I was lucky to be able to go to a special preview evening where the film makers Michele and Howard Hall were there to do a Q&A after the screening.
Needless to say the first question asked was "How do you get a job like that?"
During the Q&A we learned quite a bit more about the DCS incident, it was fascinating... quite right though, they should either have put more detail into the film or just left it off.
From what I remember, Howard was coming up from depth when at 50 feet his leg started to go numb - so they went back down to restart the last deco stop. When he finally surfaced he thought that would have been enough, but then later on he began to have trouble again, fearing a major problem. So they travelled to the nearest available chambre, needless to say, not around the corner, and underwent 4 sessions before being released.
That woman with the cleaner shrimp flossing her teeth was Michele Hall, the shot took a bit of setting up - with no reg. During the filming her mask was slowly filling up with water, which you might not have noticed for being fascinated by the shrimp.
Yes the film raises awareness of the fragility of the worlds reefs, and that is the first step to developing positive action... let's hope it's not too late.
My personal favorite from the Q&A: when someone in the audience asked about the temperature of the water at 350 feet of depth. Howard Hall gave a suspenseful answer by starting with the surface water being 82 degrees, then with a little pause for effect, told us the temp at depth was 75 degrees. The Toronto audience broke out laughing, being cold water divers, I don't think the surface of our shallowest lake ever get that warm
