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Climb( 1974)

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Overview

Climb is a 1974 short documentary directed by DeWitt Jones featuring Michael Farrell and Russell Mclean. It is about rock climbing that takes place in Washington Column. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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      Michael Farrell

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      Russell Mclean

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Feb 19 2025
    With an array of climbing equipment and what looks like their own body weight in bottled water, Michael Farrell and Russell McLean embark on an overnight climb up the sharp and steep rock face of a Yosemite peak in the baking sunshine. Their own narration helps explain some of the techniques used with rope, piton and crampon style climbing and that’s quite informative. It’s really the photography, though, that delivers here - and if you’re at all acro/agoraphobic then maybe you shouldn’t bother. The camerawork is remarkably stable, well focussed and it’s creatively edited together to give us qu...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • preserved film