For years, the act of filming a surf movie has existed as a formulaic enterprise: record professional surfers in the world’s most coveted surfing lineups, add up-tempo soundtrack, maybe splice in some lifestyle b-roll, throw a ubiquitous and unnecessary release party, roll credits.
With little exception, the surf film as an artistic property has stood idly by while the genre has been co-opted by those with the belief that a surf film should serve more as an inducement to go surfing than a work of art.
The recent release of an independently produced Australian surf film, “Musica Surfica,†however, attempts to remedy that principle.
The film follows the collaboration of legendary surfer, writer and thinker Derek Hynd with world-renowned Australian classical musician Richard Tognetti, who is the artistic director …Â More info