Jan 30, 2021
From the first human handprint on the cave wall, we are part of something continuous. We don’t really die. THE DIG (2021) dir. Simon Stone
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From the first human handprint on the cave wall, we are part of something continuous. We don’t really die. THE DIG (2021) dir. Simon Stone
The Dig (2021)
How true is ‘The Dig’?
[Please note that the correct spelling of Piggott is with two ‘g’s and two ‘t’s. In once instance, the name ‘Basil’ appears as ‘Bail’. Apologies.]
THE DIG (2021) ➢ "I do miss you. I've been reading your books for company."
The greatest and most beautiful treasure of all.
Mrs. Pretty: The artifacts discovered here have caused a national sensation. You must all know by now that they were recovered from a chamber in the middle of a ship… a burial ship, engineered from oak. In my opinion, the greatest and most beautiful treasure of all.
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Robert: Steer it steady, Mr. Brown.
Mr. Brown: Aye, aye.
Robert: We're coming towards the edge of the atmosphere. Can you see it, Mother? We're sailing into the cosmos.
Mrs. Pretty: Yes, I can. Where are we heading?
Robert: Orion's Belt, to take the Queen home.
Mrs. Pretty: Which Queen?
Robert: This boat's hers. Her people gave her treasure for her home voyage. And she was sad when the ship came… because she knew she'd be leaving everyone behind. And she was worried that they wouldn't get on very well without her… but she knew she had to follow the King into the sky. And so, she set off… through the Earth and up into the cosmos. Space is a funny thing.
[Mrs. Pretty chuckles]
Robert: Time operates quite differently up there, and 500 years can pass in a flash. And the Queen looked back down to Earth. She could see that her son had grown up and that he was now a space pilot.
[Mrs. Pretty laughs]
Robert: And she knew that when he made his first journey up to the stars, she would be there to meet him.
Carey Mulligan as "Edith Pretty" as The dig (2021)
"I'm sure works like yours is very sustaining but it's not enough. Life is very fleeting. I've learnt that. It has moments you should seize."
- Edit Pretty, The Dig (2021)
The Dig (2021)