Touching the Void (2004)
Harrowing doesn't even begin to describe this semi-documentary about a rather nasty mountain climbing accident. Acutely painful is more like it. For all that, though, the film is above all a triumphant and life-affirming film. Through the agony, what burns clear is the body and spirit's unquashable struggle to survive at any cost. Which makes the film, I guess, kind of inspirational -- not in that sappy Hallmark way, but in a fuck-you defiant kind of way (what doesn't kill you and all that). It's definitely not easy to shake, but who wants easy anyway?
Grade: B+
Harrowing doesn't even begin to describe this semi-documentary about a rather nasty mountain climbing accident. Acutely painful is more like it. For all that, though, the film is above all a triumphant and life-affirming film. Through the agony, what burns clear is the body and spirit's unquashable struggle to survive at any cost. Which makes the film, I guess, kind of inspirational -- not in that sappy Hallmark way, but in a fuck-you defiant kind of way (what doesn't kill you and all that). It's definitely not easy to shake, but who wants easy anyway?
Grade: B+
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