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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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Oct 31, 2018 - 11:29am PT
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I wonder also how much was acting. A couple of the conversations with the GF that were shown in the film felt staged to me. Not that they weren't necessarily real conversations. But that they were ongoing conversations that were re-enacted for the the benefit of the film.
I enjoyed the climbing footage. I'm not keen on the glorification of the extreme free soloing. I also felt a bit sorry for the GF.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Oct 31, 2018 - 06:17pm PT
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Totally awesome.
Great work to everyone involved.
I didn’t want to leave my seat when it was over.
Go see it in a theater while you still can; it won’t be the same on a TV screen.
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2018 - 06:10am PT
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More good background ... here from the NYT, Jimmy's hometown paper ;)
Excellent 10 min video, What if he Falls? Jimmy and Chai explore their dilemma in depth, with lots of clips from the movie and some new footage. Everyone seems most relieved that their project is over. Thanks for posting Rhodo.
This is the first time they identified the climbs Alex free soloed for the camera as part of his "preparation". Excellent Adventure, Freestone, Les Revieras Pourpres (The Crimson Rivers) in Morocco, Easy Rider. I had thought I saw some footage of the Phoenix in FS but maybe not.
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2018 - 07:05am PT
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Someone mentioned upthread that they felt that FS was much more a character study than the DW. I haven't seen FS yet (this weekend), but I did feel that DW was in a large part a character study of Tommy - kind of a mini-biography - what made him who he was and why he was driven to a project like this and to stick it out and eventually succeed.
Yes, after thinking about it I will concede the point. They were both character studies of interesting and unique individuals.
What was definitely different about the two movies was the director's decision to make the GF and film crew subplots a big part of FS; you have a mini documentary of the film crew filming embedded in the movie so they in essence became part of the cast. In the DW there was coverage of the film crew at the end, but not integrated with the movie. I thought that added interest to FS, esp for the general public (although some climbers upthread would have liked more climbing footage of Alex).
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Burnin' Oil
Trad climber
CA
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Great movie.
Now I'd like to see the climber's cut - a couple hours of footage from the big day.
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2018 - 04:17pm PT
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None of that was the Phoenix.
Thanks Mikey. I saw Pete Mortimer in the credits and thought he might have provided some footage of Phoenix.
BTW I'm a big fan of the movie and thank you for all your hard work.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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without the character development its just a climbing porn you tube that you watch for free...
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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delighted
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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An amazing movie on all levels!
I'm sure climbers who have free soloed, and have climbed El Cap will appreciate this movie on a different level than the general public. It was better than I expected, and I was quite moved by it.
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Don Paul
Social climber
Washington DC
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The Runout Podcast with Chris Kalous and Andrew Bisharat just did a great episode on the backstory from the perspective of Mikey Schaefer, the videographer seen cringing in the video. Mikey was scared to the point of tears but did press the record button. Check it out at runoutpodcast.com.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Great flick.
Really liked it on a number of levels.
Great to see on the big screen!
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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