Rating  - Deep water
This DVD was very good. I did not find it long and drawn out. There was a very small portion that was slow but it was still a very compelling story. For any one that sails or if your thinking about setting sail view this movie. It is about one mans journey who sails around the world who had no sailing expeience and got caught up in the hype of his trip and could not back out.
Rating  - Naked Man
This is a most astounding documentary about the first solo sailing race around the world, focused largely on one of the participants, from a psychological perspective. It addresses the most profound questions of human existence. Watching it left me in stunned silence. The special features include detailed information about all the participants, journalists, and family members. After watching this 5-star movie, the special features are so good that I'd rate them by themselves as a 4-star movie, they are that good. Bravo! Outstanding.
Rating - Compelling story of one man and the lure of the sea
In 1968 nine sailors set out to capture a L5000 prize offered by the Sunday Times of London to the first man to sail around the world single handed. One finished.
This documentary focuses on the story of Bernard Crowhurst, a struggling inventor with limited sailing experience, money, and support, but no lack of ambition. He was right, as we know now, a multi-hulled boat would be the fastest. But Crowhurst lacked the resources to build a boat suitable to circle the globe. None the less, he sets out at the last possible moment to win the race. He soon recognizes that he faces financial ruin if he does not complete the race and certain death if he continues. This documentary uses original 16mm footage, interviews with fellow competitors and family, and entries from his log to explore his experience and tragedy at sea.
Artistically and tastefully done, Deep Water, is a compelling story of one man's ambition and the lure of the sea.
Dave Lochner
NauticalReads
Rating - Deep Water - a Unique Documentary
Although not as riveting as Touching the Void, a previous film by this team, Deep Water contains some unique historical footage of one of the most extraordinary ocean sailing sagas in history and as such, makes compelling viewing for anyone with an interest in ocean voyaging in general or of the Golden Globe Race in particular. More use could have been made of Bernard Moitessier's vivid images and of the footage available about other competitors, instead of repeating a boring and ultimately meaningless motif of storm-wracked seas to heighten drama. Nonetheless, this film provides a splendid insight into the motivations of these lone sailors, the zeitgeist of the times, and the reality of ocean voyaging under sail.
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