Touching the Void

The work load was more than I could take yesterday. It’s still daunting but yesterday I couldn’t take any more pixel pushing. It was time for some irresponsible mid-day movie time. I got what I was looking for in ‘Touching the Void’ (IFC Films, The book, Joe Simpson’s website). Hot damn is that a fine human drama. The shots alone of the heinous mountains that sought to destroy the two protagonists was worth the price of admission alone. Then add to that a story of unparalleled bad-assness on the part of Joe Simpson and his miraculous decent from the summit, and you’ve got yourself something close to brilliance. Pure guts and death defiant triumph. I would talk more about this movie but I don’t want to ruin it for those of you who should go see it ASAP.