It is hard to begin this review without mentioning camera work. The reason being that so many other qualities of this production were well appointed, to say the least. Within the tight confines of a small craft, this film was given emergence and submergence through deft play of lens. In an almost converse of the subject character's decisions, the focus was always about the environment, objects and a human subject.
Beating, in sailing terms, is like paddling upstream...but using the wind on your face and bow to fill sail and go forward. This film reaches into the moments of a man at sea, and tacks accordingly.
Robert Redford is a force of character, in or out of film. Nuance has always been a skill he deploys, charm is natural. Though the whims of the seas certainly bring forth a leading lady to be reckoned with, again Robert Redford brings his skill.
It could be said that the character's seamanship was questionable. That was, perhaps, the point of the narrative. A sea-anchor tossed from the stern is, after all, ludicrous. Short-handed sailing is not for the amateur.
This story is in deeper waters; the surface of it staged simply for the setting. With fine attention to detail on part of crew and cast, I can surely say, "fair winds and following seas" to the many. Solid film with solid direction. Kudos all.
Beating, in sailing terms, is like paddling upstream...but using the wind on your face and bow to fill sail and go forward. This film reaches into the moments of a man at sea, and tacks accordingly.
Robert Redford is a force of character, in or out of film. Nuance has always been a skill he deploys, charm is natural. Though the whims of the seas certainly bring forth a leading lady to be reckoned with, again Robert Redford brings his skill.
It could be said that the character's seamanship was questionable. That was, perhaps, the point of the narrative. A sea-anchor tossed from the stern is, after all, ludicrous. Short-handed sailing is not for the amateur.
This story is in deeper waters; the surface of it staged simply for the setting. With fine attention to detail on part of crew and cast, I can surely say, "fair winds and following seas" to the many. Solid film with solid direction. Kudos all.