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lucidentia-sb · 6 years ago

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Drawing breath

Simon Baker on the ocean, identity and making Breath

In the second instalment of my conversation with The Mentalist star and now feature film director Simon Baker, he discusses with me the casting and rehearsal process with Ben Spence and Samson Coulter for Breath, the details in the costume design by Terri Lamera, Elizabeth Debicki's Eva as Sando's girlfriend, the danger of Klaus Kinski in Loonie, fairy tales about boys in search of fear, Simon's renewed "relationship with the ocean", and his remembrance of "when I outgrew my stepfather."

"Surrender is what frees you up," surfing champion Sando (Simon Baker) teaches teenagers Pikelet (Samson Coulter) and Loonie (Ben Spence), while he himself, as it turns out, can only follow through with his own maxim to a certain extent. When you live your life "like someone who didn't believe in death," a structural switch occurs. The unspoken trade between the boys - although a lot is shared verbally with each other while they ride their bikes - is this: I give you some of my stability, you give me a hunk of freedom. And vice versa.

A detail in Sando's suede jacket becomes visible to us just at the moment his young pals, definitely one of them, discover their idol's imperfection. His surface is cracked. The façade cannot hold. This fragile deal only functioned for a while.

Anne-Katrin Titze: The jacket your character Sando is wearing when you return from your travels - that's the first time we see the hole in the jacket.

Simon Baker: Oh really?

AKT: I thought that was very subtle costume design. It's a denim or corduroy jacket.

SB: Yeah, there was a corduroy jacket. The hole in the jacket is the jacket when Pikelet doesn't get in the car. It's like a suede jacket with shearling on it. That's the first time I wear that.

AKT: Oh, I see. But the fact that there's a hole in the jacket at that point is perfect.

SB: I like that. Here's the thing - is that because of the way the film is structured and there is a lot of detail stuff - what I find interesting is that you kind of educate your audience how to watch a film. You know, in the first 15 or 20 minutes.

And then, hopefully, they're engaged in that process so that you can take bigger leaps. And they will go there with you. And they'd still also be looking for more detail. And you are obviously a very observant audience member because you are looking for things that are very specific.

AKT: Well, in this case, it means the sheen is gone. At that point Sando is no longer what he was. There are holes in Pikelet's way of perceiving him.

SB: Pikelet's perception of him has changed. Pikelet now sees him for what he is.

AKT: Yeah.

SB: And exactly, he is not this guru, this sun god to worship anymore. He's slightly pathetic. And Pikelet sees that he's kind of pathetic. And Loonie kind of gets a little whiff of it in that scene at the same time. And as you realize, as he says goodbye to Pikelet, "You got your own thing, now piss off." As Sando drives away, the first thing he does is look at Loonie to see if he's still … if he's seen the weakness in him.

AKT: It's all there in the glances and the props. The film is a lot about father figures.

SB: It's a lot about that. I mean, it's a big thing for me.

AKT: You have a scene where the other father - I am saying other father, I mean Pikelet's biological father [played by Richard Roxburgh], is seen potting plants and going fishing with his son. And then he goes surfing with the other father figure. Both connecting to water in drastically different ways. It gives a nice structure and makes it possible for us to go beyond the literal meanings. But you were saying the father theme is a big thing for you?

SB: It's a big thing for me in the sense that I remember very clearly when I outgrew my stepfather. And I couldn't communicate with him anymore. You know, I had sort of outgrown him. And in a lot of ways, Pikelet outgrows Sando and no longer has that possibility to communicate with him.

And Sando has the choice to evolve but doesn't. He acknowledges the courage it takes for Pikelet to say "No" and not want to go. But he still doesn't allow Pikelet to help him develop. Sando has an opportunity there to develop and he doesn't do it.

AKT: And he lives in what feels like a tree house.

SB: Yeah. I mean when I talk about that, I'm talking about in the sense that when I was growing up in this world that I've created in the film, there is this masculine sort of stereotype. And this ideal that is created and has solidified in Australian culture. Particularly around that period of time.

And I wanted to create that as authentically as possible but then subvert it. So that the perceived identity or prescribed identity is something that you can fight against. Or stand up against.

AKT: You are losing your voice. Do you want one of these? [I am handing Simon a Ricola Original Swiss Natural Herb Cough Drop I happen to have in my bag].

SB: Thank you. I love these! And Pikelet does that in that moment. And him doing that, fighting against that prescribed identity - he finds who he really is. And the strength in that.

AKT: The woman's name is Eve. Eva?

SB: Eva.

AKT: Elizabeth Debicki is very good in that role. Of course she is representing something else too, but she is also very much just a person. A person who is choking herself.

SB: Metaphorical, yeah. She has a great loss of her own identity that she's struggling with as well. I mean, who she was has been stripped away from her and she's obviously really not sure about who she is anymore. She's not sure how to live as the person who can't do those things. She has this desperate need for risk and danger and feeling afraid. She can't quench that thirst in any other way than what she's doing.

AKT: Because it is that destabilising idea that she needs in her life, that dangerous element. "Surrender is what frees you up," is one of the noteworthy lines. It's something to think about. Is it really? Is that it?

SB: I mean, yeah. Look, it's a big thing for me. In so many ways. To even to be able to take on this film is about surrendering to it, you know?

AKT: There are these classic tales, fairy tales about boys in search of fear. I don't know if you are familiar with them; there are some in the collection by the Brothers Grimm.

SB: Oh yeah, yeah.

AKT: In one we get to know about the family background, a father with two sons. One son is considered the smart one and the other, the one who doesn't know what fear is, is treated as incurably stupid and it is said that he will always be a burden to his father.

Anyway, he goes out to learn what fear is because he cannot feel fear. I was thinking of him in connection to Loonie. The family background, the search for love and also that search for fear. That makes him almost a classic fairy tale hero, almost.

SB: Yes, he has got equal parts danger and vulnerability about him. He's kind of a by-product. He is such a tragic character.

AKT: He is.

SB: And the writing is kind of on the wall early for that character.

AKT: And you go there, into the dark place, which I really liked. You did not not go there what you proposed from the first scene. In parts he reminded me, maybe also be cause of the blond hair, of Klaus Kinski.

SB: Oh really? Yeah, right, Klaus Kinski had that danger too, right?

AKT: Yes, very much. The boys are great.

SB: Neither of them had ever acted before.

AKT: They jumped out at you right away during casting?

SB: Yeah. Well, it took a while. It took a year to find them. It was a long process.

AKT: They are so good together.

SB: That was just creating the right environment for them. We had a ten-day workshop, a sort of ten-day rehearsal period, so that they got a lot more time to spend together. And during that ten-day rehearsal period, every morning we'd go surfing together. And then we'd work and play around and then I'd take them to the different locations.

As they were building the Sando house or showing them things, basically getting them on track because they had no real kind of yardstick or measure of understanding what the experience of making a film was going to be like. They were incredibly brave. They threw themselves into it.

AKT: Surrendered?

SB: Yeah.

AKT: Did your relationship to surfing change with making this film or did it remain the same?

SB: No. Same. I mean it's always been the same. If anything, maybe during the process of making the film, leading up to making the film, the development of it, I thought a lot more about my relationship with the ocean.

And really as opposed to just doing it. What water really meant to me, and what it has meant over different periods of my life. And being more mindful of how who I am is affected by my connection to it.

AKT: Thank you so much. I'll let you breathe.

SB: Thank you.

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tmcastandcrew · 6 years ago

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Bodies in the water Simon Baker on fathers, sons, a rescue dog and Breath

by Anne-Katrin Titze

Anne-Katrin Titze: You must have put a lot of thought into the beginning and how you wanted to start with the swimming bodies. We are thinking: Is this two boys? Is it a boy and a girl? Is it a boy and a mermaid? Is it a merman? Who are they? It's a fantastic way to start this story. Did you always know this was the way?

Simon Baker: Yeah, it was sort of an interesting way to enter into a film. More so to create this slight sense of foreboding in the opening sequence. Like, is he stuck and drowned or is he...

AKT: … alive, yes, and we don't even know who that is.

SB: No.

AKT: The theme of fear and death is already there.

SB: Look at you, you got a book of notes!

AKT: These are for Whit Stillman, actually, whom I just interviewed.

SB: Oh, wow.

AKT: About The Last Days Of Disco. It's quite different, although the time frame is similar. I noticed a plate in a car in your film, stating 1978.

SB: Oh you saw that?

AKT: I did.

SB: On the sticker, yeah. That was towards the end of the film. Basically I hate putting numbers on screens and saying it's 19 whatever. I just wanted the production design tell that story. I guess you see the kids grow up, really. You see them develop into young men. Roughly it sort of spans for Pikelet - it is like 13 1/2 to about 17 by the end, 16, 17.

AKT: It's universal, childhoods take place on bikes.

SB: Yes.

AKT: I could identify very much. You go everywhere on your bike, with friends, with stuff you carry. Was that your experience?

SB: It was exactly that. And that's when you had those conversations. You would just talk about stuff. And reveal different things and learn different things about each other. Always kind of getting from one place to the other.

AKT: So it's not actually that different from Whit Stillman's walking and talking and here the bikes.

SB: He has bikes in his films?

AKT: No, he doesn't. You do.

SB: I have not seen that film for many many years.

AKT: It has its 20th anniversary, that's why I was talking to him about that. In your film you have a fantastic dog. How did you find him?

SB: He's just a local dog. He's not an acting dog at all. He's one of those dogs that rescues people. Like if someone is lost, he'll go and find them. If your kid's missing in the woods, in the bush, and you give the dog the smell of the kid's T-shirt or something like that, it'll sleep the night with the T-shirt and then they take him off to the area and the dog will go off and find it.

We had Jed, the dog's name was Rooster in the movie. And Jed's trainer, she wasn't a trainer for film dogs. That was the first time she worked on a film and she just lived in that town.

AKT: That moment when you call the dog and he comes and jumps on the truck.

SB: Jumps in the back?

AKT: Yes, there's fearlessness. This dog is a perfect connection to the characters, to Loonie - the kind of creatures your character attracts. The clothes work well in the film. Beautiful sweaters you are wearing.

SB: The sweater that I wear, the grey one? My mom knitted that!

AKT: Wow, congratulations to your mother! These are very much of the period. And timeless as well. They say a lot about the people who wear them.

SB: Yeah, they're beautiful. All hand-made. Beautiful hand-made sweaters. And Loonie has a little cardigan at one point, knitted.

AKT: All of them by your mother?

SB: No, not all of them by my mother. Just mine.

AKT: How did the project come about? How did you end up with the novel [by Tim Winton]?

SB: I was given the novel by my producing parter Mark Johnson, seven or eight years ago now, just to sign on as a producer. And over time, when we were developing it and working on it, he asked me if I wanted to direct it. And basically I said, "Look, I'd love to."

And then it was about waiting for the time because I was working on a TV show which took up a lot of my life. And when I knew we were going to the last year of that TV show, I kind of wrapped up the development of the script.

AKT: And that TV show we are talking about?

SB: That was The Mentalist. And then as soon as that show finished I went back to Australia and opened an office to start trying to get this thing up and going and get the financing together. And we kept developing the script.

AKT: There are beautiful subtleties in the script where you don't spell it out. The boy falls down the stairs and we just get the comment that the father might have had something to do with this. And that's it. You leave it at that, which is much more powerful that if you'd had a scene.

SB: Yeah, I think so.

AKT: These are good decisions. Did you subtract a lot?

SB: That's my style. Is to try to just reduce and reduce and reduce. And really only leave anything that moves the development and understanding of the character and story forward. And that's it. And sometimes for me it's more about making space for behaviour. To watch these kids behave, to see their reactions.

So, case in point, when Loonie is on the veranda at Sando's house the first time they go there. And he's standing up on the veranda and Pikelet is like "What the … you shouldn't be up there!" And he goes "Don't get all fucking sulky." And he hits the thing and walks down and [Simon mumbles something as Loonie]. And Pikelet looks at him. The way they look and react to each other to me speaks far more than anything that they say.

AKT: True.

SB: All those details, I like them to be precise in their observations. There's a scene, you know, where the two boys are leaving Sando's after Eva's just come back. Loonie's on his bike riding out and he says: "There's no way I'd let my wife run the show. He lets her get away with so much shit." Which is this completely misogynistic comment.

AKT: Yeah.

SB: In the very next sentence, he says, not even a breath later, he says: "I reckon your mom's done scones?" Right? Which means I reckon your mom's made scones. And then he goes "I love your mom!" That's like this whole complexity of what's been mottled to him as a child is this misogynistic view. But his heart and instinct is: "I want to be nurtured. I love being nurtured."

AKT: The joy while he [Loonie] is eating during that first dinner. The way he is eating, the way he is drinking the milk! I haven't seen anyone drink milk with such exuberance. It's full of life, which makes a lot of sense in the context you are dealing with.

SB: Yeah!

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lovelornrocketscientist · 7 years ago

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●: If you could say just one thing to your Muse, what would it be?☑: An OTP with your Muse in it (if you have any).☒: A NOTP with your Muse in it (if you have any).☁: Favorite part of RPing.✉: Any RPers the Mun admires.

Fun Munday Asks || accepting

●: If you could say just one thing to Fitz, what would it be?Nothing I could say would change anything for him, tbh. If I could say one thing, I’d just say that he’s a good person and he should believe that.

☑: An OTP with your Muse in it (if you have any).Well, Fitzsimmons was my OTP in canon, but I don’t ship it in canon at all now. It’s a mess. In RP, it’s okay with the right mun chemistry.

Honestly, I think my fave OTP right now is Titz (Fitz+Tony Stark. What? We’re going with it. Shhh.) with @justastarkgenius

They are just fricken adorable together and I’m in love with it.

☒: A NOTP with your Muse in it (if you have any).Coulson. I mean, never say never, I guess, but, uh, yeah, probably never. lol

☁: Favorite part of RPing.Getting replies? That’s an answer, right? Honestly, I think writing is just how I get my feelings out and RP keeps me motivated to keep writing, unlike fanfic. So, getting my feelings out, I guess? I get squirrelly if I don’t write for a few days.

✉: Any RPers the Mun admires.Many—but this would turn into a crazy post if I listed them all. I’ll just mention a few off the top of my head.

@whiskeyandtwoshotglasses - I’ve been writing with Megan almost since I started this blog. She is such a fantastic writer and I love writing with her and even just reading what she writes with others. Her take on Hunter is very real and I love how much depth she’s given him, adding flesh and blood to the skeleton the show started out with. My salt sister forever!

@justastarkgenius - Val is brilliant and the way she writes Tony gives me feels and makes me laugh, both. I love her to bits and Fitz loves her Tony to bits. (Lbr, so do I.) Ngl, sometimes I squee audibly when I get her replies.

@whydoyouthinkileft - I’m 99.9% sure that I’ve been writing with Ele since I started this blog. Her Jemma is an amazing continuation of what they’ve done in canon. She let’s Jemma experience the consequences of all her trauma and I just love writing with her. I definitely get my angst fix with her. We’re definitely salt sisters and fellow spoonies.

@holdinghandsinsnow - I just feel totally off when we don’t pass a thread back and forth a couple of times in a day at least. Her Jemma is lighter but still full of realistic emotion which is what I thrive on. She’s always down for my crazy ideas or a chat on anything from canon meta to gender politics. INTP sisters, overanalyzing as a lifestyle choice. *mwah*

@hopesfornights - We really just started writing together a short time ago but I’m in love with the way she describes things. She’s probably one of the best show-don’t-tell-ers I’ve written with. I’m learning things by reading her replies. I’m so happy I sent you that ask! Another mun I can share my overly detailed metas with and you have no idea how much I appreciate that. XD

@engineeringmonkeywiz - Shani took a hiatus from her blog for a bit but I’m so happy she’s back. She always comes up with amazing plots and there’s so much feeling in her writing. I’ve missed writing with her and I hope we continue to do more. Missed you!

@secondchaircellist - Cassidy took a character who only appeared in canon in one episode and she’s fleshed her out into a really wonderful muse. Audrey and Fitz have the most adorable relationship in our twelve million verses and I’m looking forward to watching them grow in all of them (and lbr probably more). XD

#so that basically turned into a follow forever post #Thanks for the ask!#long post #agentjadelance #( ooc. ) » answered asks » ( 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 )

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emedpharmatech · 4 years ago

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Role of IT in the Pharma Industry

Technology has helped the pharma industry immensely. Not just in mass production of medicines and health devices but also in improving healthcare. And the role it has played in the research field is unparalleled. Remote healthcare has enabled many underserved areas to access to healthcare.

Over the past years, Most industries have embraced information technology (IT) in their field. Some have opted for full-fledged total automation, while others have incorporated it with their traditional methods. Although strict rules and regulations have made technology adoptions somewhat difficult, the healthcare industry has still benefitted immensely from that. Starting with research to the supply chain, information technology has been everywhere. IT has reduced complexities of managing the supply chain to some extent. It has reduced manual paperwork thus improving time efficiency.

Convenient Data Handling:

The data of patients is crucial to store and storing it securely is even more important. The shift towards online pharmacies doesn’t look like it is going downwards anytime soon. The research on current market trends and consumer spending preferences shows that this trend is only going to increase.

By simplifying data and record storing, the information technology has made sure that pharmacists or doctors can focus on more important tasks. They have massively improved access to critical patient information and medical records. By getting rid of cumbersome record-keeping, their efficiency has vastly improved.

The information technology applied in health and healthcare is generally referred to as Health information technology (HIT).

Not just, doctors and pharmacists, this has benefitted all the stakeholders involved. Now Patients do not need to keep their prescription every time they want to purchase medicines. They can access it anytime, anywhere.

Easy Data Analytics:

The ability to analyse the data with advanced analytics in real-time opens up a lot of new possibilities in businesses. The analysis of past supply chain data, customer health data allows us to better understand future scenarios and prepare for them.

Tools like AI, ML have enabled pharmacy owners to have access to vital insights into the supply chain, production management and other fields as well. It is estimated that by the end of 2024, 75% of enterprises will shift to operationalizing AI.

It has decreased manual work, and have facilitated e-documentation, Easy prescription storage and secure data storage. Every application has its specific functionality like storing, maintaining, analysis of data related to the specific functional area.

Internet-based services:

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. It is sometimes referred to as "on-demand software"

Platform as a service (PaaS) is a category of cloud computing services that provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure typically associated with developing and launching an app.

Both these SaaS and PaaS has seen their share increase.

Many pharmacies have adopted what’s called digital twin approach, Where they replicate their day-to-day operations on the internet as well by a digital replication of a real-world entity or system.

Regarding Digital Twins, Christian Titze, VP Analyst of Gartner says that,

“Organizations would use a digital supply chain twin for all levels of supply chain decision making, from strategic through to executional. Appropriate predictive and prescriptive analytics (including machine learning and AI) would be applied to the digital supply chain twin so that aligned (and to some degree, automatic) decisions could be made.”

Telecare:

By way of Telecare, healthcare consultants provide remote services to patients via digital communication technology. This has allowed patients to connect with doctors while sitting at home. While reducing travelling costs, this has allowed people in poor mobilities to access healthcare easily. Remote consultation with doctors when you do not need special care is becoming widely popular.

Conclusion:

The advancement of technology especially, IT has massively boosted healthcare. This has allowed remote access of healthcare to underserved areas. However, there are still other areas where progress needs to be made either by using technology or by other means.

What lies in the future?

Going forward to the share of technologies like Artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Blockchain are likely to grow even further, while new technologies like Blockchain, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) etc. will be incorporated for better treatment.

How EMedStore has incorporated IT?

We provide readymade solutions for pharmacies, We store our data on secure clouds. EMedStore empowers pharmacists and hospitals to utilize the internet and connect with health services, for booking appointments or online consultations. We, at EMedStore, are always working hard to keep up-to-date with the latest trend in information as well as pharmaceutical technologies.

Want to learn how it can help you to expand your business?

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juniperpublishers-yoga · 5 years ago

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Mass Performance of Adapted Physical Activity: A “Population Strategy to Prevent Frailty”: Setting-Up and Running the Service-8 Years of Experience-Juniper publishers

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Mass Performance of Adapted Physical Activity: A “Population Strategy to Prevent Frailty”: Setting-Up and Running the Service-8 Years of Experience

Piastra G1, Lucarini S1, Cavagnaro P1, Ganzarolli L2, Vaccaro G2 and Gallamini M2,3*

1Liguria Region Public Health Service-ASL4Chiavarese, Chiavari, Italy

2Ben-Essere ASD-Non Professional Sport Association, Italy

3Freelance Researcher-Member of the It. Society of Clinical Movement Analysis (SIAMOC), Italy

Submission: March 22, 2017; Published: April 27, 2017

*Corresponding author: Gallamini M, Ben-EssereASD-Non Professional Sport Association, Italy. Tel: 39-335 5683177 Email:[email protected]

How to cite this article: Piastra G, Lucarini S, Cavagnaro P, Ganzarolli L, Vaccaro G , et al.Mass Performance of Adapted Physical Activity: A �Population Strategy to Prevent Frailty�: Setting-Up and Running the Service-8 Years of Experience. J Yoga & Physio. 2017; 1(3) : 555562. DOI:10.19080/JYP.2017.01.555562

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Abstract

Lack of physical activity has been postulated to be the cause of a significant loss of healthy life expectancy and in much greater costs, both for the National Health Service and for the individual. On the other side, the beneficial effects of Adapted Physical Activities have been demonstrated in many of the pathologies prevalent among older persons. Our experience, arising from a test performed 8 years ago, has demonstrated both the beneficial effects on the participants and the substantial reduction of costs for the Health Service. Nowadays, more than 2,500 senior citizens from the area covered by our Local Health Service take part in several Physical Activity courses that include both Adapted Physical Activity and fitness programs. The courses are managed by a private, nonprofit entity under the supervision of the Local Health Service and have involved also the local Social Services and the Municipalities. By all accounts the approach is successful and worth applying on a larger scale. The applied criteria and organization are described and guidelines proposed for further development.

Keywords: Frailty prevention, Adapted physical activity, Primary care, Population strategy, Risk of fall prevention

Abbreviations: APA: Adapted Physical Activity; APE: Adapted Physical Education; ASL: Italian Local Health Service; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale; GP: General Practitioner; HSIC: Health & Social Care Information Centre; NHS: National Health Service; RM: Roland Morris Questionnaire

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Introduction

In 2012 the Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSIC) published the initial results of the Health Survey for England on Physical Activities in the UK. The document provides a quick review of the effects of inactivity and on the beneficial effects of Physical Activity [1]." Lack of physical activity is the fourth most important risk factor worldwide for chronic, no communicable diseases, after tobacco use, raised blood pressure and hyperglycemia (raised blood sugar) [2] In the UK, inactivity has been estimated to cause 3% of disability adjusted years of life lost in 2002; this represents a direct cost to the NHS of £1.06billion, with indirect costs to society bringing this cost to a total of £8.2billion. Inactivity is particularly important in some groups. For example, inactivity was estimated in 2011 to account for at least 20% of the excess heart disease deaths seen in the South Asian community in Britain.

Physical inactivity contributes to: cardiovascular disease, particularly ischaemic heart disease and stroke, cancer of the colon and breast; psychological distress and depression; and dementia as well as being a major cause of obesity and diabetes [3-11]. Regular physical activity reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, even among those with an otherwise high cardiovascular risk profile or with established cardiovascular disease; reduces the incidence of ischaemic heart disease and stroke; reduces longterm blood pressure in both those with raised and with normal blood pressure; improves cognitive function in older people with and without existing impairment; reduces anxiety; and improves mental well being [12-22].

At the core of the diffusion of Physical Activity lies the approach to a "Population Strategy" as defined by Rose in 1985 [23]. In layman’s words, significant improvements in population health indicators should be achieved by the adoption of a healthier lifestyle.

However, a healthier lifestyle cannot be limited to increasing the quantity or quality of physical activities:

• To reduce the prevalence of adult obesity [24], a major concern for preventive medicine, and to tackle the increase of osteoporosis [25], the control of food intake, in both quality quantity is of the utmost importance or

• To reduce the Risk-Of-Fall [26], besides some specific Physical Activity aimed to balance, the adaptation of living space is generally required.

Furthermore, the complex interactions between mood and health suggest that a specific attention should be given to the social aspects of the daily life of an elderly person [27-29].

APA: A medical intervention?

Given the broader scope involved in the concept of "healthy lifestyle" the question that arises immediately is whether Physical Activity, at least that proposed to senior citizens, should be considered as a medical intervention or not [30,31]. The fact of the matter is that the link between Physical Activity and Health was born in Medicine as an adjunct to the rehabilitation process [32,33] and/or as a tool for preventive medicine [34-37]. The proposal of a healthier lifestyle within a true "population strategy" should include Physical Activity as well as Social Inclusion Initiatives and instructions on how to upgrade daily living activities (improvements in living spaces/facilities, nutritional education, recreational activities, etc.) The program begins to shift towards a Social approach, under Medical advice. Life expectancy is now rapidly increased to the point that, in the Liguria Region of Italy, the life expectancy for a 65 year old person is about 19 (Males) and 23 (Females) years!.

Although the most effective way to extend the healthy life span would be to adopt a healthier lifestyle early in life, there is still time to intervene in the case of senior citizens aged over 65. At this age, however, there is a high prevalence of "frail" or "prefrail" individuals, [38] according to the prevailing definition of these terms [39-42]. Very often, these persons carry on a "normal" life with some compensation of slight pathological conditions (mild atherosclerosis, compensated hypertension.... etc). These persons can however perform also Physical Activities-some even specifically recommended-although with some limitations [43].

Based on these concepts, Adapted Physical Activity was developed such that it could also be proposed to pre-frail individuals. The main concept is the execution of simple exercises linked to a specific task, at a level of intensity level suited to the specific condition of each individual. As stated by Titze & Martin in 1997 "In contrast to the previous assumption that only fairly high-intensity sporting exercise undertaken over a minimum period of 20min produces health-related benefits, recent studies have shown that even everyday activities (climbing stairs, brisk walking and cycling) can have a beneficial effect on health, particularly in those who take little exercise. So now the recommendation is: exercise of moderate intensity lasting 30min at least 5 times a week, corresponding to an energy consumption of about 150kcal/day or 1000kcal/week" [44].

Since then growing evidence has been produced in support of APA effectiveness with respect to specific themes such as: Osteoporosis, Back Pain, Flexed Posture, Sarcopenia, Eating Disorders, Balance and Motor Control, Diabetes, Parkinson Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Acute Stroke, Cardiovascular Diseases, Breast Cancer, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome [45-61]. At the same time, a generic effectiveness of APA in healthy aging has been observed [62-66]. In addition to a very comprehensive definition of Adapted Physical Education (APE), [67] there are also bibliographic references to the more specific Adapted Physical Activities as a Health-Oriented practice [68], different from the traditional sickness-oriented practice and more closely related to the social and environmental assistive activities.

The role of the public health service

Given that Physical Activity, as well as favoring healthy aging, has a specific role in the functional recovery and in the prevention of specific diseases, [69] we submit that the main sponsor of the Physical Activities promotion should be the General Practitioner to whom the primary prevention of illness is entrusted. It cannot entail true "Prescription", otherwise the Physical Activity would become a Medical Tool, but there should be an active, hopefully bi-directional, link between the GP and the Physical Activity Instructor [70]. There is a lively debate on the subject, [71] but in spite of the name- whether it should be a Prescription or Counseling or Advice [72,73] the main actor should be the GP who should be made aware of both benefits and general prescription criteria [74]. Furthermore, in Italy, Government Authorities have recommended that APA should be applied wherever feasible as a tool to promote a healthier lifestyle, [75] although without the involvement of medical professionals and at no additional costs for the National Health Service.

However, we submit that the referenced governmental indication should at least be discussed.

• The simple issue is why, how and on what ground should the GP- under contract to the National Health Service- be involved in prescribing, suggesting or advising APA and shouldering the relative responsibility?

• A more complex issue is the reference to additional cost. Several studies have shown that preventive medicine- and APA can be included in this category- in the medium term, leads to a significant reduction of health related public costs [76]. This is confirmed by our experience: a preliminary study analyzing NHS services expenditures for individuals following our APA program has demonstrated a substantial abatement of drug prescriptions and accesses to out-patient services (diagnostics, physiotherapy) [77].

A deeper investigation is now underway on a larger population, seeking a possible correlation between this reduction and the frequency of attendance at APA sessions. If the formal requirement is constant cost, the reduction afforded by APA could well be supported by a certain NHS investment, if nothing else, at least to support the involvement of GPs and to set up an internet-based network between GPs, local NHS management and APA management. In any case, to return to the role of the GP, they can at least be asked to recommend if not to prescribe APA.

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Discussion-Our Experience

The test phase

In 2008 the ASL 4 Chiavarese started an experimental APA project specific for Low-Back-Pain, Dorsal Kyphosis and Balance Rehabilitation. After nearly 6 months of twice weekly group APA exercising (one hour per session) encouraging results were observed [78]. The beneficial effects were measured in terms of pain reduction (over 85% declared a significant improvement), of reduction of medical assistance needs (drug consumption or Rx Diagnostics or Clinical examinations- 80%) and quality of life enhancement (GDS and RM). The program was successful and the participants passed their satisfaction "down the grapevine" Based on individual and GPs’ requests, the population accessing APA courses has constantly grown to over 2,500 persons (March 2016) (Figure 1 & 2).

Logistics and organization

The effort required to find appropriate spaces in the ASL4 territory, which covers the valleys on the East coast of Liguria, was rather hard but successful: there are now 62 courses in 13 Municipalities where rooms capable of accommodating groups of 20 persons performing APA exercises were successfully found and set up for the purpose. The choice of setting up exercise rooms close to the living areas was crucial to the success of the program: the geological characteristics of the ASL4 area with mountains and deep valleys with a rocky seafront make travelling time-consuming and tiring.

An effort was made to set-up regular procedures and appropriate software tools:

• To enroll the participants

• To integrate the instrumental tests, the self-administered questionnaires, the medical information available from different sources

• To standardize the formal procedures.

Thanks to the above it has been possible to monitor course attendance and participants' health conditions (Figure 3).

It is worth noting the high level of participation, which may be considered a sort of "customer satisfaction" index but, more importantly, a sign of the participants’ awareness of APA as a new lifestyle.

Furthermore, instructors have reported the growth of "Social Inclusion" indicators within each APA Group: participants started sharing transportation and some social events. This phenomenon is one of the hoped-for side effects of the APA courses and is perhaps only to be expected [79].

Trainers, management and costs

The ASL4 Chiavarese selected and gave specific education to the trainers (motor sciences university graduates and/or physiotherapists with APA specialist qualifications), performed the health assessment according to standard rules and monitored activity performance.

The Instructors are on the payroll of "Ben-Essere" Non Professional Sport Association. The association levies a quarterly participation fee of 50 Euros. This income pays for the insurance, gym-related expenses, legal obligations and compensation of trainers: in the budget of Ben-Essere some allowances are made for further investments. However, the fee can be reduced according to the person's income upon agreement with the Social Services.

The APA exercises

The exercises were selected from among those defined by Macchi et al. 2012 [67] for twice weekly courses of 1 hour for groups of a maximum of 20 participants. Exercises were especially selected according to the specific Course, and planned according to a standard scheme followed in all courses of the same type by all trainers (Table 1).

Peer-Reviewed course quality

In accordance with general Quality Assurance criteria, the courses are monitored on the basis of specific checklists and through periodic "peer-review" inspections. Courses have to be performed in the same approved pattern and with the same sequences and timing for each specific course type.The capability of providing Quality Assurance is of the utmost importance for the attendants, for the Health Service that is sponsoring the program and for the GPs that "prescribe" APA to their patients. For this purpose, a "peer review" approach has been established: trainers take turns in acting as inspectors of their peers, according to a specific checklist that covers all the aspects, ranging from quality of exercise and performances to the logistics of the training space and to the behaviour of the trainer under scrutiny. It is aimed to ensure the quality and homogeneity of APA activities for all the courses.

During the review

• 20 items are checked with regard to the logistics of the course with a max total score of 50.

• 20 items are checked with regard to the session performance with a max total score of 50. As an example of the process, in Graph 4 the results of the peer-review process, are reported for 14 trainers/facility in 2015 (Figure 4).

As can be seen, course #5 was below acceptance limits and actions were undertaken to upgrade its overall quality. In the initial period the "peer review" approach has served also the purpose of ameliorating and standardizing the exercise programs. Data are recorded and monitored using the APA management Software tool. Efficiency indicators and attendance are recorded for each session. ASL Health Care Managers can monitor the courses by means of real time access to a specific on-line database.

Effectiveness assessment

Some effectiveness data are monitored by means of digitally scanned self-administered questionnaires derived from the most popular ones used for geriatric assessment: Activities of Daily Living (ADL)/ Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), Roland Morris, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Falls Efficacy Scale (FES), Fear-Of-Falling, Minnesota Leisure Time Activity and questions related to lifestyle [80-85]. The results ("Checkup" software by MICROLOG SRL- Sassuolo (MO) are available on-line to the ASL Managers and to the Trainers.

Functional performances assessment

A set of instruments was procured thanks to the above budget allowances.

The tests are performed at least once a year on all the participants:

• Static Balance (Romberg Test), on Force Plate [86-87]

• SPO2-Saturimetry [88]

• Arterial Pressure

• Handgrip, (Hydraulic handgrip) [89,90]

• Arterial Stiffness, (Accelerated Photopletysmography) [91,92]

• Body mass composition, (Multifrequency segmental body impedance).

The set of recorded data generally confirm standard age/ sex related values. Deviations from average values are mostly associated with known pathologies. In some cases, however, it seems the observed deviations from average might indicate borderline individuals worth reporting to their GPs.

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Different courses

As a natural evolution, besides the Back Pain groups, there are now Balance groups and also experimental Tai-Chi and Qi-Gong groups have been established. During the summer a Sea APA Group was run with wide participation and a Nordic Walking group started to practice along the hill paths of the areas. A group specifically aimed to increase the muscle mass has also been started.

Participation

As can be seen from Graph 3, the frequency of attendance levels out at 75%, confirming the high level of compliance by the participants. The total participation of the over 65s has reached the value of 1585 (March 2016) for a relative impact on the over 65 population related to ASL4 of 3.8%. A significant shift has been observed in the motivation of persons enrolling in APA courses: besides the effect of the passage "down the grapevine" of the satisfaction of attendants, that in the beginning accounted for the vast majority of persons enrolling in APA courses, prescription by the GPs is increasing .

Critical points and guidelines for improvement

The experience should be rated successful, but it has demonstrated a few critical points:

I. An effort should be made to involve the GPs at a deeper level in enrolling their senior patients in APA courses.

II. The percentage of enrolled senior citizens is of just 3.8% of the total over 65 citizens referring to ASL4: a specific effort should be made to increase the diffusion of this service.

III. The participation of male subjects is very scarce: of the 1,585 over 65 subjects only 14, 8% are males compared to 85.2% of females. This data is not satisfactory: it must be understood why the proposal is not appealing to senior males and a different strategy should be found and put in place.

IV. As stated in the Introduction to the present narrative Review, a healthier lifestyle should not be limited to an increase of physical activities. In close cooperation with the local Social Services, specific interventions should be made to ameliorate nutrition, social inclusion, and home safety.

V. Screening and functional assessment should be progressively enhanced and form the core of feedback to GPs prescribing APA to their patients.

VI. A correlation to Frailty according to the already mentioned standard and the possible extension of the functional assessment of the totality of the senior population would appear to have realistic growth prospects.

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These Drinkstagrammers Are Throwing a Month-Long Tiki Party, and You’re Invited

As people settle in for the long, dreary winter, certain drinks are especially comforting. Eggnog, mulled wine, hot cider, and peaty Scotch unfailingly warm the soul, no matter the temperature outside.

Boozy fortification takes many forms, though. A growing group of bartenders on Instagram, known as Tiki the Snow Away, is rejecting typical wintertime beverages in favor of tropical rum drinks.

The group convenes digitally each year to create and share tiki cocktails throughout January. Early entries for the 2019 iteration range from mid-century-inspired originals, courtesy of Portland, Ore.-based @Migsology, to absinthe-spiked swizzles from @servedbysoberon in Ghent, Belgium. There are no real rules or prizes, only the promise of digital community, good cheer, and lots of rum.

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Beautiful! 🐦🌴🍹 #Repost 📷 @mmydrinks ・・・ It seems many of you would like to hear about Anders and my journey on IG. So I’ll work on that and post something soon. It will also give you a little insight to one of the reason he said farewell to IG. • In the meantime I wanted to try to get another cocktail in for #TikiTheSnowAway before it ended. I’m so sorry for my lack of participation. I also apologize for my lack of engagement to everyone who left a comment to me and to your posts as well. I’m going to try to leave some space so I can catchup a bit with everyone. • Here’s a fabulous tiki drink from @bootleggertiki. I enjoyed it very much when I had one while in Palm Springs. • Oh My Gato by Chad Austin @chaddaustin ・ 1 oz Caña Brava Rum 1 oz Scarlet Ibis Rum 1 oz Lemon Juice 0.75 oz Passionfruit Juice 0.75 oz St. George NOLA Coffee Liqueur 0.5 oz Orgeat 0.5 oz Cane Sugar Syrup 0.5 oz Amontillado Sherry • Even though Gato means cat, this drink makes me think of Anders. Maybe since the city of Los Gatos is near where Anders lives. Or maybe be cause Anders loved tiki drinks. Or maybe Palm Springs was where we finally met in person. Or maybe because it contains St. George Spirits NOLA Coffee Liqueur and St. George is one of our favorite distilleries. In any case this one goes out to Anders.

A post shared by Tiki the Snow Away™ (@tikithesnowaway) on Jan 27, 2018 at 11:04am PST

Winter tiki is one of those ideas that makes more sense the longer you think about it. Tiki cocktails are escapist, perfect for the snowed-in drinker whose only diversions are political headlines or another Netflix marathon.

Many of the same baking spices in wintry drinks like cinnamon, vanilla, and nutmeg are perfectly at home in tiki concoctions. And when you just don’t have the energy to trek through the tundra to meet your friends at a bar, Tiki the Snow Away connects you to digital pals via Instagram.

Dani DeLuna, known to her followers as Home Bar Girl, launched the group in 2015 as a repudiation of eggnog.

“I had competed in an eggnog competition that December so I was really over all the heavy sh*t we all drink during the cold part of the year,” DeLuna says. She remembers thinking, “‘F*ck this. I want to make Daiquiris.’” That impulse evolved into a quest to make tiki drinks throughout the entire month of January.

When DeLuna polled her IG followers for a name for her project, fellow drinkstagrammer Nic Titze provided the moniker. DeLuna spent the first year casually hashtagging posts to see if anyone was interested in playing along. In year two, she says, Titze’s involvement hashtagging and reposting helped the concept take off. In 2018, the group’s fourth year, users submitted 1,000 tiki drinks by using the official hashtag, #tikithesnowaway, and DeLuna now reposts a sampling on the Tiki the Snow Away page.

Last year Titze even crafted custom art for the group, printing up swag like coasters and swizzle sticks. He and DeLuna strategically sent them to drinkstagram influencers in the early days of January to drum up even more interest. Titze has even crafted updated versions for this year’s celebration.

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🤤🍹🌠 #Repost 📷 @moodymixologist ・・・ . H o k u H e l e . Better late than never, here’s my humble contribution to #tikithesnowaway! I’m just beginning to learn about the wonderful world of rum, so I anticipate many more tiki drinks to come. The name Hoku Hele is Hawaiian for ‘wandering star’. 💫 . 3 dashes Angostura bitters 2 oz dark rum 1 oz pineapple juice 1/2 oz coconut water 1/2 oz lime juice 1/2 oz sage + cinnamon syrup Garnish with a slice of starfruit . Follow @moodymixologist for more original recipes + twists on classic cocktails! 🍸 . . . . #cocktails #booze #mixology #imbibe #craftcocktails #libations #cocktailporn #homebartender #cocktailart #mixologyart #imbibegram #happyhour #photooftheday #feedfeed #cocktailoftheday #cocktail #thirsty #drinkstagram #bartender #cocktailculture #liqpic #artofdrinks #huffposttaste #supercall #drinkpunch #myfavoritecocktail @thefeedfeed @thirsty #artofdrinks #tiki

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The digital movement has leaked into the real world, too. In 2018, DeLuna held a pop-up event at the King Tai, a bar in Brooklyn. Earlier this month, she collaborated on a menu for the Sunken Harbor Club, a weekly tiki event at Fort Defiance, also in Brooklyn.

Tiki the Snow Away remains mostly digital, though. DeLuna has personally met only a few participants.

The group’s digital-first approach works to its advantage. Along with other home bartending groups on Instagram like Home Bar Awards, We Have the Last Word, and Secret Santé, Tiki the Snow Away gives global cocktail enthusiasts a chance to come together and share their exploits in ways they couldn’t IRL. Propelled by influencers like @mmydrinks and @servedbysoberon, these remarkably talented home bartenders experiment with unconventional methods, promote local spirits and drinking traditions, and connect with like-minded drinkers across the globe.

“For all of us who like doing drink stuff, it’s way more fun when it’s a whole group thing,” DeLuna says. “Isn’t all of this social media stuff kind of self-gratifying anyway? If a lot of people come through and like your post because everyone’s participating in a big group thing, you get a little self-confidence boost, too.”

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This is a swizzle! 🔥🍹 #Repost 📷 @servedbysoberon ・・・ SUNSOAKED SWIZZLE – 60ml HenTho Classic Gin – 30ml Beartender Strawberry Juice – 15ml Artful Spirits Elderflower Liqueur – 25ml Lemon Juice – 15ml Vanilla Syrup – 1 barspoon Absinthe Fill glass 2/3 with crushed ice / Add all ingredients / Swizzle and top with more ice / Garnish with mint and orchid, serve with a reusable (bamboo) straw. 🍸🍸 January's here and is ready to deliver some cold stings ❄️ which means it's time for #tikithesnowaway!🔥 The annually returning event of drinksta-legends @ntitz and @homebargirl is all about beating the winterblues by going full-on Tiki and Exotic! 🗿 I'm happy to be sharing my first contribution today 🍹 a Gin Tiki that screams sunsoaked, beachside vibes 🏝️ using Gin, Strawberry, Vanilla, Elderflower, Absinth and Lemon. . Base spirit is the Belgian @hentho_spirits Classic Gin with its extra infusion of Juniper berries.🇧🇪 From Germany comes the @artfulspirits 'Holunderblüte', an Elderflower liqueur with soft whiffs of pineapple in the back palate.🍍 Strawberry and lemon combine it all together like a charm 🍓🍋 and that touch of Absinthe opens up the entire aromatic profile! Garnish abundantly and Tiki The Snow Away! ☀️ (It seems to be working, as I haven't seen any snow here in Belgium yet! 😅) ❤️ Drinkstagram, cheers to the weekend! 🍸🍸 #cocktail #cocktails🍹 #ginoclock #drinkstagram #homebartender #mixology #instadrinks #ginstagram #liqpic #cocktailsofinstagram #cocktailgram #imbibe #imbibegram #cocktailoftheday #ginlover #cocktailrecipe #tikidrinks #cocktails

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How to get involved

If you’d like to start posting your own drinks to Tiki the Snow Away, you’ll need a few — O.K., a lot of ingredients.

When you’ve crafted a tiki drink you’d like to share, simply hashtag your post with #tikithesnowaway and wait for the sweet, sweet likes to roll in.

Here’s what you’ll need:

At least five rums

“To wade into tiki, you really need five different rums,” DeLuna tells VinePair. “You need an overproof rum. You need something that will give you length, maybe something from Barbados or something like Ron Barrilito that’s an easy, dry, mellow rum. You need some funky Jamaican rum (which could also be your overproof rum). People suggest a 151 demerara rum because it is in a lot of drinks. And I would suggest having a blanc rhum agricole.”

Winter produce

Depending on where you live, fresh produce in January might sound like an oxymoron. Fortunately, there are solutions, even for those who spend January in below-freezing temperatures. Blood oranges, grapefruits, and persimmons all provide tiki’s requisite bright pop of flavor.

“Use the weird citrus that’s in season now,” DeLuna says. “Don’t attempt to use fresh pineapple because it’ll be nasty.”

Spiced syrups

“The thing I like to emphasize is that we’re in the middle of winter so people should be doing more spiced stuff than usual,” DeLuna says. Lots of baking spices make great syrups. DeLuna suggests arming yourself with cinnamon, vanilla, or cinnamon-vanilla syrup.

Fortified wines

DeLuna also encourages home bartenders to use sherry, port, and vermouths to lengthen their drinks. The right bottle of fortified wine can add wintry flavors and depth while keeping things (relatively) light.

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This guy! 🍹💛 #Repost 📷 @migsology ・・・ The motivation behind Depeche Mode's classic "Just Can't Get Enough"? Rum. Definitely rum 👍🏽 * I finally got Beachbum Berry's Potions of the Caribbean for Xmas this year! 🤓 And so I'll start things off with this oddly named Rum Punch from 1947. The drink has an odd story in that it may not be the original recipe as the proprietors could have been trying to throw off the competition AND Trader Vic had allegedly released a version that was dismissed by said proprietors. Ah, the good ol days of tiki mayhem and anarchy 🤘🏽 *** Oloffson’s Rum Punch 2.5 ounces Rhum Barbancourt 5 Star (8 yr) 0.5 oz Cruzan Blackstrap Rum (for float, subbed in for Myers’s) 0.25 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur 1.5 oz orange juice 0.75 oz lime juice Rounded teaspoon white sugar Shake, strain over fresh crushed ice; swizzle garnish and Cruzan float

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not my dad asking me everyday "aaj ladai to ni kri na kisi se" 💀💀💀💀

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Eye For Film: Simon Baker talks about making Breath

Bodies in the water Simon Baker on fathers, sons, a rescue dog and Breath

People who feel they have nothing to lose can make for dangerously captivating friends. Death and water in the old romantic tradition float together hand in hand. Two boys, Pikelet (Samson Coulter) and Loonie (Ben Spence) live in a small, spread out, Western Australian coastal community in the Seventies. Baker's directing heart beats for authenticity. Riding bikes on dusty roads, catching waves among presupposed sharks, and growing up to become a man - large universal truths peek out from underneath the realism in depicting the boys' lives.

Sando (Baker), a surfing champion, lives in what could be described as an enchanted, slightly disheveled tree house for grownups with his girlfriend Eva (Elizabeth Debicki), a former professional skier, and their unwavering dog Rooster. The boys are fascinated by Sando's world, as both see in him an alternative role model to their respective fathers. Mr Pike (Richard Roxburgh) likes to pot plants, whereas Loonie's dad (Jacek Koman) has a cruel streak that puts him in an altogether more hazardous category.

This is a story of fathers and sons, friendships and betrayals, boredom and excitement, sea monsters and seduction, choosing who one wants to be like and the very different process of becoming it. Much is communicated by a well-placed gesture, the choice of a cup, a nap on the veranda or a fishing trip declined only to later be accepted. Simon Baker discerningly doesn't shy away from the tragic dimension we sense in Breath from the very first shot but for whose confirmation we have to wait until the final die is cast.

Simon Baker: Yeah, it was sort of an interesting way to enter into a film. More so to create this slight sense of foreboding in the opening sequence. Like, is he stuck and drowned or is he...

AKT: … alive, yes, and we don't even know who that is.

SB: No.

AKT: The theme of fear and death is already there.

SB: Look at you, you got a book of notes!

AKT: These are for Whit Stillman, actually, whom I just interviewed.

SB: Oh, wow.

AKT: About The Last Days Of Disco. It's quite different, although the time frame is similar. I noticed a plate in a car in your film, stating 1978.

SB: Oh you saw that?

AKT: I did.

AKT: It's universal, childhoods take place on bikes.

SB: Yes.

AKT: I could identify very much. You go everywhere on your bike, with friends, with stuff you carry. Was that your experience?

AKT: So it's not actually that different from Whit Stillman's walking and talking and here the bikes.

SB: He has bikes in his films?

AKT: No, he doesn't. You do.

SB: I have not seen that film for many many years.

AKT: It has its 20th anniversary, that's why I was talking to him about that. In your film you have a fantastic dog. How did you find him?

We had Jed, the dog's name was Rooster in the movie. And Jed's trainer, she wasn't a trainer for film dogs. That was the first time she worked on a film and she just lived in that town.

AKT: That moment when you call the dog and he comes and jumps on the truck.

SB: Jumps in the back?

SB: The sweater that I wear, the grey one? My mom knitted that!

AKT: Wow, congratulations to your mother! These are very much of the period. And timeless as well. They say a lot about the people who wear them.

SB: Yeah, they're beautiful. All hand-made. Beautiful hand-made sweaters. And Loonie has a little cardigan at one point, knitted.

AKT: All of them by your mother?

SB: No, not all of them by my mother. Just mine.

AKT: How did the project come about? How did you end up with the novel [by Tim Winton]?

AKT: And that TV show we are talking about?

SB: Yeah, I think so.

AKT: These are good decisions. Did you subtract a lot?

AKT: True.

AKT: Yeah.

SB: Yeah!

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