Five theories on freehand rock climbing

"Climbing with Hands" is about Alex? In 2009, Honnore set the goal of climbing Emirates Rock with bare hands. He made 1000 attempts and preparations for this. After climbing Emirates Rock with ropes for nearly 60 times, he pursued Excellence and perfection and climbed Emirates Rock without rope protection. I hope the following feedback will help you!

A Review of "Freehand Rock Climbing"

The narrow cinema road of documentary

Documentary, as an independent film type, has experienced nearly a hundred years of exploration since its sudden emergence in the history of film.

1922, when Flahadi presented the world's first documentary "Nanuk in the North" to the audience, he was amazed and tired of the narrative and lens of "Catch a Horse". Such fresh and real material made the fans at that time fondle admiringly. However, the popularity is fleeting, and the "Mora Bay", also written by the "father of documentary", has been difficult to replicate the success of the previous work. This is probably one of the inherent dilemmas of documentary feature films. Unlike most commercial films, it can enjoy the tried and tested assembly line operation. But at the same time, it also gives the documentary a certain innate physique, that is, the desire for innovation.

Innovating the lens language, broadening the observation objects, exploring the theme, and winning the best documentary feature film of 20 19 Oscar, Rock Climbing with Hands, can be regarded as a fresh footprint of the world record feature film. The film focuses on an extreme sport? Rock climber Alex? Honnore challenged to climb Emirates Rock with his bare hands. Due to the one-time extreme sports process and the difficulty of climbing by hand, in fact, the production of this documentary is the same as the challenge it is staring at, and it is impossible to make mistakes. Honore, an unprotected climber, a weight-bearing photographer hanging on every rock wall, and a director who centrally dispatches positions and angles are all involved. Fortunately, directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth? Chai? Vasarelli and his wife are experienced rock climbers. They have successfully made "Climbing Mount Meru" before, so it is possible for them to keep an objective record attitude and minimize the physical and psychological impact on the subject. In the end, the 807-day production cycle ended with the success of the collective summit before and after the documentary.

However, with high ratings and few viewers, it often becomes the cinema destination of documentaries. In 20 17, the box office of "Twenty-two", which paid attention to the status quo of comfort women, was1700,000, which was a movie-watching miracle. In fact, it is not normal for 20 19 to record the box office of "Four Springs" of people around you. More cinema documentaries have box offices of millions or hundreds of thousands. Unless there is a strong social condemnation, such as "freehand rock climbing" focusing on professional fields and specific events, the audience is very limited and the audience lacks entertainment. Just because of hobbies or prizes, the chances of entering the cinema are even lower. Therefore, even if the film has the honor of Oscar, the narrow road of the film is not easy for freehand rock climbing.

Disenchantment extreme sports

If freehand rock climbing is a commercial film that meets public expectations, then you will see the protagonist Alex? With the support of his girlfriend, Honnore finally climbed to the top after setbacks and regained his courage. Fortunately, this is not a cliche of "superheroes", but a real record of actual combat.

For Honnore's unprecedented challenge, director and colleague Jimmy Chin and his wife always remain neutral. From an artistic point of view, they are willing to record a myth that may come true, but from an ethical point of view, this is an event that endangers the life of the subject and others have no right to control it. But for Hornod, climbing Emirates Rock with his bare hands is his ultimate goal, which has nothing to do with whether he is photographed or not. Therefore, after the preliminary discussion and full preparation from 20 15 to 20 16, the film was officially launched in Yosemite National Park in the spring.

In addition to the neutral production position, the director's disenchantment interpretation of the extreme sport of freehand rock climbing is also commendable. The whole film is basically recorded in chronological order, including other attempts and practitioners of Honnore, who visited the climbing route in Cedeyan many times, demolished the rock wall in sections with the team and focused on discussing the difficulties, constantly trained with ropes and removed obstacles on the spot. As a GQ report said, compared with a miracle, this film actually presents a cautious rock climbing project. "In fact, the really scary unprotected shot of climbing Emirates Rock in the film is only 13 minutes. An hour and a half ago, I talked about how this goal has been brewing in Alex's mind for eight years and how I concentrated on preparing for it for two years. Behind the spectacle, the whole preparation process is like a rock climbing textbook, and the methods and skills used are for everyone to learn. "

By recording Hornod's failure, regression and exploration, "Rock Climbing with Hands" is truly true, objective and extreme, which is undoubtedly a rare excellent documentary in this era.

Comment 2 on "freehand rock climbing"

I watched the Oscar ceremony of CCTV movie channel all night last night, but there was no award fragment for the best documentary feature film. Several "irrelevant" awards have also been cut: best adapted screenplay, best documentary short film, best animated short film, best live-action short film and so on. Very speechless.

Rock friends in the circle of friends all won the Oscar by "free solo" on the screen. Today, many friends and colleagues who don't play rock climbing asked me what I think. This is a matter for the great god. I'm just a climber. How can I feel? !

-Let's write some, as triple fans of outdoor documentary, Hannogo and director Jimmy Chin.

Although this plan has been made for a long time, Hanogo said that even-numbered years are his major years, so it is a bit strange to know that he went to Emirates Rock on 20 17, and solo majored in even-numbered years for free. I've been looking forward to watching related movies. More than a year later, I met them for the first time on June 5438+05 this month, but I couldn't read them all at once, because my expectations were a little different from reality!

This film is still in the style of Jin Dao and Elizabeth Chai. First, take an important clip and an eye-catching picture, and then start the narrative. Looking at it for the third time, I only watched the last 20 minutes of climbing, and finally found the feeling of surging emotion. It doesn't matter if you read it. You are not alone. Look at the first comment of Douban. Do you feel the same way? Why? Because you haven't seen Climbing the Wall Alone and honnold3.0. Although the first two films were directed and produced by others, They and Free solo can be regarded as the trilogy of Hanogo. If you like him because of the Olympic prize and want to know him more comprehensively, you will get different results after watching these three movies. If you want to find the feeling of watching movies in outdoor documentaries, I recommend you to watch Meru, which is also a work with Tchaikovsky. There is friendship, love, affection, disaster, death, warmth, inspiration, hiking, rock climbing, mountain climbing, beautiful scenery and top-notch ending music in that movie. Meru was nominated for Best Documentary at the 20 16 Oscar, which is also the best mountaineering documentary I have ever seen. If you are depressed, I recommend you to watch Dawn Wall, which is a pure rock climbing film, but I believe you will shed tears.

In fact, what I want to say most is that most rock climbing is not like that in Oscar movies! Let it go and you'll know!

Comments on "Freehand Rock Climbing" (Ⅲ)

When watching Alex's free solo, I occasionally flashed a fragment of "Burst Drummer" in my mind: the same crazy life experience, the same paranoid eyes that don't stop until you reach your goal.

"Burst Drummer" may be more of an angry roar of blood vessels: Fuck! I just want to fix it! And "climbing with bare hands" is to complete it with a calm mind and hidden fears.

Get rid of the vital image and ensure perfection, or you will die. What Alex tells us more is: What should you do if you want something to happen so badly?

In fact, I believe that most things can't be done by sudden blue veins and gnashing of teeth. Shooting is to present some extreme emotions. And if in life, it must be a long-term plan, and unremitting tenacity and calmness are waiting for it. Therefore, when everything came, it all seemed so natural, and "Freehand Climbing" only faithfully recorded it.

Samurai spirit (Samurai spirit)

What Alex did was more like a warrior who was about to travel. Before going to war, he tidied up his family, put on chain mail's polished machete, patted his horse and roared away with his companions.

Going to an extreme experience is bound to face social responsibility, affection and other issues. For Alex, the ultimate experience is not a problem: everyone may die at any time, but in real life, most people are often unaware of this problem. Free solo just throws this question directly in front of you, and there is no room for evasion. So most people will feel fear, and for Alex, facing fear is the source of creativity.

What if I have an obligation to maximize my life?

No.

Alex thinks that he should not be obliged to live long for others. In other words, he believes that the decision-making power of life should belong to the living body itself, and anything that binds (or is responsible for the living body itself) is essentially preventing him from becoming "he".

And this incident is projected on family and girlfriends, which is also very clear:

His mother may have gone through many struggles and discussions, and finally realized how important and beautiful "self-realization of life" is for Alex.

For Alex's girlfriend, Alex is very aware of their differences. Such differences cannot be changed and may not need to be changed.

For Sonny, the meaning of life is to live happily. For Alex, happiness can guarantee nothing. Working towards happiness does not point to greatness, but for him, life is a battle and a process of pursuing and achieving perfection.

After making it clear to the family, the Jedi also started on their way.

The way of fighting

In a sense, he is like a descendant of a hundred Mohists. Practice life like a monk (vegetarianism, daily training, temperance, minimalist lifestyle). What makes him happy is definitely not the taste of food, nor the size of the house, but the effect that Alex can achieve when he can completely control his body and spiritual will. He is updating his upper limit again and again, which is a miracle in itself: while creating greatness, he also shapes himself into a work of art.

I don't know if you have ever seen a soldier who has really experienced the battlefield. Most warriors who have experienced bloodshed will not blindly kill and slash regardless of the consequences. In fact, most of them are recruits who bravely kill the enemy.

Alex did the same when he was doing free solo. In order to climb the ideal rock wall, he made preparations for several years. Not only that, how to choose the route on the rock wall, the posture selected at different difficulty points, the weather situation, the time plan, the shooting method and so on are all arranged one by one.

So is the samurai. Before entering the battlefield, there were countless air strikes, tempering, silence and patience. When he finally believes that his heart can no longer fear the impact of the enemy, when he finally believes that his hands can no longer tremble to control his weapons, and when he finally confirms that his breastplate can no longer be fragile enough to reach the flying arrow feathers, he can definitely step into the battlefield.

When everything is ready, the samurai only needs to look up gradually in the dark, silently count "one, two, three", swing the blade and kill the enemy.

Ultimate proposition

How should we exist? Or what is the meaning of existence?

Throughout the film, Alex has been trying to explore or express his attitude and thinking: one has no responsibility to take on other people's lives. The only responsibility in life should be to be responsible for your own life.

When he talks about his thoughts in movies, I always see Christopher's shadow in fistful of dollars.

Not love, money, faith and fairness. Tell me the truth.

Christopher left the city and went into the wilderness. In order to find the true meaning of life, he believes that the meaning of life is never in a reinforced concrete city. He is willing to entrust his life and soul to the wilderness, thinking that only in nature can there be a meaning of existence. He also took Thoreau's Walden with him.

Nietzsche: A lonely person is either a god or a beast, and both.

To some extent, Christopher and Alex are the same kind of people. They try to strip off some social identities and meanings, and are willing to explore the limits of human beings and think about that ultimate proposition with the most primitive thing of human beings: flesh and blood.

And what answer Alex can finally find must be the breeze that he climbed the cliff and passed by his ear.

Comments on "Freehand Rock Climbing" (IV)

Cedeyan is the first person in the world to climb by hand. It took 3 hours and 56 minutes on June 3, 20 17. Cedar Rock is 3000 feet high and is known as "the summit of Cedar Rock climbing the center of the universe". The film is well prepared in the early stage. Alex persevered in setbacks and various uncertainties. He can be said to be an eccentric in life, and it is precisely because of this strangeness that he can concentrate on rock climbing? He loves this sport. The film was very heartbreaking in the last half hour. In the second half of the movie, when I started climbing Emirates Rock with my bare hands, my heart kept pounding ... Finally, he succeeded. Although I can't understand his passion for rock climbing, I can feel that rock climbing is even more important to him than life. Climbing with Hands is a very good movie. I hope I can pursue what I love!

Comments on "Freehand Rock Climbing" (5)

It's really an Oscar-winning documentary this year. The whole process is completely boring. The preparation of the first stage has made us know more about Alex, the hero's professional climber, and made him more stereoscopic and full in the eyes of the audience. But I was scared to watch the unprotected climbing in the second stage, and my palms sweated. No matter the rope section, endurance angle, limit plate section or crosscutting section, I feel extremely dangerous and the difficulty coefficient is ridiculously high.

I think rock climbing is not only Alex's hobby, but also his life. This has become his mission and belief. This is his favorite and happiest moment. It is also the instinct of these extreme sports enthusiasts to climb the peak and overcome difficulties. Their life is beautiful, charming and valuable. Those who persist in pursuing their ideals and work hard for what they love are great and shining. In the film, we can not only see the beautiful and spectacular scenery, but also learn to pursue our dreams and overcome our positive energy. I feel that this is not only a documentary, but also an inspirational film that washes our hearts. I was shocked to see it. The absolute value is the cinema experience!