THEME EXPLORATION

mountain hazards

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Clouds of Sils Maria
Clouds of Sils Maria
2014 · Olivier Assayas
A Touch of Zen
A Touch of Zen
1970 · King Hu
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
1991 · Werner Herzog
Five Days One Summer
Five Days One Summer
1982 · Fred Zinnemann
La Funivia del Faloria
La Funivia del Faloria
1950 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Moonshine
Moonshine
1918 · Buster Keaton
The Blue Light
The Blue Light
1932 · Leni Riefenstahl
The Challenge
The Challenge
1982 · John Frankenheimer
The Challenge
The Challenge
1955 · Sidney Lumet
The Man
The Man
1910 · D.W. Griffith
The Passage
The Passage
1979 · J. Lee Thompson
Everest
Everest
2015 · Baltasar Kormákur
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document humanity's struggle against extreme mountain environments and natural forces, from 'Aguirre' to 'Grizzly Man'.

 John Lee Hancock Taiwan

'Brokeback Mountain' uses the treacherous mountain setting as both literal hazard and metaphor for emotional and social peril.

 Jean-Jacques Annaud France

'Seven Years in Tibet' and 'Quest for Fire' intensely portray survival against mountain hazards and primal environmental threats.