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Sep 11, 2014
i watched this back to back with All is Lost. When Laura sailed around the cape in real weather, it was an interesting contrast with All is Lost. On the dvd extras/interviews everyone is so in awe of Redford climbing up a mast, and getting wet in a wave tank. Compared to 14 year old Laura's feat, it seemed like an embarrassingly slight accomplishment to be an actor. I think this might be why Brando came to disdain the job of acting. There is always so much talk about how courageous this or that actor is. Seeing these 2 films back to back was a reminder of what Hollywood spends billions to make us forget: the peril isn't real.