Free Solo: Rock Climbing Documentary
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Free Solo: Rock Climbing Documentary
Alex Honnold is the best known, still living, free soloist - aka rock climber sans ropes.
It seems very rare that a non-mainstream athlete gets a mainstream movie. But Alex is a very rare person. He's at turns funny, warm and accessible...and then cold like he has a personality disorder - he admits as much himself.
The cinematography is breath-taking, Alex's abilities are surreal and the film does a nice job of exploring all the little tidbits about him I've heard over the years - an oddly functioning amygdala for one.
And lastly, they do a nice job showing just how hard it is to do what he does.
9/10
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Re: Free Solo: Rock Climbing Documentary
heard this was spectacular
Re: Free Solo: Rock Climbing Documentary
Reel Rock 7 has a pretty lengthy piece about him in it. Very good. Worth watching. Probably on Netflix, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyUoVVDEa-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyUoVVDEa-E
Re: Free Solo: Rock Climbing Documentary
EXCELLENT movie. Catch it in the theater if you can.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
W.B. Yeats
Are full of passionate intensity.
W.B. Yeats
Re: Free Solo: Rock Climbing Documentary
Its on Hulu now. Very good.