Saturday, August 11, 2012

Encounters at the End of the World 2007

Encounters at the End of the World     Filmed in Antarctica, profiles the different men and women who have dedicated their lives to furthering science in remote and inhospitable conditions.  Animal researchers, volcanologists, an underwater diver, a scientist studying neutrinos, another studying ice bergs.  Even the  driver of a huge bus nicknamed Ivan the Terra Bus and pipefitter are not left out.
     Very dramatic pictures of the life in the water under the ice and the penguins must be included too. Werner Herzog may have raided the collections of many churches for the background music?  I saw this film several years ago but I remember only one scene?  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)

99 min, Doc directed by Werner Herzog with Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal, Ryan Andrew Evans, Kevin Emery, Olav T. Oftedal, Regina Eisert, David R. Pacheco Jr.

Note:  Blockbuster 3 1/2*, imdb 7.8 out of 10, 94% critic 80% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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