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1980s · United Kingdom · documentary

The Coastline (1983)

Directed by Peter Greenaway · 27 min

Year
1983
Running time
27 min
Countries
United Kingdom
Languages
English

About the film

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 the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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