The Endless Summer
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Endless Summer |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bruce Brown |
| script | Bruce Brown |
| production | Bruce Brown |
| music | The Sandals |
| camera | Bruce Brown |
| cut | Bruce Brown |
| occupation | |
The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf films and thus created its own film category, which has been maintained and developed since its release in 1966 until today.
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The film follows the two surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August on a surfing trip around the world. From their home in California , they travel to beaches in Africa , Australia , New Zealand , Tahiti and Hawaii during the California winter in search of new surf spots and introduce locals to the sport. Surfers like Miki Dora , Phil Edwards and Butch Van Artsdalen also make an appearance in this film. The surf-rock - Soundtrack of the film comes from "The Sandals", a surf-rock band of the sixties. The motif "Theme to the Endless Summer" by Gaston Georis and John Blakeley became a well-known sound in the surf film genre.
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When Bruce was planning the film crew's route, a travel agent commented that a flight from Los Angeles to Cape Town and back costs fifty dollars more than a trip around the world. Then Bruce had the idea to follow the summer around the globe.
Sequels
In 1994 Bruce produced The Endless Summer II , in which surfers Pat O'Connell and Robert "Wingnut" Weaver follow in the footsteps of Hynson and August. It shows the growth and development of the surfing scene since the first film that only showed classic longboard surfing. O'Connell is surfing on a shortboard that had since been developed. In addition, scenes with windsurfers and bodyboards were filmed. The film shows how far surfing has spread and shows surfing scenes from France , South Africa , Costa Rica , Bali , Java and Alaska .
In 2003, Dana Brown , Bruce's son, released Step into Liquid , which is considered the third sequel. It follows the development of surfing over the last ten to fifteen years from shortboard surfing to tow-in surfing .
reception
The film encouraged many surfers to travel abroad to surf. He is considered to be the trigger of the “surf-and-travel” culture, which aims to surf away from the mass beaches in order to ride the perfect wave, and he made the sport accessible to a wider audience.
The film, which differs from the factual documentaries of the 50s and early 60s in terms of speed, humor and emotionality, has shaped the style of other surfer films such as Momentum , (These Are) Better Days and Thicker Than Water .
Awards
In 2002, The Endless Summer was accepted by the American Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically particularly outstanding" in the National Film Registry .
criticism
“Bruce Brown made film history with The Endless Summer. Not only did he lay the foundation for a completely new and extraordinary style of sports documentary film, he also triggered an incredible wave of enthusiasm for surfing and conveyed the lifestyle of the 1960s like no other: freedom and adventure, lots of fun and one Summer that should never end. "
Web links
- Bruce Brown films
- The Endless Summer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Theme to the Endless Summer on YouTube
- ↑ http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html National Film Registry
- ^ Moviepilot.de: Film criticism