Ascent

Name: Ascent
Genre: Drama
Released: June 7, 2017
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Hiroki Hasegawa

2017

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| Release Date: June 7, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Hiroki Hasegawa

Summary: Through a gray blanket of cloud the contours of a mountain can be barely discerned. This is Mount Fuji, a volcano with many faces and of immeasurable cultural and symbolic significance. We are lead through the film by the voices of two fictitious characters - Mary, an English woman and her deceased Japanese partner, Hiroshi. Mary receives aThrough a gray blanket of cloud the contours of a mountain can be barely discerned. This is Mount Fuji, a volcano with many faces and of immeasurable cultural and symbolic significance. We are lead through the film by the voices of two fictitious characters - Mary, an English woman and her deceased Japanese partner, Hiroshi. Mary receives a parcel containing letters and a collection of photographs from Hiroshi. His letters, in which he describes climbing Mount Fuji, trigger in her mind a train of thoughts and reflections. The photographs we discover together with Mary. 4,500 exceptional and diverse photographs from the past 150 years form the basis for this film. Many images are of undeniably breathtaking beauty - ranging from early examples of nineteenth century Japanese studio photography to military propaganda photos from the thirties, from victorious American press images to amateur snapshots across several decades. These thousands of images enshroud the mountain like a cloud, revealing and hiding it at the same time.… Expand

Director: Fiona Tan

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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Serena Donadoni

Jun 8, 2017

In Fiona Tan’s glorious ode to a Japanese volcano, Mount Fuji is both geological marvel and malleable symbol, its solidity and grandeur inspiring conquest and contemplation. Read full review

Carson Lund

Jun 6, 2017

Fiona Tan’s comprehensive project discriminates against no particular era or pedigree of imagery. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jun 7, 2017

Ultimately, Ascent is a genuinely poetic portrait of a place, and various people’s relation to it. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jun 8, 2017

Ascent sometimes lives up to its title by proving a slog, not fully earning its feature-length running time. But the film nonetheless exerts fascination with its haunting imagery. Read full review

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