforgettable journey into the past that changes their lives forever. However, one student (Ethan Hawke, Training Day, Dead Poets Society) proves to be more of a challenge, leading to revelations in which the past's haunting grip on the teacher's life threatens to consume all around him.Featuring an incredible supporting cast including Sinead Cusack (V for Vendetta), Lena Headey (Possession), David Morrissey (Girl with a Pearl Earring), John Heard (Cutter's Way), Pete Postlethwaite (The Usual Suspects), Cara Buono (Gladiator), Ross McCall (Band of Brothers), and Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary).
SPECIAL FEATURES:New Digital Widescreen Transfer, New Audio Commentary with Director Stephen Gyllenhaal, New Interview with Composer Carter Burwell and Theatrical Trailer.
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