The White Diamond
Your Score
0
out of 10
User Score
7.1
out of 10
Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings
- Summary: A film about the daring adventure of exploring the rainforest canopy with a novel flying device -- the Jungle Airship.
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Genre(s): Adventure, Documentary
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 12 out of 12
-
Mixed: 0 out of 12
-
Negative: 0 out of 12
-
100Touching, transfixing, unique.
-
80Having emerged from his new German cinema heyday as one of the world's most guileless and original documentary filmmakers, Herzog has slowly been crafting a four-dimensional fresco of the planet, its most human-resistant landscapes, and our dubious dramas in confronting the chaos.
-
80An intoxicating dream of a film that speaks to the daydreamer in all of us.
-
80Herzog also finds extraordinary beauty in what Dorrington is trying to accomplish: Like Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his boat, Dorrington wants to float around the natural world in a reverie, and when he finally does, he experiences a connection with Plage that's genuinely transcendent.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 2 out of 3
-
Mixed: 1 out of 3
-
Negative: 0 out of 3
-
JoeK.10
-
-
KenL4I have long been a Herzog fan, but he lost me with this dull, meaningless documentary about....about..hmmm what was it about?
-
