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Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to be shunned, not sought out. Why do mountains now hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives? From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, heliskiers, snowboarders, wingsuiters and parachuting mountain bikers. Willem Dafoe provides a narration sampled from British mountaineer Robert Macfarlane's acclaimed memoir Mountains of the Mind , and a classical score from the Australian Chamber Orchestra accompanies this majestic cinematic experience.
Rating
NR
Director
Jennifer Peedom
Studio
Greenwich Entertainment
Writer
Robert Macfarlane (IV) , Jennifer Peedom
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- Beautifully shot with well crafted characters and a wonderful emotional send off at the endReply
- Sensational cinematography, amazing (and often exhausting!) images of humans taking on nature and a narration which is never overbearing. A must see for anyone who likes trekking or the outdoors generally. That next hike won't seem so hard after this!Reply
- 3/10/17 on plane from BNE to ADL.A Warren Miller style documentary on mountains. Got me creating a bucket listReply
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- In spite of the sometimes lofty turns of phrase, Mountain is most awe-inspiring in its quieter moments.Reply
- A visual and musical spectacle that showcases the majesty of nature and man's helplessness to it.Reply
- High-altitude skiing, para-skiing, ice-climbing, wing-suit gliding. At some moments - like when we see skiers engulfed by avalanches - Mountain is practically a "snuff film." At others, it's a purely meditative experience.Reply
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- The visual content is impressive, with lots of spectacular shots of mountains, and of people doing risky things while going up and down.Reply
- Dizzying and dazzling, this is a stirring meditation on the allure, the mystery, and the danger of the world's highest summits, as places but also as ideas.Reply
- Tracing how the world's peaks came to be viewed as playgrounds, it needs to be seen on the big screen for its vertiginous images of high-altitude adventurers.Reply
- What matters most here are the views of lofty peaks, daredevil skiers in full flight and free climbers grappling for the tiniest foothold on a sheer cliff face.Reply
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