touching the void

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Got to say, this one surprised me. I already knew the events of the story, so what suspense could there be? For those who don't know, this is a semidocumentary of the most horrible mountaineering accident you can imagine. The 2 climbers are telling the story, while other climbers recreate the incidents for the camera as they are being described. The events of this movie have a visceral horror that literally had me squirming. This is not like a fake horror movie, it really happened. The photography of the Andes mountain faces is stunning. The visual re-creations are done by expert climbers and seem about as realistic as could be done. Absolutely gripping.

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Topic - touching the void - tunenut 18:57:40 04/12/04 (4)

Absolutely, great minds agree: I "reviewed" it here - tinear 17:44:14 04/14/04 (0)

Re: touching the void - rico 08:03:05 04/13/04 (0)

Re: touching the void - rico 08:03:05 04/13/04 (0)

Re: touching the void - Analog Scott 19:44:52 04/12/04 (0)

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