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Gripping even though the outcome is known.
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Gripping even though the outcome is known.
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In 1985, two adventurous young mountaineers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set off to climb the treacherous west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. They were experienced climbers, and climbed "Alpine-style," climbing the mountain in "one great push," without setting up ropes or base camps ahead of time. After dealing with a snowstorm and some dangerous climbing over powder formations, they reached the summit (about 21,000 feet) on the third day. The climb down proved to be far more
Jan 23, 2004 Limited
Jun 15, 2004
$4.5M
IFC Films
All Critics (143) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (132) | Rotten (9) | DVD (13)
Touching the Void leaves you emotionally and physically spent, and grateful it was only a movie, not a mountain, you had to endure.
Awesome and harrowing.
Most movies of this type re-create the action far from the actual scene of the crime, but Macdonald has invented a new subgenre: a docudrama in which the docu and the drama are equally authentic.
The facts drop away, and it becomes impossible not to read the movie symbolically -- as a journey to the center of the earth, or farther still.
Touching the Void is one of those rare movies that prove that fact is indeed stranger than fiction.
For a movie like this, touching the void just isn't enough. It has to touch the audience, too.
Excruciatingly tense story of a terrible accident.
"Void" plummets into the nucleus of instinct and consciousness - survival a near-primordial pursuit beyond bravery or weakness. It concocts no comfort about what was gained, but stares in transfixed, unforgettable awe at the horror of all that was lost.
"Touching the Void" stands as a definitive textbook example of the rarest of feature film genres; the docudrama.
This harrowing, white-knuckle tale of human endurance and gut-wrenching dilemma mingles the dramatization of these events and interviews with both climbers into an unforgettable, sometimes comically deadpan nightmare.
A slow starter which builds into a chilling depiction of the agonising disintegration of body and mind as they are exposed to the elements.
As a meditation on extreme human endeavour, character, friendship and the mysteries revealed by facing death, it provides much food for thought.
About a primal war waged by man against both himself and the natural world that surrounds him.
It's certainly a far better thriller than anything Hollywood has churned out lately.
This is a gripping tale of courage and survival with gorgeous cinematography.
With his new film Macdonald has achieved, if not physical elevation, then at least spiritual soaring.
Illustrates the inherent human instinct to self-preserve.
Forget those Hollywood movies about extreme sports. MacDonald...has created a thrilling picture about a high-risk sport based on a true story.
A combinação de depoimentos e reencenações extremamente realistas transformam este "docudrama" em um filme tenso, emocionante e inspirador.
"You gotta make decisions. You gotta keep making decisions, even if they're wrong decisions, you know. If you don't make decisions, you're stuffed."The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. REVIEWThe simplest of words can
January 26, 2012
Super Reviewer
I had no idea of the places I was going to go. I'll spoil the first 15 minutes: they already reach the top. The "void?" That's touched on the way down. Halfway into the movie, I couldn't see how everyone is alive to tell the tale. The three men involved in this story masterfully narrate their perspectives, bravely
January 7, 2012Super Reviewer
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