Shark Month is in full swing on the Murder Made Fiction podcast. We kicked things on when Jenn guest starred on an episode of Horror Queers on 1975’s Jaws, and now we’re setting our sights on the Norwegian adventure film, Kon-Tiki (2012).
The film documents the real life adventure of a group of men who sailed across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands in 1947. Lead by ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl, the small group of men travelled in a raft made of balsawood in an effort to replicate both the materials and the journey of the ancient people from 1,500 years ago.
The real Heyerdahl was conducting the experiment with a slightly different (read: racist) thesis in mind – something that this adaptation wisely chooses to excise. Instead Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg‘s Golden Globe and Oscar nominated film focuses on the thrilling sense of adventure, the vastness of the ocean, and the terrifying experience of being alone on the water without modern supplies.
Kon-Tiki features several dazzling moments, including an encounter with a large whale, a threatening storm, and a “surf the reef” climax where the men must negotiate their tiny raft over razor sharp coral to reach their destination.
The stand-out moment of the film, however, is an incredibly visceral shark sequence. Considering the film’s budget, the sharks look great and the set piece is unexpected and sustained, featuring a bird, an out of the water shark attack, and a man who can’t swim. It’s thrilling!
Want even more Murder Made Fiction? Be sure to check out the pod’s Patreon feed, where Jenn and I have 115 episodes and 75+ hours of exclusive content including a full primer on “The Pillow Pyro” John Leonard Orr, episode by episode coverage of Apple TV’s Smoke starring Jurnee Smolett and Taron Egerton, a spoiler-y review of Nick Offerman and Jacob Tremblay’s latest Sovereign, and a bonus episode on Ron Howard’s Backdraft at the end of the month.
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