Below director Jonah Tulis shares a scene from his Mixed Martial Arts (Mma) documentary "Such Great Heights," currenly available On Demand on via iTunes. The film follows welterweight Mma fighter Jon Fitch as he prepares for the fight of his life against perennial Ufc Champ, Georges St. Pierre. While Fitch focuses on his training, the story weaves through the daily triumphs and challenges of the other fighters at the American Kickboxing Academy (Aka). The Film I come from a scripted comedy background, so “Such Great Heights” was quite a departure for me, both stylistically and creatively. But the more I worked on the film, the more I realized that whether you’re making a comedy, a drama, a narrative feature or a documentary, there is always one constant: it’s all about the characters. And in the making of this film, we certainly found some incredibly compelling and surprising characters; characters,...
- 6/14/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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