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Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
Many approaches to climbing issues, in a Nouvelle Vague atmosphere.
Herzog succeeds to show simultaneously several issues related to climbing.
The issue of the spectator: he is rather driven by roman circus spirit than by olympic ideals. The issues of the media: if there is an audience, there is money. The issues of the climbers: they are described as a king of athlete driven by a competitive spirit which allow betting its own life to reach a summit. The outdoors views of the famous Cerro Torre are beautiful and rare.
Some spectators might feel bored by the way the film is conducted. Actually, this conduction reminds some Nouvelle Vague issues and many spectators felt bored by films directed by monsters of the Nouvelle Vague like Antonioni, Goddard etc... C'est la vie.
Yet, Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein deserves to be seen by those who appreciate Herzog cinema.
À bout de souffle (1960)
Paris, Nouvelle Vague, Beatnik, Existentialism. etc
A Bout de Souffle is partially a portrait of a generation moulded by Beatnik and Existentialist philosophy: Sartres and Camus in France, Kerouak and Salinger in USA. A generation whose "malaise" is embedded in Paris atmosphere. Paris who by that time, was the very center of occidental culture. The american version of this story, Breathless, directed by Jim McBride, missed these points. (1) The "malaise", (2) Paris atmosphere, (3) The Nouvelle Vague style.