Our Man (Robert Redford) awakes to a loud crunch and the sound of water rushing in. His yacht has run into a Maersk container adrift at sea, puncturing the hull. There is an old screenwriting adage that says, “Get in late, get out early.” Writer/director J.C. Chandor takes that advice in spades, completely parsing any exposition, prologue, back story, even dialog. We don’t know whom this man is, why he is here, or what he hopes to accomplish, but we know that he now has a problem. Nothing motivates a character quite like a problem.  Watch All Is Lost and … Continue reading ALL IS LOST