![]() ![]() Marked from the start as a hindrance to the expedition, his persistent pessimism is as predictable as Heyerdahl’s tendency to invoke Jaws’ Quint. It is a majestic scene, brought to an abrupt end by, you guessed it, a frightened refrigerator salesman. Most memorable is a curious whale shark who repeatedly dives underneath the raft. Flying fish throw themselves aboard the raft, phosphorous squids light up the ocean and a pod of whales cruise nearby. ![]() Once the voyage is underway it doesn’t take long before the crew encounter all manner of sea-life. The fact that this last gentleman was also the engineer in charge of the raft’s construction is of little consequence to the script’s demands. Adhering to ancient construction techniques and material, Heyerdahl is joined by a navigator, ethnographer, radio operator, telegraphist and… a refrigerator salesman. Unable to find support for his theory that Polynesia was originally colonised by South Americans, Heyerdahl determines to build a raft and sail it from Peru to prove that such a voyage was possible. Elsewhere, the film’s recreation of the crew’s adventure provides many wondrous cinematic moments. Unlike this dramatic retelling of the voyage, in which the doldrums are only entered whenever the crew engage in fictional confrontations. Narrated matter-of-factly by Heyerdahl himself, the film is a rather staid affair. Kon-Tiki, the 1950 film of Thor Heyerdahl’s expedition from Peru to Polynesia, won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. ![]()
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