Production Year: 1988 - Action/Adventure - Director: Luc Besson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Kimberly Beck, Griffin Dunne, Valentina Vargas, Sergio Castellitto, Jean Bouise, David Brisbin, Marc Duret, Andreas Voutsinas more
Jacques (Barr, BREAKING THE WAVES) and his friendly rival Enzo (Reno, THE PROFESSIONAL) are considered masters of free-diving and have made a career out of this one-of-a-kind... more
The Big Blue [DVD] [1988]
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Jacques (Barr, BREAKING THE WAVES) and his friendly rival Enzo (Reno, THE PROFESSIONAL) ... more
are considered masters of free-diving and have made a career out of this one-of-a-kind competition. Jacques feels an unusual bond with the sea and Enzo is in it for the sheer danger involved. A new dimension of their lifelong rivalry is generated by the beautiful Johana (Arquette, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN) who leaves her career in New York to accompany the two men on the international diving circuit. Beautiful underwater cinematography and a stunning score enrich Besson's celebrated English-language debut.
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A review by scuba_angel on The Big Blue (Long Version) (DVD) June 14th, 2007
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Story
Very weak
Characters / Performances
Satisfactory
Special Effects
Standard
Soundtrack
Average
Advantages:
scenery, subject
Disadvantages:
plot
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
This afternoon while attempting to sort out more of my stuff (its really not easy to integrate a flatload of stuff in to a fully furnished house you know) I came across this DVD, one which I was given by a friend at uni because she hated it but I have come to love.
The story in its simplicity is that of Jacques and his love of the sea and its creatures but also draws in Enzo a champion freediver and someone who has known Jacques since childhood, and Johana an american Insurance worker who meets Jacques in Peru where his bodily responses to being underwater and at depth are being monitored by a scientist.
The plot as it is is sadly weak meaning the film relies on the gorgeous scenery of the locations to capture the viewer, in fact if this were a typical love story you would soon grow to hate Jacques for his somewhat shoddy treatment of Johana, but this is not the love story of Jacques and Johana but of Jacques and the sea, as such you are forced to recognise that Johana is more an accessory than a pivotal part of the story and it is the sea and his underwater family of dolphins that Jacques truely loves.
At 163 minutes long this is a long time to be watching a film which consists of little more than scenery but some how there is something more to it, a sense that in some way it is attepting to find deeper meaning in the human curiosity for the underwater world and the respect we have for those who can even for a short time break the barriers.
The underwater filming can be at times captivating and gorgeous and at others unutterably dull (when watching the repetitive diving up and down ropes for example) yet has some lighter moments such as the scene in the diving bell - you cant take them seriously with the pitch of the voices.
Personally I watch the film and find that I have lost myself in the underwater scenery and even the very 1980's score by Eric Serra doesnt detract from my enjoyment (I in fact own the soundtrack on CD but without the images on screen find it annoying and overly synthesised). The fact that Jean Marc-Barr is not entirely unattractive possibly also has an effect on my enjoyment also. Though after writing this I am once again left questioning what it is that I love about the film exactly, I cant answer the question well enough to explain so it must simply be enough that I can still say I do love it even after questioning why.
There are no real special features on the DVD, though personally I would have liked to have found information on the real life Enzo and Jacques on whom this was loosely based. Instead there are other languages which since this is an english language film arent a whole lot of use and the Original Theatrical Trailer.
If I remember correctly this copy was purchased for about £5 from a high street retailer but according to amazon is now avaliable for £20 or more so well worth shopping around to find the best deals.
Though not a popular film in the US it has achieved a longevity in Europe and the UK and was voted one of the top 10 Underwater films of all time by a popular UK diving magazine (I will find the article to check which one and when exactly).
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Advantages: Scenery, strory, music, the sea.... the sea.. Disadvantages: I dare you to find one !
First let me give you the film details :
The Big Blue – Le Grand Bleu 2h35 (long version)
Directed by : Luc Besson (Subway, Leon, 5th Element)
Starring :
- Jean-Marc Barr
- Jean Reno
- Rosanna Arquette
Music by : Eric Serra
Certificate 15 due to some scenes of sexual nature.
This movie is available on DVD in all good stores best I have found :
- Sainsbury : £6.99 including p&P
- ChoiceDirect :£5.09 including p&p
Before I start this review, ... ...long time.
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The Story
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The movie starts in black and white, we are on a small mediterranean island, we are following a young boy walking on the top of a cliff.
Jacques Mayol (Eugene Guerre-Berthelot) is a young Frenchman living in on a Greek Island with his dad and uncle. His dad is a sponge harvester. He dives and harvest sponges from rocks. The whole family lives in a small house perched on a cliff, they depend exclusively ...
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Advantages: Fantastic to look at, good performances Disadvantages: Ultimate lack of substance
...1988's 'Le Grande Bleue'. At the end, as you draw in a deep breath, you're convinced you've watched something of great depth and meaning, but only in hindsight does it strike you that the only thing in the movie with any great character is the ocean itself.
A truly massive triumph of style over substance, 'Le Grande Bleue' is certainly a visual tour de force, even if repeated viewings highlight the vague characterisations of the leads.
Jacques ... ...accident. With few friends, besides the great expanse of the Mediterranean Sea, Jacques retreats further inside of himself, allowing occasional friend, the Italian Enzo (Jean Reno) to be the extrovert.
Years pass and the next time we encounter Jacques is deep in Peru. An insurance investigator arrives at a scientific research base to oversee a claim for a vehicle lost in the icy waters of a lake. The American investigator, Johana Baker (Rosanna ...
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...17 years old, living in the south of Italy. One evening, a holidaymaker projects a small film in which appears a perfect unknown man but who breathes in and out happiness, without oxygen, it is Jacques Mayol. Luc Besson is filled with wonder, and as of the following day he decides to be tested on how long he can hold his breath for and already is able to take it for 4 minutes and to go down up to forty meters. But it is only when Mayol has just crossed ... ...film of it.
He directed the spectacle in such manners he put in scene rather strange characters, kind of romantic Martians deliberately beside their time and the common direction.
That is what makes the film a real and pure beauty.
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Advantages: You will "watch" the "big Blue" Disadvantages: You will want to live near the sea...
...reaching deeper without oxygen is the purpose. But mainly to tell the world the story of Jacques Mayol (the main charachter wich is also technical consultant for the movie). and his discovery of life outside the water... Great performace of Jean Réno one of the most used actors of Luc Besson. The story starts with two kids Jacques Mayol and Enzo Molinari, a french skinny guy and an strong fat italian, but two very good divers, they don't hate each ... ...help the others, while Enzo will do everything for money and to be one of the best! Then one day while Jacques wents to help is father and is uncle with the fishing is father as an accident and dies... there with Jacques screaming on the boat, the camera moves trough the water surface and movie goes from Black & White to Colours and it goes to the adult life of Jacques and Enzo. Enzo is in Italy and his hired to rescue a diver from a shipwreck and ...
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Jacques (Barr, BREAKING THE WAVES) and his friendly rival Enzo (Reno, THE PROFESSIONAL) are considered masters of free-diving and have made a career out of this one-of-a-kind competition. Jacques feels an unusual bond with the sea and Enzo is in it for the sheer danger involved. A new dimension of their lifelong rivalry is generated by the beautiful Johana (Arquette, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN) who leaves her career in New York to accompany the two men on the international diving circuit. Beautiful underwater cinematography and a stunning score enrich Besson's celebrated English-language debut.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Deluxe Video Service - Fox
Release date: 30/06/2003
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 02298 DVD
Barcode: 5039036003001
Production Designer: Dan Weil
Screenwriter: Luc Besson, Jacques Mayol, Marc Perrier, Marilyn Goldin, Robert Garland
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