![]() ![]() It also got a lot of flack from the Hawaiians because nobody really knew what I was doing and somehow there was a rumor going around that I was making about Sion Milosky, which I was never making and never had any desire to make. So the 2015 iteration of the film was just a rough draft. If you were showing a version of this in 2015, what took so long to get the finished product out? ![]() We made that first draft edit and I submitted it to the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it got accepted… A guy who has a very solid knowledge of the history of surfing. He’s Venice born and bred, lives in Oxnard. I worked with an editor named Carter Slade. I then edited that first draft of the movie into 80 minutes with b-roll footage. He was so profound and captivating… he had a presence on camera that was dynamic and appealing and I knew I had something really good. I had barely enough money to shoot, to do the interviews. I had no idea how I was going to get funded. His friendship with Sion Milosky and the tragedy that ensued there… His close friendship with Bruce Irons and Andy Irons. You couldn’t have a more incredible extreme sports pedigree than that family.Īnd then just the stories of his life, which I already knew were amazing. His brother is Christian Fletcher, his nephew is Greyson Fletcher. Joyce Hoffman was the first professional woman surf champion. His grandfather was one of the original big wave surfers. Being a Fletcher family member, with that incredible pedigree. When I first discussed it with Nathan the idea was that I could make a movie about his life story if we could end the movie with his dream of jumping out of a helicopter into an outer reef wave. ![]() When it first came out it didn’t really come out. We first heard about Heavy Water way back in 2015. We caught up with Oblowitz to talk about his past projects, the efforts involved in making a film like Heavy Water, his relationship with the Fletcher family, and what he hopes the audience will take away from the film. It’s a film that’s definitely best seen on a massive screen, where the pictures can capture your total awareness while the sound system delivers the roaring grumble of massive surf deep into the pit of your gut. Backed by Red Bull, it’s found mainstream release- scheduled to hit AMC theaters on June 13th. His latest release, Heavy Water, will not suffer the same fate. Sea of Darkness, a tale of drug smuggling, Indo perfection, and ugly consequences, has long captivated the imaginations of the unfortunate majority who have failed to find an illicit copy. Director Michael Oblowitz is, probably, best known for a film you’ve likely never seen. ![]()
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