The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985)

Director:
Werner Herzog

Kako sam Herzog kaže na početku, njegova namera nije bila da snimi film o planinarenju, ono što je on ovde želeo da otkrije je šta se zapravo dešava u glavama tih planinara kada se upuste u tako ekstremne poduhvate, kakva fascinacija ih goni ka ovim vrhovima?

A scenario je u najavi samoubilačko-katastrofičan, dva jarana oće da se ispentraju na dva ozloglašena vrha, i to jedan za drugim, bez ikakve opreme, bez baznog kampa, bez boca sa kiseonikom, znači sve to neodoljivo podseća na Touching the Void (2003) samo je ovo mnogo gore jer se radi o Himalajima i o svestki notorioius vrhovima Gasherbrum 1 i Gasherbrum 2.

Pred polazak na ovu samoubilačku misiju Herzog umesto testamenta iz njih izvlači čitavu filozofiju koja se krije iza te vrste ekstremnog planinarenja. Definitivno jedan od jačih radova, ceo je na nemačkom jer su i alpinisti kolko sam skonto Nemci, no tu je engleski titl. Dakle, uživajte dok možete. (45 min)


IMDB

"The Dark Glow of the Mountains is a TV documentary made in 1984 by German filmmaker Werner Herzog. It is about an expedition made by the genuinely legendary freestyle mountain climber Reinhold Messner and his partner Hans Kammerlander to climb Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II - two of the world's most difficult peaks - all in one trip without returning to base camp. The film is not so much concerned with showing the climb itself or giving guidelines on mountaineering, but seeks to reveal the inner motivation of the climbers. This is a beautiful jewel of a film that delivers so much more than one would expect and has quite rightly been described as one of Herzog's greatest works."

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