The first time I saw "everything is lost", I was subjected. It was 2013, and although I admired the craftsman of the writer's survival play/director JC Chandor, the film didn't really reason with me on a deeper emotional level. But maybe it's not so surprising. Is not, to quote Vulture Critic Allison Wilmore, "an Elder's Movie, and I don't think of it as a criticism" in a way that Spike Lee is Spike Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest", a movie that is about heredity and examining what you have done with your life when reaching a crossroads. However, it is the story of finding stuck in a mess of your own making and not only recognizing it, but also to recognize that you can be found in a way that you could not imagine when you are younger.

Chandor is in a hurry to determine this with the haunting opening of the film. "July 13th, 16:50. His narration remains unclear, but still unfortunately sadly as he continues, constantly emphasizing that he has done his best and sorry for what happened, but "everything is lost here." Obviously, we as an audience have no small idea of ​​how serious his situation will become until he writes this later in the film, but Redford's sad tone is a fact, says Thomas. It is a monologue that can be found as a tough or show-y in the hands of a smaller actor, but feels serious and real as delivered by the legend of the late screen.

However, like this prologue, it's almost without Redford words in the rest of the movie that really impresses. That the Academy has failed to reward its work with an Oscar nomination in what is essentially on a human show is increasingly confusing in retrospect.

There is a subtle art to play characters in a few words, and that is the one that Redford has been distinguished, as evidenced by his turns Classic Audionist West as "Butch Cassids and Dandens of Sundance" and "Jeremiah Nsonson". (There is a reason for Jeremiah's Famous footage gently smiling and nodded with approval has become one of the most popular reaction GIFs ever in the Internet era.) "Everything is Lost" Traps in that particular skill, thus climbing Redford as "our man", because the scenario, who calls him a day, to find him, the ocean. With the damaged communication system approaching a storm, "our man" is left with a small choice but to flip the sleeves and find out a way to save.

Chandor's minimalist approach to the material is part of what makes "everything lost" so powerful. The fact that we never know, exactly who is "our man" and the mistakes that they made to this place does not matter. Redford tells us everything we need to know about what is happening in his head with his expressions as he struggles to stay alive, culminating with him, howling "f ***!" On the heavens in what may be the oldest C-Bomba cadret ever placed on the screen. That Redford was in the late 1970s when he dealt with such a physical hard and emotional role only makes this performance so much more impressive.

As for me, I rethinked "everything is lost" in a real emotional low point in my life for about seven years after opening in cinemas. (Lete let you do the math.) Once I found myself in a bad place and struggling with my feelings of regret and the feeling that I could really blame myself for my problems, I was surprised when I discovered that the film hit me in a way that just not before. But that's something: sometimes, you have to live a little about certain artwork to completely resonate with you. And if you are lucky, you may stumble upon them again when you need the most. For that, Chandor and Recently the Department of Redford Have my gratitude.