Friday, February 20, 2009
Encounters...
The thing I love most about documentaries is that you're pretty much guaranteed an interesting watch. What's more, it's likely to be an interesting watch about a subject that usually you'd never given a second thought towards. Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World brings not only the continent of Antarctica to life, but weaves a layered and existential narrative cocoon around the type of life forms that find themselves on that desolate continent to begin with: humans included.
This film unpacks nature's deepest craving to explore, from penguins who leave their colonies for long and perilous sojourns alone, to human scuba-divers who descend under the sea ice for a glimpse at a world that is largely unknown. Herzog's compelling narration asks the most important of questions in an age where "Top 5", "Top 50" or "Best of" lists have overtaken the travel-blog sphere like a silly virus: Why do we travel in the first place? And of course, where to next?
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Sugoi is right. Glad you're reading, kittenfat.
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