P3D Re: Comparison - Everest / ...Deep

[Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:02 PM -0700 5/31/98, Boris Starosta wrote:
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>Of course, after seeing "Everest," you have to marvel at the camera crew
>taking even a flatty, specially trimmed down Imax camera to the summit.
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>It seemed that I was not being introduced to these people personally,
>rather as a second-hand report from a friend.  (Of course, that's what film
>is.  But good films make you a member of the party).  This sort of aloof
>"second hand reporting" feeling continued throughout the film with greater
>or lesser intensity.
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I agree, and one thing that contributed to that feeling for me was the
exclusive focus on the "heroes" of the story, the three main climbers.  We
get to see the sherpas a couple of times, but the only personal note is a
comment about the cook.  And we _never_ get to see any of the camera crew,
despite the fact that at least one of them went all the way to the top!  I
found myself very frequently aware of all these people that were
contributing to the climb who were being hidden from the camera.  Which
meant that we were only allowed to see the main characters alone or in
occasional interaction with each other.

-Jim C.

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