![]() ![]() In one moment these men revel in the reckless abandon of daredevilry, U-turn into an admonition of Western ignorance and then settle in to gawp at some gnarly snowboarding, man. His musings have a tendency to veer from one extreme towards the next. More damningly, not all of Macfarlane’s observations are profound enough to contend with the simple pleasures of watching a man launch himself into oblivion off a rocky outcropping, or two climbers sharing a joint atop a snowy peak. It’s an insightful moment, but it hints at how the text occasionally veers into territory covered by the director’s previous film Sherpa. One particular highlight is how Macfarlane’s text deals with an imperialistic past – where westerners used mountaineering as a precedent for claiming territory and instilling order over smaller communities – that presents uncomfortable parallels with the present day. Peedom casts her net wide over the history of mountaineering exploration. Especially when Willem Dafoe’s lends his dulcet tones to the narration. Here, excerpts from Robert Macfarlane’s meditative travel journal Mountains of the Mind ensure the film maintains its spectacle without skimping on information. Despite the opportunity for indulgence, Mountain manages to avoid the pitfalls of many a nature documentary which relies solely upon images of spectacular landscapes. ![]()
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