The Dig: Now a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James

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It's not the usual kind of film I go for, but I was won over in minutes, this is an exceptional film. Rife, Katie (13 January 2021). "Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes delve for meaning in the sallow period drama The Dig". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021 . Retrieved 14 January 2021. The film runs under 2 hours, and it would have only required adding another 5-10 minutes to fully integrate Peggy into the story - Peggy is at a crossroads in her young life and her marriage to a man not interested in women forecasts a gloomy future - She gets sage advice from Edith Pretty (Mulligan) on seizing the day (and not to make the same mistakes she made). Townsend, Emily (21 September 2018). "Nicole Kidman could star in new film about Sutton Hoo". East Anglian Daily Times. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019 . Retrieved 15 November 2019.

Moreover, the film diminished his actual expertise by showing him surprised at the level of culture exhibited by the craftsmanship of the items found in the dig. Jeffers, who has expounded for hundreds of episodes of his podcast on the complexities of Anglo Saxon culture during the so-called Dark Ages, thought it preposterous that Phillips would have been ignorant of the history, which had already been confirmed by previous archeological discoveries of the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. A brilliantly realised account of the most famous archeological dig in British history, now a major motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James. a b c d e "2021 EE British Academy Film Awards: The Nominations". www.bafta.org. 9 March 2021. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022 . Retrieved 11 March 2021. The Dig DVD. An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938. The story also draws attention to the Anglo-Saxon culture. It's worth noting that the Anglo-Saxons weren't England's original inhabitants, but became the dominant culture after invading. Their language - often called Old English - looked like Icelandic (the Norman invasion of 1066 made English more like the Romance languages); there's even an Anglo-Saxon Wikipedia. It would be neat to see what English would like today if the language hadn't changed (for example, we would still have the letter Æ).

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Metaphors supporting Themes abound in 'The Dig' - "life is fleeting", "the search for meaning in our lives", "our relevance in History", and "is this all there is". Classic themes for dramas that are the eternal questions within our lives. The film intertwines those themes within the central characters, each conducting their own search for answers.

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a b c Bridge, Mark (29 January 2021). "Netflix drama The Dig unfair on Sutton Hoo archaeologist Peggy Piggott". The Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021 . Retrieved 29 January 2021. Complete with elegant camerawork, a beautiful score and impressively atmospheric direction that makes it an eye-catching watch from the first few moments, The Dig has enough confidence and depth to keep you engrossed even if its story isn't advancing apace, something that's a lot harder to pull off than you may think.

But actually, in that vulgar figurative sense, he pretty much does leave Mrs Pretty’s mounds alone. Her tentative offer of dinner is complicated by the fact that Basil is married to a woman called May, shrewdly played by Monica Dolan, and there is also a secret sadness and vulnerability in Edith’s own heart that would appear to preclude any such developments, though Mrs Pretty’s young son Robert (Archie Barnes) might well be seeing Basil as a father figure. On 4 February 2021, the film was listed for nine BAFTAs, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director, Leading Actor, Cinematography and Adapted Screenplay. [21] The nominations were announced on 9 March 2021. [21] At the awards ceremony on 10 and 11 April, the film did not win an award in any of the nominated categories. The film is directed by Simon Stone and based on a novel by John Preston. It fills in some reimagined holes in the historic excavation. Just like the ship that remained hidden for centuries, the insightful film is a study of characters who are also overlooked by others around them. It's a slow, steady exploration of people and things that disappear in time.An excavator and his team discover a wooden ship from the Dark Ages while digging up a burial ground on a woman's estate. As for the action - its just so good. Almost dreamlike at times - I found myself thinking of "The Go-Between" (also set in Suffolk, of course!) with dialogue over the top of action that is not taking place at quite the same time. Hard to describe, but its like memories. However, the film slowly begins to unveil how the historical context plays into its characters' personal lives and the fate of the dig itself, with dramatic focus shifting significantly in the final act, but just at the right point that the sudden arrival of the war into everyday life feels just like what it would have been like to experience it first-hand, taking over everything seemingly normal in an instant. This is without question the Best Picture of the Year, and I am thankful this beautiful film came in at the last possible minute to save an otherwise (and understandable) blah year in the film industry.