City of Toronto All Events http://ift.tt/1UBl1Qb This is the official filmed record of the doomed Mallory/Irvine 1924 summit attempt. Filmed in the harshest of conditions imaginable, Capt. Noel captured the soul of a mysterious & little understood landscape and culture. The film brings back to life all the beauty, isolation & vulnerability of one of the most enduring chapters in the history of exploration. Besides the breathtaking cinematography & historical significance of the expedition itself, it's also one of the earliest films of life in Tibet with shots of Phari Dzong, Shekar Dzong, Rongbuk monastery and life in the villages and the trek of the climbers. “Few images in cinema are as epic – or moving – as the final shots of a blood red sunset over the Himalayas- BFI
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