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The tale of how two hung up real- life volcanologists fall in love and pursue their passion for molten eruptions together is, relatively honestly, the talkie of the time.
Summary-
She's petite, neat, nearly like a raspberry. It's large, slightly rotund, near to a bear. Her hair is short, nominated into a bushy hobgoblin cut. It resembles an unruly, curled mop- Chia's pet in full bloom. Both have veritably large cognizance. No bone remembers exactly how they met; it could be on a bench at university, at a movie webbing, or perhaps on a eyeless date. What we do know is that Katia and Maurice Krafft were connected by a common preoccupation tinderboxes. And by the time they married in 1970, the two scientists had formerly begun sprinting the globe together to study these beautiful, violent natural marvels whenever and wherever eruptions passed." Some associates consider us weird," Katia admitted. still, the first many volcanologists simply honored each other as kindred spirits.
It's a atomic irony that Fire of Love, a portrayal of Bay Area documentarian Sara Dosa's novel, opens in what looks like a raging blizzard — if ever there was a movie characterized by extreme heat, it's this one. Not just the kind that radiates from spewing solar- orange geysers and flowing, palpitating molten aqueducts, all of which are captured on 16 mm footage shot moreover by fellow volcanologists or by the Kraffts themselves.( That National Geographic picked the film up at Sundance is not the least bit surprising, given the absolutely stunning footage Dosa et al set up in the couple's library; that it's also getting a distributor- backed release. Neon is just fortune.) There is also a palpable sense of high- temperature intensity just watching these two wander along a glowing ocean in the Earth's crust, as if ever sublimating sexual passion for the common. The talkie is a capsule history assignment about an eons-old natural miracle. But it's also the topmost lava- filled love story ever told, and the fact that these two rudiments remain as thick as the hubby and woman at the center of it all is a testament to how sublime this masterpiece, which is actually stranger than fabrication.
Dosa described her precisely constructed narrative of the Kraffts' lives as a" love triangle" story. And indeed, the tinderboxes act as a floating third party in their love, with each new towering peak and pile of jewels alluring them independently and together. In the Kraffts' minds, they were mates in crime. During a televised interview, Maurice was quick to dismiss the" lazy categorizations" of the colorful tinderboxes he has visited, claiming that each has its own distinct personality.( The film indeed takes this notion a step further, crediting Mauna Loa, Nyiragongo, Una Una, Krafla andMt.St. Helens as"co-starring".) still, he acknowledges that you can divide tinderboxes into two introductory types" red", which are the result of the movement of monumental plates and are what you generally suppose of when someone says the word" powder keg"; and" argentine" which do when these plates come together and produce pressure below the face. The ultimate are explosive, burp ash and are much more dangerous. These are the bones
that interest Katie and Maurice the most. They also had their share in the couple's demise.
The fire of love will let you know veritably soon that this story doesn't have a happy ending. It's the contrary of an exploitative move, and Dosa gives you that fact outspoken, not as a way to reinvigorate tabloid dynamics, but as a way to ease fear. Tragedy may be staying in the bodies, but the last thing she wants is to flirt with true- crime sensation. rather, Dosa wants to free moviegoers to immerse themselves in the Kraftts' work, from Maurice Nouvelle Vague- style short flicks to the couple's cooperative vérité chronicles; to partake the joy of witnessing these ethereal, hauntingly beautiful eruptions over near and particular; to really understand that these two were not idle exhilaration- campaigners or adrenaline junkies despite the odd, silly notion of pulling down a lava inflow but activists and scientists; and let narrator Miranda July take you through their adventures in the most lyrical way possible.
The commodity about July's stint as an audio companion then The original response to hearing the director's voiceovers of Me and You and Everyone We Know may hit theanti-twee button, but the more the film meanders through the Kraffts' travelogues, the further the Readings add to the big picture. Indeed July's way of turning a Herzogian statement like" Vulcan is indifferent in the face of their admiration" into commodity bittersweet speaks volumes for the filmmakers' decision to use her whispery, frequently frantic meter rather of someone who sounds like a graduate of the Liev academy of nonfiction liar Schieber. That is a wise choice.)
And of course, Dosa wants you to lounge in the magma couple's love story with distinction." They can only conjure about tinderboxes," July said." Together they can get to them." It's possible to look at Fire of Love as the ultimate evidence that there is a lid for every pot, and admit that for Kraftt, lava means you noway have to say you are sorry. But it's also a way to frame a gospel of life in which we admire and strive to live in harmony with the world, rather than subjugating it to our arrogance or reining it to our will. This sympathetic notion underpins Katie and Maurice's relationship as much as any physical magnet or collective intellectual bid. The respect and admiration they've for these forces of nature is part of the respect and admiration they've for each other. Going into this talkie, it's easy to suppose of these two as little further than tone-destructive crackpots. Spend 90 twinkles with them and you will leave thinking of them as romantic icons .
What people think about this movie:
(1) This film tells the story of two scientists who study volcanoes, which leads to their marriage and joint research. The setting might have been a bit too sentimental for my taste, but director Sara Dosa certainly knows how to tell a story and pulls together some amazing archival footage, the most stunning of which features the couple who embarked on this dangerous and wonderful job. It was one of the best films at Sundance in 2022.
(2) A visually stunning, beautiful, awe-inspiring, poetic and extraordinary documentary with tons of lava and a love story that feels like another eccentric Wes Anderson movie. Maurice and Katia Krafft were a unique, passionate, quirky and inspiring couple who loved getting up and being close to volcanoes and living on the edge.
(3) Great sound design helps ensure good presence, great animation to help explore moments, and really smart editing options. No wonder this documentary won Best Editing at the Sundance Film Festival. It is very informative and sometimes funny at the same time. If this document ever comes up near you, check it out.
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