Current release: NORTH FACE
The German film NORTH FACE is based on the true story of two ambitious climbers who decided to climb the formidable north face of the Eiger, and the attempts by the Third Reich to turn it into some kind of glorious political conquest.
No complaints with the story, acting or any of that usual stuff, it's all competent enough. What really steals the show are the visuals. This is a film that you should see on the big screen or don't see it at all. The opening scenes are breathtaking in terms of both the lush location photography and the dizzying mountaineering feats.
It's a shame then that in the second half of the movie, during a horrific snowstorm, the visual effects begin to come apart and computer graphics and composite shots become all too apparently that.
From then the film never really captures the initial magic and what might have been a breakout art-house hit becomes just another film that's very good but unlikely to be well remembered years from now.
No complaints with the story, acting or any of that usual stuff, it's all competent enough. What really steals the show are the visuals. This is a film that you should see on the big screen or don't see it at all. The opening scenes are breathtaking in terms of both the lush location photography and the dizzying mountaineering feats.
It's a shame then that in the second half of the movie, during a horrific snowstorm, the visual effects begin to come apart and computer graphics and composite shots become all too apparently that.
From then the film never really captures the initial magic and what might have been a breakout art-house hit becomes just another film that's very good but unlikely to be well remembered years from now.
Labels: German cinema
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