Most climbing movies are good just by the nature of conquest - few however achieve real greatness as film.
Here we do. This works in its first third as a rather tepid period piece - but the climb itself is outstanding.
Without spoilers you should be warned that the last half hour is very harrowing and is pretty close in many ways to the historic facts of the climb.
The photography of the mountain and the weather makes this exceptional. The tone of the film is anything but glorious and it captures the danger of climbing - especially in the 30s.
A great film that tells the true story of one of the modern tragedies of modern climbing.
Exceptional.
Here we do. This works in its first third as a rather tepid period piece - but the climb itself is outstanding.
Without spoilers you should be warned that the last half hour is very harrowing and is pretty close in many ways to the historic facts of the climb.
The photography of the mountain and the weather makes this exceptional. The tone of the film is anything but glorious and it captures the danger of climbing - especially in the 30s.
A great film that tells the true story of one of the modern tragedies of modern climbing.
Exceptional.