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อันดับที่ 20 Surfwise
ถ้าไม่ใช่เพราะตอนจบที่ดู "จัดฉาก" เกินไป นี่เป็นหนังสารคดีเรื่องเยี่ยมของปีอีกเรื่องหนึ่งเลยทีเดียว ดูแล้วได้อะไรกลับมาคิดหลายอย่าง ส่วนตัวคิดว่า เป็นหนังที่คนกำลังจะมีครอบครัวควรดูไว้ น่าจะได้อะไรกลับไปบ้าง ส่วนที่ชอบที่สุด คือ ไม่ว่าเราจะเห็นไม่ตรงกับลุงหัวหน้าครอบครัวสักเท่าไหร่เลย แต่หนังสามารถดึงความเป็น "สีเทา" ของคนๆนี้ออกมาได้ จริงๆนะ คนที่กำลังจะมีครอบครัว ควรดูไว้
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Like many great films, "Surfwise" is much more than what it looks.
You expect a full coverage of surfing and stuffs. This film has plenty of that for you. But along the way through, a tale of one family was told.
This family or what it has been called, "the first family of surfing" was led by Dorian Paskowitz, a Stanford graduate who, after two times of marriage failure, decided to leave behind him to what seems to be an "okay world" for any man but "the most miserable part of life" to him (as he makes the statement in this film). In searching the meaning of life, or whatever his purpose was, he traveled around the world and met Juliette, a woman who later became a mother of his nine kids. Well, thanks to the highest sex score she's got from him. The whole family lived in a 24-foot minivan, since then.
"Surfwise" begins with one happy (as it seems) family doing the exercise which seems to be something they've been doing every morning. Happy as they look, you might wonder how they will survive in their 24-foot camper. Well, roughly as it might be, in the end, they managed to do so. Dorian Paskowitz is no different than any other parent. The highest achievement he would love to have is watching his kids having their lives at their best form. To his belief, the formal education is dangerous; healthy is the key of life. This philosophy lifestyle, perfect as he would think it was, to some of his kids (everyone, actually), was an invisible prison which their parent failed to see.
God, that sounds familiar. Oh wait, it happens to me too!
It occurs to me to think that it might be because of how he has suffered great deal with his experience in life that leads him to believe that knowledge is no wisdom. Of which led him to his idealistic way of life. After all, "we are what we have been through".
Every one of us is created to be different. What is perfect for someone, might not suit well for someone else, even these two people are father and son. I wouldn't dare to judge Doc's action. And I doubt anyone who has seen this film would too. It was another case of no one's fault. And this, to Doug Pray's credit, was fascinating. Dorian Paskowitz is a great man, wild and crazy in the same time. The complexity of this character would fall into pieces if not handled with great care. Doug Pray, at his most honesty, takes a great care to his work. He's not here to judge anyone. He simply explores the world of "Paskowitz" family, tells their stories honestly and respectfully. How will the viewer views Dorian Paskowitz (or any other members) is left up to him/her.
The progression of a documentary is no different than what was in a film. There is a story, there are the characters. Here, all characters are well-developed. The story is well-told with perfect pitch of pacing. The small difference is that the story happens to be non-fiction. And thanks to a fascinating work by Doug Pray, not once that I felt if something on screen was scripted. In short, "Surfwise" is no less than any other great fictional film about dysfunction family.
At the rest of film-making aspect, "Surfwise" is well-crafted. I especially loved the combination work of the editing and film's score. It added up lots of tense and emotional impact to the film and produced one of the most fascinating things in this film; how complete this film was, in capturing the moment of the "Paskowitz" family, whether by photographs or family videos. They were all well-put and well-placed. Yes, one of Paskowitz's kids is one of this film's producers. But what would the good be if you got all the materials but don't know how to deal with it.
In the end, with all differences, everything still tied up together with the love of family. How would anyone think of the Paskowitz? Have it in your way. But one thing you can't deny; they are bound together as one big family with as big of heart and love. They're not perfect but they've done something right. As someone's quote in the end of the film, having a flawed family is better than not having a family at all. Plus, whose family is not without a flaw.
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