De Zee Die Denkt AKA The Sea That Thinks (2000)

Year of manufacture : 2000
Country : Netherlands
Genre : experimental cinema, drama, comedy, reflection
Length : 1:39:06
Translation : Subtitles
Russian subtitles : yes

Directed by : Geert De Graff / Gert de Graaf

Cast : Bart Klever / Bart Klever, Devika Struker / Devika Strooker, Rick De Leeuw / Rick de Leeuw, Don Dynes / Don Duyns

Description : They say that the Chuang-Tzu, who dreamed of a butterfly, on waking, could not find the answer to the question: Is it a butterfly, dreaming that it was Chuang Tzu. Now imagine that a butterfly and Chuang-tzu came to a temporary compromise, decided to make a movie about it, calling in Scenographers Mauritz Escher, and obtain a "sea that thinks" - a paradoxical creation Netherlander Gert de Graaff, a half hour on the brink video art, game performances, documentary films, optical puzzles, home drama, philosophical treatise and a joke. At the beginning of zero film that did not fit into any frame, while remaining completely accessible in terms of perceptions embedded in it ideas, collected prizes in the peripheral festivals, was nominated for an Oscar for the European Film Academy, but then disappeared from view, as , however, and its creator. So it is still not clear whether the audience had a this film, or film - the audience. Sort it out themselves.

Ext. Materials :
· 'The making of' (56 minutes)
· Play scenes (direct scene access to the film and 'the making of')
· Things do go wrong ... (bloopers)
· Cutting room cut-outs (a short film about scenes not used, but why?)
· Comments by the maker (talking to Hans Beerekamp)
· What's the time? (A film about optical illusions)
· 'Always the first time', for the last time sung by Rick de Leeuw and his Trtsckener Kecks
. (Also to be listened to in Dolby 5.1)
· Thoughts by the sea (the fairytale of the sea that thinks it's a tree)
· Who am I? (Filmography & biography of the director)
• 100 photos
· Hyperlinks to relevant sites
· A short film about (my way of looking for) the right angle
· The makers (credits) (with hyperlinks)
· They say ... (various reviews)
· Dog ears (relevant literature)
· 'The rotating mask' screensaver (optical illusion)

Ext. Information : drive a trickle within a month with a reactor was Tik 'well, thank you relizeru Gozza and siderite danorcia

Removed warning the FBI, which remember and honor

added Russian subtitles from swetlana-spb

Translator's Note: " Literary Translation I have a bad way, so do not judge strictly. In any case, this is better than nothing. "

Sample : Link

Quality : DVD9
Format : DVD Video
Video codec : MPEG2
Audio Codec : AC3
Video : MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25.00fps 9200Kbps
Audio 1 : Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 224Kbps (Dutch)
Audio 2 : Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch 448Kbps (Dutch)
Audio 3 : Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 224Kbps (English)
Subtitles : English, German, Russian