The story of a lonely old man driving a sailboat alone, shipwrecked in distress, and a man drifting on a life raft to survive at sea.
Douban scored 7.6, won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Editing, starring nearly 80 Robert Redford.
The movie does not explain where the old man came from and where he went, just a lonely man in the endless sea, in distress to survive the story. There is only one person in the whole movie who speaks no more than 30 words. It is an unpopular film that needs to be slowly appreciated.
In the movie, the old man experienced the sailing ship being hit by a container, capsizing, a big storm, a radio failure, a lack of water, a fish caught by a shark being cut off, and two freighters on the course did not see his test, and sank to the bottom of the sea in despair at the last moment...
Will you use a sextant?
The sextant can find out where you are on Earth.
Unfortunately, even if the old man found the sextant from the life raft and read the instructions, he would not use it. The sextant is more professional, and it needs to go through systematic training and compare the positive and false positioning against the GPS to slowly master.
At sea, compass and GPS positioning system is essential, wearing a multi-functional outdoor watch is the most practical, there is a global positioning system, overturned ship is not afraid, the watch is waterproof, the most excellent navigation auxiliary equipment.
2. What should I do if there is no water at sea?
Sea water cannot be drunk, it is common sense. You are thirsty and crazy, looking at the blue sea, the whole TM is water, but also use willpower to control, the more you drink seawater, the more serious the dehydration. Salt in the seawater will take away the last bit of moisture from your cells, thanks to the effect of osmosis.
There was a bucket of water on the life raft, but unfortunately it leaked, even if there was water, it broke down in 2 or 3 days and could not be drunk.
1, the male owner will open the empty plastic bucket on one side, filled with water, put a cup in the middle, cover the plastic sheet of the life raft canopy, put a heavy object on it, press the middle of the plastic down, hang down just against the cup, this is the use of distillation principle. In case you're not in so much of a hurry, the sun is just right, and in the morning you can get half a glass of water, enough for what your body needs. In the desert, or in the wild, a pit is cut on the ground to make a container, and if there is no water, it is also possible to pee more.
2, there is also a source of water at sea, that is, to eat fish, squeeze out the water in the fish to suck it up.
3, the use of tarpaulin, rainy days can be more contact with rainwater;
4. Collect dew in the early morning;
5, in the foggy weather, in the direction of the fog blowing, the plastic sheet up, the sink below, the plastic sheet to prick some eyes, the wind passed, the water mist will condense on the plastic sheet.
3. Fireworks signals on life rafts
1, rocket parachute flame signal, launched into the sky at night, slowly landing, nearby sailing ships can see. In the movie, the male protagonist only holds a fireworks signal.
2, floating fireworks signal: after ignition floating water surface, spewing out orange-yellow smoke, can also be seen in a long distance.
3. The life raft is equipped with a flashlight, and the Morse signal can be sent to the ship at night.
In order to show the despair of the old man, the director of these things clicked on unnecessary things.
Can passing ships on the sea route see you?
Unfortunately, it is more difficult.
While modern ocean-going cargo ships are sailing with the help of radar, the crew takes turns on duty for visual observation, and the watching crew pays attention to the large ships on the route, unless the victim is in the line of sight of the watching crew, or someone on the side of the ship is looking at the sea to view the scenery.
The best way to call for help is by radio.
The male protagonist only shook in vain with the gradually extinguished handheld fireworks signal stick, watching the huge freighter slowly pass in front of him. From the perspective of the big ship, the life raft is just a point, and the strong reflection of light on the sea surface easily erases the point of the life raft.
Therefore, the life raft is equipped with a "radar reflector", the radar electromagnetic wave of the nearby ship sweeps over, due to the material and shape of the "radar reflector", the radar electromagnetic wave can be refracted and amplified, and the radar of the ship shows a very strong echo information, which is captured.
Sixth, life raft anchor
Trailing behind the life raft was a long parachute-like thing, which was a life raft anchor. One end is tied to the life raft, one end of the umbrella body with the sea current placed in the water, under the action of hydraulic force, when the life raft floats, the anchor produces a reaction force which can play an anchoring role, while reducing the drifting speed.
For modern sailing, be sure to be well prepared before sailing, and keep in touch with the coast at any time, reporting the location regularly. At the same time, skillful use of various equipment, and in the absence of equipment, master the necessary means of survival at sea, such as fishing, obtaining water, asking for help, scarves or clothes wet and wrapped around the neck to prevent dehydration, and so on.
Watching the whole movie year, it is like a lonely person fighting against the whole life that has decayed to the extreme.
Fate slaps you again when you see hope.
When the old man sank deeper and deeper at the bottom of the sea, the life raft burning on the sea was like the last fireworks that fate had lit for him, laughing at him, and then beckoning, sailing over to a small boat, the flashlight on the boat shone down, and the old man put his hand to it, which was another hope...