Gasherbrum. La montagna lucente (1984)
The Dark Glow of The Mountains
Director/Screenplay: Werner Herzog – Director of photography: Rainer Klausmann – Film editor: Maximiliane Mainka – Sound: Christine Ebenberger – Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion – Country: Germany – Running time: 45’
The film:
“A journey on the Himalayas following the great climber Reinhold Messner who wants to climb two eight-thousanders consecutively, Gasherbrum I and II, with Hans Kammerlander. Making the undertaking so extraordinary is the fact that the two climbers ventured into this adventure without the oxygen cylinder, without base camp and only bringing their rucksack.”
[Grazia Paganelli (curated by), Signs of Life. Tribute to Werner Herzog, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Torino; Il Castoro, Milano 2008, p. 299]
The film restoration:
The preservation of The Dark Glow of The Mountains was conducted by Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino and it was based on the original 16 mm negatives conserved by Werner Herzog Film Archive.
The preservation of the film is part of a project to valorize the works by Werner Herzog, including the homage Signs of life. Tribute to Werner Herzog organized by Museo Nazionale del Cinema in 2008.
The event showed the complete retrospective, the photography exhibition, a concert and a workshop and it was realized together with Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, the Scuola Holden, the Teatro Regio of Torino, the Werner Herzog Film and the German Film.
The preservation was carried out in 2007 at the laboratories ARRI and Geyer.
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