In a message dated 2/14/03 12:25:10 PM,
Robison_M@crane.navy.mil writes:
<< But yes, I think that the ending of the movie Dead
Calm was
"happy". >>
Miker, I agree with all you say about "Dead Calm," except
perhaps that the film is "noir" to begin with. It is loaded
with dread and forboding, but so are many other horror and
action films. For my money, "Dead Calm" has the best kind of
happy ending. The people we're pulling for: cleanse
themselves of major demons, overcome a monstrous peril, and
realize that what matters most is that they survive together.
They are battered and violated, but they are the
victors.
The outstanding B&W Roman
Polanski film "Knife in the Water" which preceeded "Dead
Calm," and which may have provided inspiration for the story,
has an ending that is far less triumphant, a couple who are
much less content with each other or with what they have
done, and a prognosis for anything better than a troubled
future, uncertain at best. Now that one is noir.
Jim
Blue
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