简介：TheSeaThatThinksisasurprisingfilmaboutitself.Afilmoverflowingwithtwistsandturnsandnewangles.ItfocusesonBart,ascriptwriterwhoiswritingthescriptforthisfilm.Inthefilm,BarthimselfplaysthescriptwriterwritingthescriptofTheSeaThatThinks.Hetypeswhathedoesanddoeswhathetypes.Inhisfilm,hefindstheanswertotheurgentquestion:Howdowefindhappiness?Heusesstunningexamplestoshowusthatourworldisonlytobefoundinourconsciousness.Whatisrealandwhatisillusion?Dowebelieveinourdreamworldwhilewedream?Dowebelieveintherealityoffilmwhileweseeit?Andwhy?Hiscombinationofpicturesandtexthasahypnoticeffectontheviewer.Itprovidesanexciting,dislocatingandhumorousadventure.Lateritalsobecomesapparentthatthefilmisnotaboutthistormentedscriptwriteratall.Inagamefilledwithopticalillusionsandcontinuallychangingpointsofview,thesurprisedviewersgraduallyfindouttheyarelookingatthemselves:HowdoIobserve?WhatdoIassumetobetrue?WhatdoIthinkIsee?WhatdoIthinkIam?TheviewerturnsouttobearastrikingsimilaritytotheSeathatthinksit'saTree.(ThedirectorhimselfonIMDb) Consciousness,theindividual'sperceptionofreality,andhumans'placeintheuniverseareamongtheunderlyingthemesofthisphilosophicalDutchfeature.Bart(BartKlever)isascreenwriterwhoselatestprojectisascriptentitled"TheSeaThatThinks."Whathewritesiswhat'shappeningaroundhim,andintimewhathe'swritingbeginstoaffectwhat'saroundhim,ashisscreenplaybecomeslayeredwithincreasinglevelsofnotesandobservationsabouttherealityofhislife.Asrealitybeginstoturnonhim,Bartfindshimselfcaughtinavarietyofstrangeillusionsthatleadhimtowonderjustwhatisrealandwhatisnot.Whilethefilm'sreflexive,self-referentialnaturestraddlesafinelinebetweenfictionandreality,thisdidn'tpreventDeZeeDieDenktfromwinningtheVPROJorisIvensAwardatthe2000InternationalDocumentaryFilmFestivalinAmsterdam.(MarkDemingonAMG)…