Message in a Bottle
1999's "Message in a Bottle" is a film about what happens in a small port town in North Carolina. Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, and Paul Newman created this beautiful painting. The true value of Paul Newman, who has passed away, doesn't seem to be in the first half and middle of the film, but in the second half, you can see why he plays a role. If you look at the films he has starred in as he gets older, there are quite a number of works that we are very grateful for.
Scene from "Message in a Bottle (1999)"
The setting of this story is ship, sea and harbor. Although classified as a Romantic Drama film, the sea, which has a larger theme, may have been treated as an ordinary romance film, but it seems to make this film a film with a higher level than that.
In the middle of the film, a familiar singer's song appears. It's a song called "I'll know your love" by Beth Nielsen Chapman. One of my favorite singers, and when I hear this song, it reminds me of a port city called Port Washington on Long Island in New York. This is quite a beautiful city.
Port Washington is a typical American city. There are also many towns large and small in the vicinity, whose names stimulate the imagination. To the north of Long Island, where the city is located, lies Long Island Sound, a cove of no small size, through which the waters of the Atlantic Ocean flow deeply, both inland and on both sides of the island.
As you drive east on Norther Blvd (25A), which crosses the city, the hustle and bustle of New York City you've left behind disappears, saying, "This is life!" The scenery of this beautiful little town stretches out wide enough to be exhilarated. This is a neighborhood I frequent, but whenever I go, it reminds me of Beth Nielsen Chapman's songs, especially "Years":
I'm coming home for Christmas
To the house where I grew up
Coming back is something after all these years
I drive on Monterey Street
And feel a little sadness
When I turn left at Laurel and the house appears
And I slipped into that rocking chair
Where the winter sun slanted on the screened terrace
And I stare through the shady trees
What my laughing father planted the day I was born
And I let time pass so slowly
And I make every moment my last
And I think about the years
How did they take so long?
And they go so fast
Instead, heading south, across from Long Island, you reach Fire Island, a long parallel island that lies beneath the main island of Long Island.
Unlike the north side of Long Island , this south side offers direct views of the Atlantic Ocean. Unlike the neat, colorful and high-income port towns of the north, these towns and cities are typical for fishing (+ summer excursions) for it. take the form of life. It's like an area where you can easily spot fishermen from Alexa Downeaster Billy Joel. Coming to this area reminds me of one of Carly Simon's songs, "Never Been Gone":
The wind is strong and strong
And the moon smiling at me
Miles from nowhere eventually so small
in between sky and sea
I headed for the island
tide with me
I thought I could do it before the dawn
hours at sea
I go home
and it feels like I've never
gone
seagull cries and green hills
and my friends are waiting for me
Big ambition is just a dream
Let me drown my pride in the sea -
I'm bound for the ocean
The tide is with me
I think I can make it to dawn
Night at sea
I'm home
And it feels like I've never
I've never been away
Oh it feels like I've never been
I've never gone
Summer must have started on Long Island. I remember the Long Island summers of the 1980s and early 1990s, when the atmosphere was calmer than it is now, calming and romantic.