2006 · documentary · adventure · drama
Deep Water
Directed by Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell1h 32m2006
DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
Our read: Deep Water (2006) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded documentary · adventure · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured documentary / adventure, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- bleak
- cold
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