Shines a light on one of the most interesting competitions anywhere in the world and exposes the type of people that come together and rally behind it.
Something that was of particular interest to me was seeing how the competitors changed over the course of the race--where some racers were confident and jubilant heading in, others are quiet and reserved or focused. But at the end of their races, all bodies and faces are the same. It almost looks like they've been beaten down by god himself by the time many racers call it quits. In particular, one German racer looked like he died at some point and was a walking corpse by the time he returned.
Interesting subject material aside, I thought the doc itself was fine. I think the interviews were fun and insightful, but we end up lacking some in-race footage because the crew was fairly small on this production I guess. Would've been very difficult to get setups out in those places. The actual production itself also had some weird QC things, mostly pertaining to audio. Sometimes the audio quality changes were so massive that it surprised me when they popped up. Not all of that is very easily controlled but it was quite jarring sometimes.
My gripes aside I did actually enjoy this quite a bit, I love documentaries about people doing insane shit.
Shines a light on one of the most interesting competitions anywhere in the world and exposes the type of people that come together and rally behind it.
Something that was of particular interest to me was seeing how the competitors changed over the course of the race--where some racers were confident and jubilant heading in, others are quiet and reserved or focused. But at the end of their races, all bodies and faces are the same. It almost looks like they've been beaten down by god himself by the time many racers call it quits. In particular, one German racer looked like he died at some point and was a walking corpse by the time he returned.
Interesting subject material aside, I thought the doc itself was fine. I think the interviews were fun and insightful, but we end up lacking some in-race footage because the crew was fairly small on this production I guess. Would've been very difficult to get setups out in those places. The actual production itself also had some weird QC things, mostly pertaining to audio. Sometimes the audio quality changes were so massive that it surprised me when they popped up. Not all of that is very easily controlled but it was quite jarring sometimes.
My gripes aside I did actually enjoy this quite a bit, I love documentaries about people doing insane shit.
