The Lightship (1985)

Michal Skolimowski: Alex

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• [first lines] 

  Alex : [narrating]  My old man was a captain in the Coast Guard. We never saw too much of each other. Most of the time he was away at sea. But this time I was lucky. He made it to my graduation.

• Alex : [narrating]  Ever been in one of those situations where you were trapped? Then, without you doing anything, a door opens up. And there it is, the way out.

• Alex : A dead man is an amazing thing. It must make some kind of photograph on your heart. It's there to look at whenever you want to. And sometimes it's there whether you want to look at it or not.

• [last lines] 

  Alex : [narrating]  My father told me once, a ship wasn't something you just sailed on. A ship was something a man served. I never knew what he meant, but I was a lot younger then. I've been a lot of places since my father's last watch aboard the lightship. None of them anywhere near the water. But every night when I go to sleep, I can still see that light. I can still feel that ship rocking underneath me.