"So much water so close to home, why did he have to go miles away to fish." Raymond Carver from his short story So Much Water So Close To Home
The Australian film Jindabyne was adapted from Carver's story by director Ray Lawrence and written by Beatrix Christian. It stars Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne and was filmed on location in New South Wales. I had watched it on my own many months back and was giving serious thought as to whether it would be suited for the blog..About a week later my mother who you all know as 'Silver' (formerly 'Bitsie') called and told me she had just watched a really interesting movie that she thought would be "perfect" for the blog. Yep, it was Jindabyne! She had a lot of good points to make and also had some questions she wanted to ask our contributors. Instead of my immediate thoughts here I am going to give mom the floor to get the ball rolling. Mom?:
(where's mom? She was supposed to have e-mailed me her questions but alas, they have not yet arrived. Dearest Silver ,like myself, tends to leave things to the very last second. Well, she has till six tonite....)
Ahh, she has written! And it's only 2:30. Well done Mom!
"No critique can be made of this movie until we decide if the premise is plausible.
Gentlemen, I need your input. I know that I would have been down that hill in thirty seconds flat.
However, women are very emotional. Is it possible that a group of intelligent, responsible men would really continue to fish under those conditions? Come on guys, help me out here. Question to everyone, is it possible that race or class was a motivating factor? "
Silver
Good questions Silver. The bottom line is she's not sure she buys the premise. Anybody?
