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- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 28 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 28 m
Summary A film about the daring adventure of exploring the rainforest canopy with a novel flying device -- the Jungle Airship.
Directed By: Werner Herzog
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 28 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 28 m
The White Diamond
83
6.6
Summary A film about the daring adventure of exploring the rainforest canopy with a novel flying device -- the Jungle Airship.
Directed By: Werner Herzog
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
83
100% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Touching, transfixing, unique.
An inexpressibly beautiful and moving film, even though (or because) it seems to be about someone unimportant doing something irrelevant, perhaps something silly, in the face of insurmountable odds and a world that doesn't care.
Herzog 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.
The film, which includes some breathtakingly beautiful images of the green, wet Guyanese jungle and a monumental waterfall that cuts through it, is driven less by narrative than by ideas and impressions.
Having 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.
Although The White Diamond is entire of itself, it earns its place among the other treasures and curiosities in Herzog's work. Here is one of the most inquisitive filmmakers alive, a man who will go to incredible lengths to film people living at the extremes.
Magnificent shots of waterfalls and other natural phenomena abound, but it's far too late in the history of nature photography to expect anyone to gawk at them.
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Generally Favorable
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6.6
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Generally Favorable
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6.6
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Production Company
Marco Polo Film AG,
NDR Naturfilm,
NHK,
BBC Storyville,
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)
Release Date Jun 1, 2005
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
CPH:DOX
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Nomination
