Ecuador's Oscar entry 'Behind the Mist' offers an intimate, lo-fi look at the spiritual parallels of mountaineering and filmmaking.
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Directed by Sebastián Cordero, the documentary explores scaling Mount Everest through a haunting, visually-textured lens
Cordero's twinning of the two endeavors reveals unexpected similarities, as the film's gritty aesthetic emerges out of necessity on the treacherous mountain
Ecuador's Oscar entry 'Behind the Mist' offers an intimate, lo-fi look at the spiritual parallels of mountaineering and filmmaking.
beat sheet
Directed by Sebastián Cordero, the documentary explores scaling Mount Everest through a haunting, visually-textured lens
Cordero's twinning of the two endeavors reveals unexpected similarities, as the film's gritty aesthetic emerges out of necessity on the treacherous mountain