Joe Simpson in Boston

[Bob]

January 30 (Friday) Boston
7:00 Making of Touching the Void
& Q&A with Joe Simpson
REI - Boston
401 Park Drive


link

 

[beverly]

Real Sports - HBO

They did a feature on Simpson that was pretty good - I didn't catch it all, but it's being repeated tomorrow at 3:30pm

 

[Warren]

Oh Man, I'm gonna be at the Gathering when he's in NYC, I'd love to hear him speak... I'm going to have to look into tickets for the premiere. If any NYC'ers out there are interested in the premiere it's on the 23rd...

 

[SherpaKroto]

For Boston area:
2/6 : Kendall Square, Cambridge
2/13: Embassy, Waltham

I'd love to see this film!

 

[sardog1]

New York Times has an article today on "Touching The Void." You might have to register online (for free) at New York Times .

 

[Papa Bear]

Oh Man, I'm gonna be at the Gathering when he's in NYC, I'd love to hear him speak... I'm going to have to look into tickets for the premiere. If any NYC'ers out there are interested in the premiere it's on the 23rd...

Warren

I haven't seen this in the Times movie ads yet (although there was a review Sunday). When/where will it open?

Tnx
Pb

 

[JohnL]

Check the release dates for theaters here .

JohnL

 

[Warren]

What he said.

Times are 6:05, 8:25,10:40 on Friday

I was thinking of taking myself out to dinner and going then or if not, Sunday (11:15, 1:25, 3:45, 6:05, 8:25, 10:40).

Interested?

 

[Papa Bear]

I was thinking of taking myself out to dinner and going then or if not, Sunday (11:15, 1:25, 3:45, 6:05, 8:25, 10:40).

Interested?

Maybe. I'll email you if I can work something out.

 

[beverly]

Simpson is on Letterman tonight.

 

[JohnL]

I also caught him for a couple minutes Wednesday evening on MSNBC at about 9:30.

JohnL

 

[Bob]

Rock and Ice review

This month's Rock and Ice reviewed the movie, they said it was the most true to life climbing film since 'The Eiger Sanction'.

 

[JohnL]

Which isn't saying much since you could easily see the top rope when Clint was "leading" George Kennedy up an off width chimney on the red sandstone spire. That aside, I still have very high hopes for the movie.

JohnL

 

[Papa Bear]

I saw it

I saw it

Just got back from the 1:25 showing in NYC.

In a word: awesome!

The voice over, docudrama format worked very well. Even that tear in Joe's (the real Joe's) eye looked for real. I was impressed by:

1) the photography
2) the "acting" on the part of the climbers. I read somewhere that they were told "don't act, do it". Very convincing - these were clearly real climbers. And watching Joe stumbling and crawling across the glacier and morrain was agonizing.
3) the honesty of the narative (even to the point of Joe peeing his pants - and no it wan't crude, it was real!). Joe's story was pretty unglossed though I'm sure the reality was different.
4) Best scene was when he couldn't get some rock band out of his head. Almost surrreal.

The audience was very quite. You really got the idea that this was like it really was. I was very moved. And hey, I wasn't frightened by the high exposure scenes. I thought the scene of Frodo, Sam and Gollum on the long stair was scarier (especially bivouacing unanchored!) But that was another movie. One and only complaint: too many fade-to-black scene changes. Nobody's perfect.

See it.
Pb