The International Space Station, much like modern-day nuclear submarines, gets its oxygen by running an electrical current through water to split the hydrogen from the oxygen. Still, there's only so long a rebreather will last. Rebreathers have been used in certain types of underwater dives and even in space, when NASA equipped Apollo astronauts with portable life support systems that scrubbed out carbon dioxide. This is a movie that makes you feel like you’ve been to war,” said Yoav Donat, who in the film relives the director’s role in the war manning the tank’s cannon.Even during the Hunley's short life, the enemy to the north was exploring chemical scrubbing systems to strip the carbon dioxide out of the air, says Robert Neyland, Hunley Project director and chief archaeologist. “This is not a movie that makes you think ‘I’ve just been to a movie’. Packed with tension and graphic scenes that can be difficult to watch, the film thrusts the audience onto the battlefield by shooting the action almost entirely from inside the tank and through the cross hairs of the gunner’s lens. What seems a routine mission quickly spirals out of control and turns into a death trap as the tank breaks down and loses its way in hostile territory. ![]() ![]() The movie follows four inexperienced soldiers inside a tank dispatched to “mop up” enemies in a Lebanese town that has already been bombarded by the Israeli Air Force. So harrowing was his experience as a 20-year-old conscript in the conflict that it took Maoz 25 years to muster the strength to write “Lebanon”, which has its world premiere at the Venice film festival on Tuesday. Film director Samuel Maoz (R) and actress Reymonde Amsellem attend the "Lebanon" photocall during the 66th Venice Film Festival September 8, 2009.
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