Touching the Void

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"Possibly my favorite docudrama of all time. Brings new meaning to “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”"

"The mixture of documentary and reenactment works so well to tell this story. "

"+ Very rarely do I want a movie to end so much because of how many layers of dread it contains, and also in the same beat, want it to keep going because of the depth of inspiration that shines through. This is perhaps my favorite documentary/docudrama ever made. It explores human arrogance and the redemption we find when we are put through the fires of adversity. It features two climbers who scale the peaks of one of the highest Peruvian summits and how on the way down from a three day climb, one of them breaks his leg after losing his grip on his climbing hooks. His partner, seeing the difficulty of lowering him down the mountain, musters up the resolve to lower him down most of the way, but then must cut him loose when unbeknownst to him, the injured friend has no place to hook into the mountain and is left dangling off the side in below-chill temperature. Finally in a surprise twist we find out that the injured friend survived the hundred foot fall into a large crevice, and must now find his way out. The movie shifts between interviews with the real life climbers telling the story and a reenactment of the events. It is exhilarating from beginning to end, being horrifying and awe-inspiring at the same time. Not just entertaining, but penetrating on a primordial level. Not for the faint of heart, but rewarding to those who want a powerful story about arrogance, humility, and ultimately the inspiration of true perseverance. - To the best of my knowledge it is only available to stream on AMC+ and some of the audio is poorly transferred. Overall: An exhilarating documentary/docu-drama that penetrates the heart and psyche of its audience, putting us in the minds of these two men and explores their predicament and how they carried it down a twenty thousand foot mountain. I wish it was more widely available, but it would be worth the free AMC+ trial period alone. You won't see a more gripping story in any other documentary. "

"Definitely puts you on edge. Some real scary moments, even though you know from the first few minutes that they’ve all survived since they are being interviewed. Not my fav documentary ever. It had some boring parts and the reenactment was layered with an obnoxious visual effect that made it look like an old movie. But looking past that, definitely worth a watch to see what lengths people are able to go to for survival. 🏔 "

"Emotional, heart pounding, obsessed! "