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Free Fall - Freier Fall
fritzkep:
Pretty accurate, though the first sentence would read: I enjoy having pain. (!)
Quite attractive.
fritzkep:
The Frisian Islands are an archipelago in the North Sea about equally divided between Germany and the Netherlands.
Germans tell Ostfriesen (East Frisian) jokes like Americans tell Polish jokes and Canadians Newfie jokes.
morrobay:
--- Quote from: fritzkep on April 25, 2014, 06:57:11 pm ---Pretty accurate, though the first sentence would read: I enjoy having pain. (!)
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Thanks for the translations - and that's kinda weird. I'm hoping it has to do with working like crazy while making a movie, or something.
gattaca:
Hi, Thanks for unlocking the thread!
I saw Free Fall (2013) a few weeks ago and have let it settle on me. Loved the film and I need a 3rd viewing. Overall, there are parallels to Brokeback but that may be only b/c it's a common theme. Undiscovered love which rips apart both the tormented soul entangled in the feelings and the families involved.
From my experience and vantage, perhaps Marc really never struggled with those internal demons before, but I doubt that. This switch is not just something one "flips"... Perhaps Marc never allowed his feeling for other men to surface before he met Kay - many of the same as Ennis and Jack during their time on the mountain. The film does update the time period by 40+years but the family still struggles with even the thought of homosexuality and full acceptance by not only his family but his co-workers is as unforgiving and hostile as we saw in Brokeback - only not murderous.
Marc's life and family is much more comfortable and there are opportunities for Marc but like Ennis, he's afraid to take them - aka "come with me..." or "little cow-calf operation.." It's so hard to make that choice, to turn your back on commitments made one's entire life. To in general, "disappoint" family, spouses, parents, friends who rarely are accepting. The film covers that angle well, and I think better than Brokeback with the modern family angle - parent's next door, wife expecting, "friends" on the police force, skills outside of ranching, etc..
Also, THANKS for posting the screen caps.. quite good ones!
Let's talk. Cheers, V.
fritzkep:
Hey Vincent!
Did you get the movie through one of the online services?
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