12/20/2023 0 Comments Pale moon full movieFloyd may be content wallowing in his discontent and misery, but there are those who need him and love him, and refuse to give up on him: His invalid father-in-law, The General (Burgess Meredith), would be lost without Floyd, as would Jimmy (Elias Koteas), the simpleton Floyd provides with a living by employing him for odd jobs around the restaurant, and as a companion for The General. He's let his business slide, and doesn't realize- or perhaps just doesn't care- what a dangerous, downward spiral he's on. Now he spends his days watching home movies of his wife, reliving the moments they shared, which become even more perfect with every day that passes, and with each additional viewing. But it all ended when Dorothy disappeared one day out on the gulf, and was presumed drowned a tragedy from which Floyd has never recovered. And for a time, when he shared it all with his beloved Dorothy (Becky Ann Baker), it was the perfect life. He's made a living at it since ending a stint as a merchant marine, and it's pretty much all he knows. Floyd (Gene Hackman) is the owner of the Blue Water Grill, situated on the coast of the Texas Gulf in the small town of Blue Water. And it's just such a situation that is explored by director Peter Masterson in `Full Moon In Blue Water,' the story of a man who, even after many months, cannot come to terms with the loss of his wife, and has, by clinging so vehemently to her memory, effectively removed himself from the world of the living, despite the efforts of others who are close to him and depend upon him, including the woman who would love him- if only he would give her the chance. The loss of a loved one, especially a spouse or a child, can be devastating on the one left behind and without some kind of closure, that same love, combined with the loss, can lead to an unhealthy obsession in which the object of that devotion can emerge as something so perfect that none among the living could ever hope to measure up to it.
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