1958 · drama · adventure
The Old Man and the Sea
Directed by John Sturges1h 26m1958
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
Our read: The Old Man and the Sea (1958) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · adventure entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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“You want one man's lonely sea battle told with classical, unhurried gravity.”
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