After the Fall
Posted By Paul Kotik on 10 October 2005
In the meantime, there has been a feature film released with a freediving theme, titled, oddly enough, The Freediver. I’ve not seen it. I don’t think it has demonstrated the staying power or attained the cult status of The Big Blue – if the producer wishes to curse me for saying so, he knows where to find me. Maybe the wily Cameron is going to spring his feature – if at all – only after the events themselves have faded from the public consciousness and receded into the domain of legend. That would certainly be a liberating environment with respect to the facts of the matter, a further grant (as if Hollywood needed any !) of artistic licence. Hell, maybe it could be a great film. Jim Cameron is a master of the cinematic art, and the story line is perfect. A titanic film about the abyss, terminated with prejudice. Go see it if indeed it is made and released. Write a review, submit it to Deeper Blue.
Me, I just think about the girl, the stoic –exotic diver who was lost to us that day. It comes around every October. At this point in my checkered life, Audrey Mestre is but one of a long, long list of friends, comrades, adversaries, relatives and acquaintances who have slipped the mortal coil in all manner of ways, but for some reason I may never understand, this one just won’t stay down.
Dive safe, my friends.
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