The Coastline (1983)
- Original title
- The Sea in Their Blood
- Directed by
- Peter Greenaway
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 27 min
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A fake documentary about the British coast. It shows seaside images while a voice recites made-up statistics about fish and the sea.
observationaldeadpanquirkyrepetitivesatiricalmeditativeplayfulabsurd
What happens
This entry describes a film. For information on the geographic feature 'coastline', please see coast. The Coastline is a film by Peter Greenaway, made in 1983. It is also known as The Sea in Their Blood, and exhibited at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, as Beside the Sea. It is a mockumentary or "artificial documentary", featuring images of the British seaside and voiceovers of endless unsubstantiated statistics. For example: "Most fish is eaten in Britain fried in batter and breadcrumbs. 10 percent is boiled, 5 percent grilled, 3 percent is steamed. Very little is eaten raw except by cats and in Japanese restaurants, 29 in London and 1 in Milton Keynes." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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