Rent Mountain (2017)
3.4 of 5 from 152 ratings
1h 13min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- A unique cinematic and musical collaboration between the Australian Chamber Orchestra and BAFTA-nominated director Jennifer Peedom, 'Mountain' is a dazzling exploration of our obsession with mountains. Only three centuries ago, climbing a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. The idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Peaks were places of peril, not beauty. Why, then, are we now drawn to mountains in our millions? 'Mountain' shows us the spellbinding force of high places - and their ongoing power to shape our lives and our dreams.
- Directors:
- Jennifer Peedom
- Producers:
- Jo-Anne McGowan, Jennifer Peedom
- Narrated By:
- Willem Dafoe
- Writers:
- Robert Macfarlane, Jennifer Peedom
- Studio:
- Dogwoof
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Documentary, Music & Musicals, Special Interest
- Collections:
- A History of Sports Films (Winter Edition), A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Winter and Snow Films, Top Films
- Countries:
- Australia
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/01/2018
- Run Time:
- 73 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Making of 'Mountain'
- Interview with Author Robert MacFarlane
- Theatrical Trailer
- Exclusive - Mountain: The Ambient Cut
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Reviews (6) of Mountain
Nice pictures, shame about the words - Mountain review by Alphaville
This is an hour-long picture-book documentary about mountains and the people who venture on them. We’re spared the standard TV close-ups of flora and fauna in favour of sweeping landscapes and daredevils doing their thing (e.g. rock climbing and base-jumping), which produces some exciting aerial images.
There are some filler sections (praying Himalayan Buddhists, a monochrome history of Everest etc.), but the main problem is the soundtrack. The film begins with an orchestra tuning up. It’s a collaborative exercise with the filmmaker, you see (the film premiered with a live orchestra). We are consequently subjected to an hour of clichéd classical music to accompany the pictures. Even worse is the horrendously portentous narration. Random sample: ‘Many who travel to mountain tops are half in love with themselves, half in love with oblivion.’ Pur-lease.
Nevertheless there are many arresting images, so turn down the sound, put your own music on, fast forward the dull bits and wallow in the mountains for a while.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
A mish-mash that merely wastes an hour of your life - Mountain review by RCO
Lots of nice snow and rock scenery but a bit of a mish-mash. Put together from various sources of mountain footage including much modern "extreme sports" helicopter stuff of fools doing absurd things. Places never identified. Random footage of buddhist monks never explained or integrated. Music doesn't really add anything. Voice-over typically portentous.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Superficial shiny happy documentary - Mountain review by TE
Two stars for the various sequences of beautiful mountain ranges shot from helicopters, but that's about all the film has to offer.
The content of the voiceover could have been lifted from Pseuds' Corner in Private Eye, and the whole film has an ad agency sheen, an effect that is enhanced by the rich young white males who make up the visible human cast.
This is a Facebook meme level approach to mountains.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.