Robert Redford thinks 'All Is Lost' is a similar demonstration of the human survival instinct to his 70s adventure flick 'Jeremiah Johnson'.
Robert Redford sure showed spirit and hardiness on the set of his ocean drama 'All Is Lost' just like his character, but the Oscar winner thinks Our Man has the same in common with a previous movie role.
The 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' star commented on how his new movie - in which he is the sole, virtually unspeaking character trapped in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a sinking boat - is a great homage to the strength and survival instinct of mankind when in hopeless crises. 'This character keeps going to a point when some people would give up and say, 'It's too much. I'm out in the middle of nowhere'', he explains. ''No one is here to help me and it seems like I've done everything I possibly can. Why not give up?''
Redford pondered a previous project in regards to the perseverance of human beings; his 1972 western epic 'Jeremiah Johnson' in which he played the title character, a lonely mountain dweller who winds up being hunted by a savage tribe. 'He had a choice to give up or continue but he continues, because that's all there is', he says, making the comparison. 'And ['All Is Lost'], I think, suggests the same thing. He just goes on because that's all he can do.'
The Sundance Film Festival founder makes himself the perfect choice for these determined characters, taking on the physical challenges of his films head-on - without the use of a stunt double. This movie sees him climbing up delicate yacht masts, wading underwater and being sprayed incessantly with water hoses in the stormy scenes, despite being 77-years-old and suffering various injuries because of it.
Watch the trailer for All Is Lost
Redford has a similar view on determination as his characters
The calm before the storm All Is Lost
This hugely enjoyable adventure is a loose remake of the 1977 Disney hit that blended...
That generic title obscures a surprisingly complex exploration of the real-life events surrounding the fall...
Pete is a young boy who lives in the forest, not many little boys would...
Mary Mapes is the producer of CBS' '60 Minutes' and, in the run up to...
Echoing his witty writing style, Bill Bryson's memoir of his trek up the Appalachian Trail...
Bill Bryson has been living in the UK with his English wife for a long...
This is the Marvel movie that divides the fans from the casual filmgoers, as the...
Steve Rogers has awoken after a deep sleep lasting 70 years following his fight with...
After the award-winning Margin Call, writer-director J.C. Chandor shifts gears completely for this fiercely detailed...
Following events during World War II and his confrontation with Nazi adversary the Red Skull,...
A veteran mariner makes a brave voyage into the Indian Ocean on his large yacht,...
When an aging mariner takes to the Indian Ocean on his yacht on a solitary...
Ben Shepard is a young and ambitious reporter determined to make a name for himself...
Robert Redford revisits the Lincoln assassination with this earnest historical drama. Being a relatively obscure...