![]() ![]() The survivors Parrado, Canessa, Fernández and Inciarte made cameos and the survivor Carlos Paez plays his father. The person he greets in that scene is Numa's actual nephew. The scenes at Numa's home were filmed in the actual house where he lived in Uruguay. An astonishing film.Ī heartfelt, extraordinary and completely accurate account of the accident. I was utterly captivated for the entire 2hr 20min runtime. The film really captures what a horrific situation these people were put in. This film is the closest we will ever get to actually having cameras recording the actual event. From the condition of the crash site down to the clothes they were wearing. It's a haunting picture, one that's been branded into my memory ever since I seen it probably 20 odd years ago, and it's perfectly replicated in this film. There is a picture of one of the survivors sitting down outside the plane and you can see an actual rib cage next to him. I've watched numerous documentaries about the Andes plane crash over the years and seen the actual pictures that were taken during the event and I was amazed they replicated them so well for this film. Must've watched it 10-15 times easy throughout the years so I went into this film thinking that no way it'd top that. In Alive, it felt like a "film of something that happened depicted by the one who heard about the history", while on the other hand this one can convince me for sure that is real. I think this movie goes right, in the sense of having such actors, they already talk and act natural like the real ones probably did on such situations. I remember as a child, my grand father in every reunion among old friends, giving big strong hugs to his friends, all big dudes with moustaches. ![]() Of course, in Chile you dont act like that, a kiss in the cheek among men? No no.That's the difference between this countries down south, Chileans are more socially scrict, while the others are more chill. Because thats what matters, it doesnt matter if that act can be seen as "gay". In here if anyone needs a hug, we give the hug, and try to lift the spirit. we say hello to friends with a kiss in the cheek, we salute with a hug.We are not like american movies where its so hard to see them express feelings even to their own family members. Thats part of our Italian/Spaniard heritage, down here in Uruguay/Argentina/Paraguay. I guess if I had to come up with any criticism, it was a long film but I really don't know what you could cut to get the runtime down and the pacing was very good. I know I'm just raving about this film but it just hit all the right marks for me. I think a lot of winter time or cold weather films sometimes don't do a great job of translating the feelings of that kind of hostile environment well and sometimes feels like the characters are walking around in 40 degree weather but here in this film, you could really feel the harshness of their environment through the screen. It was just all so well done, I thought.Įdit: Another thing I wanted to gush about was that the movie 'felt' cold. The slow creeping horror and acceptance of death, the beautiful camaraderie, and descriptions of their despair. Plus the whole story and the way it was structured was perfect. I physically felt trapped between the snow and the hull and again have no idea how they managed to film this and squeeze a camera in there with the actors. Probably the most a movie has made me feel confined since As Above, So Below or maybe the recent Ron Howard one Thirteen Lives. I was feeling instantly claustrophobic sitting on my couch. I didn't think there was going to be another scene that would be as bombastic visually but then they get hit by the avalanche. I did find this article where they talk a little about it and it's so obvious the respect these men had for the material. And I'd love to see some BTS videos on how they filmed these sequences. It felt so visceral in demonstrating how fragile human bodies are in such catastrophic situations, was really impressively done. Or the woman who was sitting up front having her head go into the cabin divider and just bend the wall like it's made of tinfoil. The bones snapping like small twigs as all the seats just sandwiched meat and metal together. ![]() The one shot where the camera is in the aisle on the floor looking at everyone's feet. It was like they replayed the same two seconds stretched out from all these different creative angles. It almost felt like stop motion in some places (I know that's not what it was but the frame rate or motion felt different). The way they showed the physical damage being done to the bodies in a way that felt entirely realistic and still easy to follow. I know it was horrific so I hope my excitement doesn't come across as grotesque but the way they filmed that scene and the avalanche scene was so wild. ![]()
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