LA FORMA DELL'ACQUA

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LA FORMA DELL'ACQUA Movie

2017

(7,5 out of 10)
Avventura (Horror|Thriller|Drammatico|Fantastico|Sentimentale)
2 h 3 min - 123 min
Directed by Guillermo del Toro

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	Sally Hawkins
	Michael Shannon
	Richard Jenkins
	Octavia Spencer

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Baltimora, 1962. Elisa Esposito è una donna affetta da mutismo, a causa della recisione delle corde vocali da bambina, che lavora come addetta alle pulizie in un laboratorio governativo dove vengono effettuati degli esperimenti atti a contrastare la Russia durante la guerra fredda. I suoi due unici amici sono la collega afroamericana Zelda e l'inquilino gay Giles, coi quali condivide una vita di solitudine ed emarginazione. Un giorno al laboratorio viene portata una cisterna contenente una creatura anfibia dall'aspetto umanoide: è stata catturata in Amazzonia dove gli indigeni locali la veneravano come un dio. Elisa rimane molto affascinata dalla creatura, e comincia ad andare a trovarla di nascosto portandole del cibo e insegnandole a comunicare tramite la lingua dei segni americana. <br>Il violento colonnello Strickland, nel frattempo, conduce sanguinosi esperimenti sull'uomo anfibio, e riceve dal suo superiore, il generale Hoyt, l'ordine di vivisezionarlo nella speranza che studiando la sua anatomia si possano ottenere preziose informazioni per la corsa allo spazio. Allo stesso tempo lo scienziato Hoffstetler, che in realtà è una spia russa, riceve dai suoi capi l'ordine di distruggere la creatura per osteggiare gli americani; l'uomo però è rimasto a sua volta affascinato dalla creatura (anche perché ha scoperto degli incontri tra essa ed Elisa) e chiede a entrambe le parti di lasciarla in vita per proseguire gli studi, ricevendo però rifiuti da ambo i lati. Elisa scopre del terribile destino della creatura e decide di salvarla; dopo aver vinto le reticenze di Giles, la ragazza organizza un piano per liberare l'uomo anfibio. Con l'aiuto di Zelda e Hoffstetler la fuga riesce ed Elisa accoglie la creatura in casa sua. <br>Grazie ai consigli dello scienziato, Elisa riesce a tenere in vita l'essere ospitandolo nella sua vasca da bagno; il rapporto tra i due si intensifica e iniziano ad avere rapporti sessuali. Giles invece scopre che l'essere ha il potere di guarire le ferite e di invertire il processo di invecchiamento. I due pianificano di liberarlo giorni dopo, quando le piogge allagheranno un canale che potrà condurlo al mare, nonostante Elisa si scopra progressivamente innamorata dell'essere. Al laboratorio, Strickland paga le conseguenze della fuga dell'uomo anfibio. Il colonnello interroga Elisa e Zelda, ma il suo pregiudizio circa le persone di grado inferiore non gli consente di scoprire la verità. Successivamente Hoyt gli concede un ultimatum per ritrovare la creatura, scaduto il quale egli sarà eliminato. <br>Intanto la salute della creatura va peggiorando, ed Elisa inizia a comprendere che se vorrà salvare la vita del suo amato, di lì a poco dovrà dirgli addio. Hoffstetler, intanto, riceve la notizia che presto sarà prelevato e riportato in Russia. Strickland, che sospetta di lui per la sparizione della creatura, lo segue fino al punto d'incontro, ma qui giunti lo scienziato viene colpito a morte dai russi, i quali non vogliono lasciare testimoni diretti dell'esistenza della creatura. Prima che possano finirlo, Strickland uccide i killer e tortura Hoffstetler per farsi rivelare dove sia l'uomo anfibio. In punto di morte lo scienziato gli rivela l'implicazione di Elisa e Zelda. Strickland si reca a casa di quest'ultima, dove il marito, terrorizzato, rivela al colonnello che la creatura si trova a casa di Elisa. <br>Elisa e Giles, avvisate da Zelda, si recano al canale per liberare l'uomo anfibio, al quale la ragazza dà un sofferto addio. Giunge però Strickland che mette fuori combattimento Giles e spara a Elisa e alla creatura. L'uomo anfibio però guarisce se stesso e poi ferisce a morte Strickland, il quale è costretto ad ammettere che lui non sia una creatura inferiore ma una divinità. All'arrivo della polizia, condotta lì da Zelda, l'uomo anfibio prende con sé Elisa e si tuffa in acqua, dove trasforma le cicatrici sul collo di Elisa in un paio di branchie, che permetteranno loro di vivere per sempre insieme.

A close up of Strickland struggling with his pain medications reveals childproof ridges on the pill bottle. Childproofing did not begin to appear until 1967 and was not required in the United States by law until 1970. <br>------------------------<br><br>T-8 fluorescent lamps were not available until 1981. <br>------------------------<br><br>Surveillance cameras in the early 60s, such as those used on the loading dock were MUCH larger than those used in the film. This was either a much newer camera, or someone's guess of what a surveillance camera looked like in those days. <br>------------------------<br><br>In 1962, streetlights would have been mercury vapor lamps, with their characteristic greenish-blue-tinged light. Sodium vapor streetlights were not developed until the beginning of the 1970s and not widely used until the later part of that decade. <br>------------------------<br><br>Despite being set in 1962, when Strickland proudly drives his new '62 Cadillac Sedan deVille on the street, the occupants in the car next to him are driving a '63 Pontiac Convertible. There is a further car goof later when the Soviet plant, Dr Hoffstetler, leaves his apartment for the last time - there is a white '63 Ford parked in front of the building. <br>------------------------<br><br>The dial tone and ringing tone heard in the phone at Zelda's house were not accurate. Dial tones and ringing tones of that era were more like buzzing sounds rather than the multi-frequency tones heard in the movie. Those are the tones used in modern landline phones. <br>------------------------<br><br>The exterior of the lab was filmed at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, built 1963-1965 with Brutalist architecture style, which was new to the US and Canada, but the interior looks old and worn. <br>------------------------<br><br>Early in the film, we television sets on sale in a shop. The images on the screens are of a helicopter and a B-52 bomber. If they represent footage from the Vietnam War, this would be anachronistic because B-52's were not used in Vietnam until 1965. <br>------------------------<br><br>On one of the first scenes of the movie, the compact range seen in the kitchen boiling water is a 1966 Frigidaire RG-22K, a Canadian model made in Scarborough Ontario that was never sold in the United States or before 1965. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Giles asks Elisa to turn off the TV because he doesn't like what's being shown, some of the footage appearing on the screen is of civil rights protesters being attacked by police dogs and sprayed with fire hoses. The most famous incident of such police attacks on civilians-and the likely source of the footage-was in Birmingham, Alabama, but it happened in May 1963, the year after the movie took place. <br>------------------------<br><br>The model of television predates unwired TV remotes. <br>------------------------<br><br>The TV set in Giles's apartment- with it's large rounded-end picture shape - is a Color TV appropriate to the year. However, back in 1962 that was a relatively rare and expensive item likely to be found found only in a high-end home. The set in Strickland's home, with its squared-off B&W tube would have been more appropriate for Giles and vice-versa. <br>------------------------<br><br>Elisa's Bulova watch is at least ten years ahead of its time. <br>------------------------<br><br>When the pie-diner guy explains his franchise arrangement, he says the company provides the "signage." In the 1960s he would have just said "signs." <br>------------------------<br><br>When Strickland is shooting at the van with his revolver, bullet shell casings are heard hitting and ringing on the cement floor like an automatic pistol. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Elisa lowers herself into the bath the first time, the water spills over the edge. In the next shot she is still lowering herself, yet the water level is now below the edge of the tub. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Strickland sets his cattle prod on the bathroom sink the prod is at an angle to the sinks for a few shots. Then when Elisa approaches the sink the cattle prod has moved, it is now parallel to the front of the countertop. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Hoffstetler is done filling the syringe with the lethal fluid there is just a little bit of fluid in the syringe. Later, when he takes the syringe out of his pocket to inject the MP in his neck, there is much more fluid in the syringe. <br>------------------------<br><br>In the bathroom scene with Strickland, Eliza and Zelda, there is a brief long-shot of Strickland picking up his cattle-prod and some blood remaining near the sink. In the close-up when Eliza notices the blood, the amount of blood has apparently increased. <br>------------------------<br><br>In one scene they walk past a store selling TV sets. There are about 12 TV's in the window, each one showing a different show, but there were only 3 networks in 1962 and no VCR's. <br>------------------------<br><br>Besides the 5-star error mentioned already, the general's ribbons were upside down. And he was wearing air force wings on a green (army) uniform. <br>------------------------<br><br>A 5 star general would not exist in 1962. The last 5 star general was Omar Bradley in 1950 and would have been long since retired. The U.S. military historically has only used this rank during times of war in order to achieve parity with or even outrank allied commanders from other nations under their control in combat. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Strickland (Shannon) drives home from the dealer's with a new Cadillac, the car has a regulation Maryland license plate. A temporary cardboard plate would have been issued for the first couple of weeks of ownership. <br>------------------------<br><br>As the Strickland family watches "Dobie Gillis" on TV, the son asks if they can watch "Bonanza". The two TV series were never on opposite each other: "Bonanza" was on Saturday or Sunday (depending on the year) and "Dobie Gillis" was on Tuesday nights. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Elisa and Zelda are cleaning the men's room and Strickland comes in, you see cleaning products on a shelf. The bottle of Clorox has the present day logo rather than the one from 1962. <br>------------------------<br><br>There are references in the film to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. General Hoyt talks about the Soviet Union putting missiles in Cuba. Also, when Giles drives his truck up to the underground security gate, the security guard on duty has his radio tuned to John F. Kennedy's speech to the nation, announcing that the Soviet Union is building offensive missile sites in Cuba. However, according to Elisa's calendar, the events of the film take place between September 18 and October 9, 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis did not begin until October 16, 1962, when Kennedy was shown photos taken by a U-2 spy plane showing the missile sites in Cuba. Kennedy did not make his address to the nation until October 22, 1962. <br>------------------------<br><br>Michael Shannon's office includes racks of CCTV monitors, as well as Tektronix 520 Vectorscopes. Vectorscopes are used exclusively with color TV cameras, recorders, etc., and would have been of no use with the black-and-white cameras and monitors used in this facility. <br>------------------------<br><br>Following up to the 5-star general error, General Hoyt is an Air Force general. The only 5-star Air Force general was Henry "Hap" Arnold. He died in 1950. <br>------------------------<br><br>Based on references to missiles in Cuba, the action takes place in last half of 1962. However General Hoyt says he has known Strickland since Pusan "thirteen years ago". The battle of Pusan was in fall of 1950, not 1949. <br>------------------------<br><br>The general's ribbon bar is upside down. The Silver Star and Distinguished Service Medal were his highest honors, and should be on the top row, not the bottom. His WW2 Victory Medal is much lower in precedence and should be on a lower row, not the top. <br>------------------------<br><br>At around 17:50, security is leaving the men's room and you can hear a door latch. when the door opens and closes. The door has a handle, not a knob. Therefore you would only hear a thump as the door hit the door jamb closing. <br>------------------------<br><br>Strickland gets into his car while it is pouring rain outside, yet he never seems to get wet as he walks outside into the rain and proceeds to enter his car. <br>------------------------<br><br>After Stricland drives his new Cadillac, he passes a Pontiac convertible. The white Pontiac is a 1963 and the year is 1962. <br>------------------------<br><br>Early in the movie, Strickland states he brought the creature back from the Amazon, where the natives worshiped it like a god. Later, as Elisa and Giles are attempting to take the creature from the lab, Hoffstetler, while helping them, says they need to add salt to his water along with the water conditioning chemicals he gives them in a box. The Amazon is a freshwater river, and if the creature was from from there, it would not be used to nor need a saltwater environment. However, that doesn't mean the water has 0 salinity. Amazon river salinity fluctuates over time and space and depending on where the creature is from, 3% (or 30psu) could be the appropriate salinity. Having said that, 30psu is nearly as high as regular marine water. <br>------------------------<br><br>A WWII era sign is shown, "Loose lips sink ships". It would make sense for a government institution to still be using surplus posters from the war, as they are still trying to discourage the sharing of secret information. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Zelda is on the loading dock and dials the phone, she only dials five digits. This was possible and functional in the early 1960s; seven digits were not required in some areas. <br>------------------------<br><br>The water "reflection" on the wall of the lab during the Chica Chica Boom Chic scene suddenly jump cuts revealing it to be a looped projection onto the wall, and not natural light. <br>------------------------<br><br>Strickland's taser lands on Dr. Robert Hoffstetler's abdomen when he is stunned, but in the next shot, the taser is on his chest. <br>------------------------<br><br>In the beginning of the film Eliza's scars are on the right side of her neck. In the final scene they are on the left side of her neck. Actually, Eliza has scars on both sides of her neck (because they're actually not scars but gills). You just only ever see them on one side at a time, depending on where the camera is placed. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Strickland is driving his car to Elisa's house by the theater, his car is normal without bumps in spite of being crashed during the earlier escape. However, Strickland is not driving his car in that scene. In an earlier scene, Strickland and Fleming are staking out Dr. Hoffstetler's apartment. When Hoffstetler comes out, Strickland orders Fleming out of the car, to which Fleming answers "But this is my car". Therefore from that point on, Strickland drives Fleming's car which is undamaged. <br>------------------------<br><br>After Dr. Hoffstetler is shot in the mouth, a gaping hole is left in his cheek. We then see him down on the ground, with his mouth open and a bright floodlight shining on his face, and yet no light shows through the hole at all. <br>------------------------<br><br>