The Not Next Big Blue ?
Posted By Paul Kotik on 14 January 2007
How many times have you seen The Big Blue? Be honest, now. If you're under the age of 18, you can get away with lowballing me on this, since it was released before you were born.
I've seen it more than once. More than twice. Everybody I hang with has seen it, oh, a few times. Do we know all the lines? We do. Do we hum the musical score? Heaven help us - we do.
Are we about ready for a new Great Freediving Film?
Oh, yes. That we are. And not another Big Blue, please. Been there, done that. And done that. And done that...
Sky Christopherson was so ready for The Next Great Freediving Film that he stopped waiting around and set out to make it himself. He didn't fool around, either. He sacrificed his entire net worth, stressed his marriage to the limit, urged, cajoled, sweat, cried, hurt, and lost track of the world outside this project.
I've been screening a rough cut of the film, The Greater Meaning of Water, to handpicked freedivers from around the world for several months now. Mostly elite-level competitors and trainers, with a few high intermediates for diversity's sake. Only one - one - had a negative reaction to the story line. Everybody liked the moving pictures. You will, too, when you see the video clips.
Then, in a sweltering Middle Eastern living room last August, somebody said the magic words: "This could be a great film if the guy would just finish it already." Wow. That was exactly what I'd been trying to say, but couldn't quite figure out how to say it. A great film ! If he'd just...
Finish it? You mean. . .?
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