A perfect companion
piece to the space-set “Gravity,” “All is Lost” also follows a lone person
(Robert Redford as “Our Man,” no name) as he faces death on the vast Indian
Ocean, his ultra-chic yacht sinking, every hope escaping his grasp, until
suicide becomes not something to fear, but embrace. I don’t know why so many desperate
lone survival tales are hitting the screen now -– think of “Life of Pi” or “Captain Phillips” -– but what a remarkable run. Here, Redford -– in a brilliantly paced, near
wordless performance that wows with its refusal to go “big” –- awakens to the
crash of his yacht against an adrift shipping container. His boat punctured and
sinking, the man slowly and clumsily patches the gape. And just when hope is
reachable, it crashes away as a violent storm hits, fresh water supplies
disappear, and cargo ships –- ironically the man’s only salvation –- pass by like
gods too busy to notice a believer. His technology and wits fleeting, Our Man
must navigate the ocean by eye. J.C. Chandor’s (“Margin Call”) film is tense
and methodical, stepping for every beat that “Gravity” rocketed past as he puts
alongside Redford. Most deserved use of the “F” bomb ever. A
Monday, January 6, 2014
All is Lost (2013)
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