"And then he hammered a roofer's nail up his nostril!"
Live in the US? Want to see a surf film that’ll apparently make you suck the lipstick from the boundaries of your mouth, stretch the front panel of your red panties etc?
Across three hundred cinemas in the US, and for tonight only, Heavy Water is having an advance screening before its premiere in a couple of weeks. Click here for locations.
There’s an advance screening tonight in Melbourne and in Coolangatta on Sunday, June 16.
Heavy Water is about Nathan Fletcher, the once too cute little bro of Christian, and son of Herb, who first rode the North Shore when he was eight and who, in 2011, was almost claimed by the devil during that year’s Code Red swell at Teahupoo.
The director of The Hurt Locker and Point Break, Kathryn Bigelow, has described it, apparently ’cause I’m getting this second-hand from Heavy Water director Oblowitz, as “magnificently cinematic.”
(Update: Mr Oblowitz emailed a screenshot of the exchange with the following note, “Please publish some form of retraction for implying that I might be creating fake news or lying or acting in a duplicitous manner concerning Ms Bigelow’s comment with respect to Heavy Water.)
The noted painter and director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) calls it “a profound insight into the heart and spirit of what it takes to be one of the greatest surfers of all time. If surfing is art, which I believe it is, we get to see the great artist Nathan Fletcher paint his masterpiece. The best surfing film I’ve ever seen.
I’ve seen that text so I guess it’s true although Schnabel is a man prone to hyperbole and who don’t get out much, clearly.
In this five-minute short, director and subject behave in a manner that suggests the air has been laced with an agent that induces euphoria and relaxation, Nathan talking as if he’s a ventriloquist, teeth never separating, lips never moving, and Oblowitz is his hairy little doll.
(Long-form review coming shortly.)
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that bloke on the left reminds me of bowling pin dressed to look like a person
Nathan is a badass but why does he talk like his jaw is wired shut
I was supposed to write about it, maybe, so I saw a version before it had the soundtrack. I’m lookin’ forward to it being available so I can see the final version. Idk, I guess I have to hold the interviews a bit longer, but maybe eventually I can run ’em here.
ha! yes, for reals!
why do all disgusting joos look like the guy on the left?
so is it at all remotely possible to somehow get our hands on Sea of Darkness at present time? Or is this dead and buried?
Where are you based?
Hey, its cool to see how Nathan’s matured, happy for him, hope he stays away from the Weedmap’s house though……..
This is a good listen. I was really enjoying the sea of darkness conversation before it was suddenly shut down and moved on from. A shame – just when he said that the Quiksilver guys all hated him….ahhhhh
https://surfsplendorpodcast…
I found SoD online a few years ago and after watching became very paranoid and deleted it immediately. Felt exposed having that on my hard drive.
Don’t feel bad about it. Its freely made available at many locations these days. I must have seen it at least 10 times. I love my copy. Jeff Chitty was a bloody funny bloke. Made for Tv that man. I have been told many stories about that film over the years. Some from ex employees of the great MD. Hilarious.
help us Nathan… you are our only hope…help us Nathan… you are our only hope…help us Nathan… you are our only hope…help us Nathan… you are our only hope…
I saw an early edit of this thing and it’s cool — especially the early bio stuff. Recommend!
Wonder how many surf films Julian has seen?
I knew and stayed with Herbie on the North Shore for a time.. a very short time..And I’m not sure what he looks like now..but damn his kids have aged.
I better not look to closely in the mirror at myself at this point me thinks..
“a surf film that’ll apparently make you suck the lipstick from the boundaries of your mouth, stretch the front panel of your red panties etc?”
The film sounds like a drag.
i was wondering what steve bannon was up to these days
that is too funny OOT.