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Solo

Solo

1972 · Film · documentary · 16 min

Directed by Mike Hoover

Documentary

This short story follows a young mountain climber, as he ascends in the beauty of nature. Many challenges face this climber. Is the climb worth his life? (Oscar nominated short film from 1972)

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  1. PositivemorninglightJul 6, 2022

    Amazing! Things have changed since Mike Hoover made "Solo".

    Back in the early 70's there were no Drones, iPhone cameras, GPS or internet. Instead, you gathered your pals, a 10 lbs Bolex and as much film as you could afford. Then you hauled everything back to the editing room where you worked for days to cut and splice all that raw footage into a coherent package. If you were very talented, the results looked like this:

    https://archive.org/details/solo_20170221

    Mike Hoover is still around, and I hope he is watching this

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hoover