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11 Apr

The Water

Posted by Vinhnigan in Neat Stuffs. Tagged: , , .

I don’t really know what to make of this video or short film. It was originally intended as a music video for Feist’s The Water. Somehow, it turned into a short feature film. Its only 15 minutes but very strange 15 minutes it was for me. Watch it cause it only be available for a week or cause you love Feist.

http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/986-the-water/1

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  1. Posted by Traci on April 11, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    That’s so bizarre. I think the question at the fringes of the story is: Why did they bring her back?

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  2. Posted by Vinhnigan on April 11, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    I think I know why they did it, first mummified her and then brought her back. My question is how could they do that? That was just cruel for her and the son.

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  3. Posted by Traci on April 11, 2009 at 6:55 PM

    It’s not so much the how for me. I think it’s set up in such a way that you’re just supposed to accept that they can do it as one of the rules of the world of the film.

    But I THINK they did it because the husband and wife wanted to die together? And the wife back in the day was going to die–so they mummified her? And now the husband is going to die–so they brought her back so they could die together?

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  4. Posted by Vinhnigan on April 12, 2009 at 1:59 AM

    yes, I agree that the actual process of mummification is not to be questioned. I meant how could the father come to that decision???

    I think you might be right regarding her being sick. I didn’t think of that at all.

    My first reaction was sympathy and sadness for the son. He probably was too young when she was mummified. They were sitting on the bench and almost seemed like strangers. Then the embraced at the end. It was hard on him for not having grown up with her and not having known her much. He got to know her now but only for a brief moment hence the painful departure.

    My second thought was the self-centered-ness of the father. How could he make that decision? Though, it might work if she was sick and they wanted to die together. However, my thought was that he didn’t want an old wife. He didn’t need her while he was young. Now that he experienced difficulty with aging, he needed her around not as an old mate but a young one. Just play with the perception that older man wants younger wife.

    OR maybe, he didn’t want to see her die first. sooo many speculation. lol. I will have to look up the lyric and listen to the song again. Maybe it will shred some lights on that.

    I also just realized that the mother didn’t say anything the whole time. We can only assume that the song was sang by her.

    I am also trying to think of where they where going.

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  5. Posted by Traci on April 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM

    I thought they were going to die together. Because they take the mummy from the lake in the first scene, I think the lake is associated with death and dying. Especially because it’s so bleak.

    I think you’re right about the father being self-centered, but it doesn’t seem to me that he’s just an old man who wants a younger wife–in part because I think they die at the end of the film but also–because in that photograph that the son takes out, they look happy together.

    Lemme know what you find out about those lyrics!

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  6. Posted by Tabbie on April 12, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    I found the imagery to be powerful and beautiful. The film is both romantic and sad and speaks of great compassion and sacrifice. I see nothing selfish here. The father lived out his life in its entirety for his son.The mother, who died long ago, came back to be with her husband when his time came to die. The son was able to to let go of his father, make peace with his mother and assist his father in his decision to end his life with dignity and in peace. I think at least in part this film speaks for the cause of assisted suicide for terminally ill patients who have reached the end of their lives.

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