There are many adventure stories, ruins, deep forests, desert Gobi... Among them, deep-sea desert islands are also a major popular theme, from the well-known island survival "Robinson Crusoe" to the fantasy ocean in recent years "The Fantasy Drift of the Youth Pi", which is still a classic masterpiece today.
In addition, there are also some marine adventure movies based on real events, and "Lone Sails and Heavy Oceans" is such a work.
Maugham, the British writer who wrote "The Moon and Sixpence," described Raft as "an incredible adventure story!" "When Haizi, a well-known poet in china committed suicide, he carried four books with him, one of which was "Lone raft and heavy ocean".
There must be a lot of inspirational deeds happening when people explore the unknown and explore the vast sea, they are only a stroke of the language, or they are erased by the years.
The Second World War, as a brutal human infighting, bent hard steel, homes full of vicissitudes and filth, buried people's wounded bodies in the land, and more people far away from home in a strange world to seek a new life.
At this time, the historian and explorer "Heyerdahl" and his wife had already lived on the Polynesian island deep in the Pacific Ocean, far away from the hustle and bustle of civilized society, living an Eden-like life.
Perhaps to escape the increasingly frequent wars in Europe, or perhaps to yearn for a idyllic life in the idyllic countryside.
With the continuous adventurer of life, "Heyerdar" gradually deepened his understanding of the local culture and environment, and found some interesting phenomena, the local pineapple is a fruit native to the American continent, the remains of the stone carved statues in the jungle have obvious traces of the ancient civilization of the Americas, and the beliefs of the local native inhabitants are similar to the ancient culture of Peru on the American continent.........
There were indications that the local culture most likely came from the American continent, but the prevailing view at the time was that the civilization on the Polynesian islands came from Asia; that the rich South Asian archipelago provided an important foothold for the ocean voyages of Asians at that time; that the Americas to polynesian islands faced thousands of kilometers of ocean with no islands as a stopping point; and that if they came from the Americas, they faced reverse ocean currents from Asia.
In the case of poor conditions, can the strength of a few individuals cross thousands of kilometers of vast seas? Many people are skeptical or even disbelieving, and the harsh and volatile conditions at sea and the lack of direction are enough to make many people regress.
In order to pursue the truth that has been obscured by the years, and to prove his discovery to the world, in the years after the end of World War II, Heyerdahl came to the American continent and formed a wooden sail squad after some tossing and turning, and prepared to cross the ocean with full of fighting spirit.
As for why it was not a decent small boat, everyone agreed that the people at that time did not have the ability to build ships, but could only be simple rafts. On the day the wooden sails went to sea, they slowly sailed ashore under the farewell of the Peruvians, as if they were back a thousand years ago, and under the attention of the ancient Americans, the wooden sailing ships sailed to the Polynesian islands.
Of course, compared with the Americans of a thousand years ago, the conditions of the Heyerdar raft squad were undoubtedly much better, although it could not fully simulate the conditions at that time, but the significance of this long trip was still extraordinary. It can be seen as a stage to show human beings conquering nature and self-proof, and it also has the meaning of sowing human seeds.
In Heyerdahl's voyage records, the real restoration of the change and vastness of the Pacific Ocean, the morning sun is warm and unbridled boats swaying with the ocean, silver and white flying fish scattered on the board, crabs in the sea climb on the boat, strange marine life swimming...
For a time the ocean adventure is also fresh and unique.
At night, the ocean suddenly changed, with strong winds, heavy rain, waves.......... The sea is constantly churning and lapping at small wooden boats like the flat leaves of the boat, making people feel afraid and there is nothing they can do.
In Heyerdahl's novel of the same name, the experience of this cross-sea voyage is described in truth and detail, and the surrounding environment and the inner feelings of the people are completely recorded.
As time went on, the wood of the boat began to decay and loosen, and the shark found the floating object, and everyone was not allowed to face the threat from the fierce fish in the ocean.
All kinds of marine encounters have made the crew long out of the previous relaxed state, and the narrow and depressed boats will inevitably make the relationship between the crew become boring and impulsive, and the difficult situation will make the relationship between them closer.
When seabirds appeared in the sky, Heyerdahl knew that the historical practice of crossing half the Pacific Ocean to reach Polynesia was successful. They verified that the civilization of the small island originated on the American continent, and for a while the experience of this voyage to the ocean was famous in the international community.
The feat of crossing the blue ocean also brought some new ideas to Heyerdahl, perhaps the ancient sea and land communication is far more frequent than we think, the ocean is not an obstacle to people's communication but a frank, open ocean avenue.
The voyage took a total of three months, and the entire navigation process was completely recorded through images, providing an important basis for later filmization.
In general, this post-new century film itself does not give people a surprising impression, and in the ocean realistic scene that occupies most of the space, whether it is a character story or a lens performance, it is not surprising, like the endless, wavy deep blue sea in the movie.
The touch brought by the film and television picture is far less immersive than the real one, and perhaps only when we personally board the small boat can we experience the feeling of going thousands of miles.
"Lonely sails and heavy oceans" is the courage of human beings to initiate the exploration and struggle of unknown nature, and it is precisely under the impetus of this adventurous spirit that human beings have achieved today's brilliant civilization. This is one of the things that Heyerdahl and others want to express to us when they cross the ocean.