TIME AND TIDE

MEMPHIS TIME
As if someone had encapsulated together both the wind, the sea and all our memories. Alan Silvestri´s score for the movie CAST AWAY reaches far into the deepest corners of our mind Robert Zemeckis put it on film. Tom Hanks portrayed Chuck Noland. No Land?? hmm

I´LL BE RIGHT BACK!
Chuck Noland is so sure of everything. He works for FEDEX, he lives by the clock, he is a workaholic. So much he has gained fame in FEDEX  as someone who  "stole a bike in order to deliver a package".  He torments others about how they should do their job, as if life was A FEDEX DEADLINE to reach. We live by the clock we die by the clock. As if his life was such an example. But his life changes unexpectedly when he is on a plane crash.
Leaving him... all alone... on an island with a lot of FEDEX packages.

HELLO!!ANYBODY OUT THERE ??!

He screams, he cries , he calls for help!  Every time i see this film, i found myself making the same choices as Chuck. You get on a plane sure you will reach your destination. You unbuckel your seatbelt because you want to grab what you most love the watch with Kelly´s picture. You cry for help because there will always be someone to help you. You find yourself full of darkness. And that is when we search for light. With doubt comes knowledge. There are a lot of hidden messages on this film intentionally or not. But to me it is the masterpiece of both actor TOM HANKS and director ROBERT ZEMECKIS. The island can be a metaphor of the mind.

As this movie portrays life as a mirror. All of our choices are roads we will take. If it takes us far or near. If it is a defeat or a victory. We should learn from every experience.We don´twant life to change but it does. We don´twant people to go but they do. What we must always treasure is the chance to be alive, to be aware of life, to be able to look around and enjoy it. 

WILSON IM SORRY!!!
Wilson is born from Chuck drawn with his blood. Wilson a methapor of the importance of others in our life. What we can achieve by being silent. Have you ever done that? just listen to others instead of trying to win an argument?
Wilson has no dialogue, Wilson has no actions or reactions. But the way it interacts with Chuck as a witness of his adventures, makes it so hard for the viewer to watch him go.  As the tide takes him further. How we miss him when he is gone. Chuck´s life will never be the same but is not over its only beggining. 

Wilson is everything but "a goddamn volleyball!!!"



YOU´RE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
I THINK The message is not only about a man who lost everything because of being a CAST AWAY BUT about a man who thought controlled everything and everyone.
 As he returns to civilization, on a rainy night he goes to see Kelly only to realize one thing  "Now i´m back and i´ve lost you all over again". Kelly was his hope. Chuck finds out the reason he is alive is for himself.

YOU LOOK LOST
And just when his task is over, when he finds his way home. He finds out the world moves on with or without him. Nothing is certain. Nothing lasts forever. As waves in the ocean are the only eternal sound. We are mere guests here in this life. As Chuck finds himself in a cross road with 4 different options. We are left wondering what would he choose? What would i choose if i had to start all over again from zero?

I HAVE MADE FIRE !!!

a·chieve·ment: something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special effort, great courage, etc.; a great or heroic deed: his remarkable achievements in art.

We are made of goals and achievments. We value so little what we´ve got until we have lost it. And i´m not talking material things. When we value each other. Respect everyone that makes us better.We must seek others not be an island. In order for us to be happy we have to be exposed and we have to risk failure.  This film earned no Oscars. But it is a testament of what excellent filmmaking is. 

A great cast a great score and a great story crafted by a great team including one hell of a Director. We can be certain of very few things in life. 

As there is Time... there is Tide.

"acting is a never-ending process of examining where you are in life"
-Tom Hanks 

FAMILIAR FACES

In movies we often expect actors to portray the same characters over and over again. There are main characters, supporting characters, but many are extras or have one single line of dialogue. Not often recognized by name when the credits roll. But always recognized by their face. 

Albert "Al" Leong 

Martial Arts expert and stunt double in over 200  movies. Has been killed in most of them. Ofently typecasted as an evil thug. Al Leong is a legend in the underworld  movie community.

Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson Sr.

He helped Brandon Lee as Sergeant Albrecht in Alex Proyas Cult masterpiece The Crow and  saved the world as Winston Zeddemore in both Ghostbusters movies. Often portrays a good guy doing whats right. To me his best character; as Solomon in  The Hand that Rocks the Cradle

Richard "Rick" Ducommun 

Neither good or bad...This Canadian comedian turned actor appears in many many films saying one liners or being the annoying rich guy in The Last Boyscout  or even a yelling costumer in Groundhog day. His best movie is with non other than Tom Hanks as two suspicious neighbors called THE BURBS

Udo Kier  

This german actor has appeared in more than 200 movies. Mostly horror movies as a vampire. He usually gets type cast as a villain. Why?  because he looks Evil and always planning something. I´ve always dreamed of a James Bond film in black and white ...if I directed it... he would be the PERFECT BOND villain.

William Gary Busey

Neither good or evil, always on the grey line doing what is best for him: Predator 2, Under Seige, Lethal Weapon, The Firm, Fear and Lothing in Las vegas ...to name a few. He has performed all....  Awesome villain, great hero both corrupt cop and funny bank robber. One word UNPREDICTABLE.

Andrew Daniel Divoff  

Another 48 hrs, Toy Soldiers , AIR FORCE ONE, Venezuelan actor always typecasted  as a bad guy because of his looks and accent.

Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif 

Who can forget his maniac laughter. Most people don´t even recognize him by face. He ofently plays disturbed characters, as GRIMA Wormtongue in Lord of the Rings trilogy and as  Charles Lee Ray also known as CHUCKY in the cult movie franchise CHILD´S PLAY. 

Michael Ironside

Famous on TV because of the TV SERIES "V". Usually typecasted as a military officer because of his commanding Voice. Ironside is one of the best actors as supporting cast ever. Acted in Scanners, Total Recall, Top Gun, Star Ship Troopers.

Walter Charles Dance

Always a Gentleman. One of my favorite English actors. Clever sight and cunning dialogue. He is one of the finest villains in movie HISTORY. He is not too over exposed. He made a horrible movie tolerable as bad guy MR. BENEDICT in The Last Action Hero saying the line: HELLO TOTO! and made the most deep character since Lt. Ellen Ripley in the Alien saga as Johnathan Clemens. A morphin adict doctor who decided to stay behind humanity as one of the 25 prisioners in Alien 3´s Fury 161. Saying: "When they stayed ......I stayed."

William Henry "Bill" Duke, Jr.

Born in 1943 in New York, a very tall actor. Commando, Predator, Action Jackson, Bird on a Wire, Red Dragon or Payback he usually is in action films. The quintessential "Tough guy" He has played a Police Chief, a Detective, an assasin, a Pimp and a corrput agent. With his no expression face meaning he is only business.

A true actor delivers and convinces with his performance without you knowing or even thinking "he is acting". A true actor becomes the part. He is like you or me in real life but on a sound stage. When he hears "ACTION" he is not acting but living the moment. This performances are almost invisible because they are not main characters but that does not make them less important as part of a whole entity called A MOVIE. Either good or bad this are a few of a long list of unrecognizable names ...but familiar faces.