A Review of the All is Lost Movie

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All Is Lost is an American movie directed and written by J. C. Chandor. The story is about a man lost at the sea, played by Robert Redford. He is the only actor in this movie and there are no dialogues. This is the second feature movie of Chandor, after Margin Call, released in 2011.

An unfamiliar man (Robert Redford) wakes up and understands his yacht is slowly sinking after a clash with a shipping container in the Indian Ocean. Having no radio or navigation equipment that work, he sails into a storm. He successfully patched a hull breach, but even with his intuition of a mariner and his strength, he struggles to survive the violent storm. He has no other choice than to let go to the ocean currents. He has left only with nautical maps and sextant. He is hoping to come across some vessel that will get out of this misery. However, he is facing the end of his life with sharks rotating, supplies deficiency and relentless sun.

The director of All Is Lost, J. C. Chandor thought of the idea for the movie when travelling from Providence to New York. At the premier of Margin Call at the Sundance Film Festival 2011, he asked Robert Redford to act in his movie. In February, Redford confirmed. This movie is dialogue free and Robert is the only actor. Interesting fact is that the shooting script had only 31 pages.

Fundamental photography was shot at Baja Studios in Mexico. This studio was at first created for the movie Titanic. Filming lasted for two months. All Is Lost was first released at the Cannes Film Festival on May 22 2013. The competition was blown away by the movie. In the US, Lionsgate distributed the movie in theatres, and in international territories, Universal Pictures was the distributor.