The crash reel

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Movie
German title The crash reel
Original title The crash reel
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 108 minutes
Age rating FSK / JMK 0
Rod
Director Lucy Walker
script Pedro Kos,
Lucy Walker
production Julian Cautherley,
Lucy Walker
music Moby
camera Nick Higgins
cut Pedro Kos

The Crash Reel [ di: kræʃ ri: l ] is a documentary film of British director Lucy Walker from the year 2013 on the snowboarder Kevin Pearce and the consequences of craniocerebral trauma in this and similar extreme sports .

The film premiered on January 19, 2013 as the opening film at the Sundance Film Festival . The German theatrical release was on January 4, 2014. The film was produced by HBO Films .

action

The documentary describes the story of the professional snowboarder and freestyler Kevin Pearce. In the minutes leading up to the opening credits , the film is central to the shattering friendship and rivalry between Pearce and Shaun White , the two highly regarded candidates for gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics . In preparation training, however, on December 31, 2009, Pearce had a serious fall in a halfpipe in Park City and suffered a traumatic brain injury that initially caused him to fall into a coma.

The director accompanies the seriously injured Pearce and his family and friends during his time in the hospital and during the two-year rehabilitation , including the permanent consequences of the brain trauma such as an increased risk of subsequent concussions. In one phase, Pearce seems to have been largely restored, but greatly overestimates his abilities and shows a willingness to take risks that his family can hardly bear - in particular the desire to become a professional snowboarder again and to accept another brain injury. At the same time, the film documents other serious brain injuries in skiing and snowboarding, such as the fatal accident of the Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke, and shows scenes from other accidents from extreme sports . The documentary ends in late 2011 when Pearce became more aware of his remaining limitations.

Emergence

The director first met Kevin Pearce at an event hosted by David Mayer de Rothschild to convince action sports athletes sponsored by Nike to use their platform for social change. Lucy Walker loved snowboarder Pearce and wanted to make a documentary about him. The result was shown on January 23, 2013 at the start of the X Games in Aspen .

reception

The reactions to the film were mostly positive. At Rotten Tomatoes , 96% of the reviews are positive, out of a total of 46 reviews. The average rating is 7.9 out of 10. In conclusion, the film is “smart, compassionate and moving, and uses the tried and tested formula of sports documentaries to mislead viewers' expectations and compelling questions about ambition and success deliver". At Metacritic , the film received a rating of 79 out of 100 with a total of 15 reviews.

Cinema magazine called the film a "thrilling, intimate and multi-faceted document". The Hollywood Reporter ruled the film was "appealing to both aspirants and enthusiasts" because of its "compassionate portrayal of the thrill and risks of extreme sports." Variety wrote that director Walker accomplishes, "aided by excellent half-pipe footage and the intimate sympathy of Pearce's family," the "feat of fulfilling the needs of an extreme sports film as well as a cautionary narrative."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sid: This is how Kevin Pearce fought his way back to life. In: Rheinische Post . January 10, 2014, accessed November 24, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Fabian Wolff: "I don't want you to die. Do you want that?" In: The world . January 7, 2014, accessed November 24, 2014 .
  3. ^ Dan Diamond: The 'Definitive Film On Brain Injury'. In: Forbes . July 14, 2013, accessed December 8, 2014 .
  4. ^ The Crash Reel (2013). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on December 12, 2014 : "Smart, compassionate, and moving, The Crash Reel uses the familiar sport-doc formula to subvert expectations and ask challenging questions about ambition and achievement."
  5. ^ The Crash Reel. Metacritic , accessed December 12, 2014 .
  6. ↑ The Crash Reel - Never give up! (2013). Cinema , accessed December 12, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Justin Lowe: The Crash Reel: Sundance Review. The Hollywood Reporter , January 20, 2013, accessed December 12, 2014 : "This compassionate account of the thrills and risks of extreme sports makes it required viewing for both aspirants and enthusiasts."
  8. ↑ Rob Nelson: Review: 'The Crash Reel'. Variety , February 5, 2013, accessed on December 12, 2014 (English): “Aided by excellent footage of half-pipe action and the intimate participation of Pearce's protective family, director Lucy Walker (“ Waste Land ”) pulls off a spectacular feat of her own, balancing the needs of extreme sports vid and cautionary tale. "