The Epic of Everest.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 6876387 | KanopyPublisher: British Film Institute, 1925Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- computer
- online resource
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Originally produced by British Film Institute in 1925.
The film is among the earliest filmed records of life in Tibet and features sequences at Phari Dzong (Pagri), Shekar Dzong (Xegar) and Rongbuk monastery. What resonates so deeply is J.B.L. Noel’s ability to frame the vulnerability, isolation and courage of people persevering in one of the world's harshest landscapes. The restoration by the BFI National Archive has transformed the quality of the surviving elements of the film and reintroduced the original coloured tints and tones. Revealed by the restoration, few images in cinema are as epic – or moving – as the final shots of a blood red sunset over the Himalayas. *"It's the chill grandeur of his images, and the mystical note in his rueful conclusion, that will linger in your mind." - Pamela Hutchinson, **Guardian***
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English