{"id":4696,"date":"2011-04-16T16:51:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T15:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=4696"},"modified":"2011-04-16T16:51:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T15:51:15","slug":"the-secret-life-of-words-day-thirty-eight-40movies40days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/the-secret-life-of-words-day-thirty-eight-40movies40days\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Life of Words – Day Thirty Eight – #40movies40days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"the_secret_life_of_words\"<\/a>This is a short post because it’s a beautiful day today in Santa Monica. \u00a0I am nearly the end of this Lenten journey\/commitment and conclusions are beginning to come clear to me. \u00a0I am about to leave on an extended trip to New York, Milan and Vienna– a great time to think and further synthesize.<\/p>\n

The Secret Life of Words is written and directed by Isabel Coixet whose previous movie My Life Without Me also starred Sarah Polley. The director has stated in an interview:<\/div>\n
The Secret Life of Words<\/em> is written and directed by Isabel Coixet whose previous movie My Life Without Me<\/em> also starred Sarah Polley. \u00a0According to Wikipedia: \u00a0Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea<\/em>. She has also starred in such films as The Sweet Hereafter<\/em>, Guinevere<\/em>, Go<\/em>, The Weight of Water<\/em>, My Life Without Me<\/em>, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen<\/em>, Dawn of the Dead<\/em>, Splice, and Mr. Nobody<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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She gives a mesmerizing performance in this film as a young woman whose silence is her protection from terrors she’s seen. \u00a0The Secret Life of Words<\/em> is a\u00a0slow, lyrical movie that gradually builds to a powerful finale. \u00a0I’d never heard of it but like Tim Robbins and gave it a try.<\/div>\n
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Hanna (Sarah Polley) \u00a0volunteers to take care of a badly burned man (Tim Robbins) on an oil rig. \u00a0She was a nurse in her native land. \u00a0The two develop a powerful healing bond. \u00a0Here’s what the writer\/director, \u00a0Isabel Coixet, has to say:<\/div>\n
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“Hanna lives in silence that her deafness imposes on her, although very often it seems that silence is the only weapon she has to defend herself from the world. Josef talks (and talks) as if it is only through words and a self-deprecating sense of humor that he can avoid going completely mad. The encounter between them, the inevitable physical link that is established between a nurse and the patient she is caring for, will show them the other face of the reality in which both of them are immersed. The empathy, that mysterious ability to feel the other person’s dilemmas as your own, that they manage to develop will break down all the walls of silence and cynicism.”<\/div>\n
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The wordless emotional climax of the film goes beyond words in connecting these two characters. Perhaps that’s why film is such a powerful medium. \u00a0It’s possible to speak volumes through images.<\/div>\n
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Again, this is a film about forgiving oneself and letting go of the past. \u00a0Although these films are randomly selected on a whim, actor’s name, locale, convenience or other interesting feature– many of them are speaking to me of the same themes. \u00a0Amazing.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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