The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)

The Man Who Skied Down Everest: Directed by Bruce Nyznik. With Yûichirô Miura, Shintaro Ishihara, Taisuke Fujishima, Yukihiko Kato. This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura’s 1970 effort to ski down the world’s tallest mountain.

“u0026quot;The Man Who Skied Down Everestu0026quot; won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature back in 1976. I most of this is because of the amazing cinematography. Thatu0026#39;s because apart from that, I found the film a bit pretentious, boring and disingenuous.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film consists of a western actor reading the journal entries of a Japanese guy who loves skiing in extreme situations. Some of these entries are insightful and interesting, others extremely pretentious. Regardless, you get LOTS of talk, when the film would have been so much better had it had some quiet moments. Additionally, when he eventually gets to this feat, you learn that he only went NEAR the top of this huge mountain and then skied down a very small portion. Itu0026#39;s an amazing act, but not at all what youu0026#39;d expect given the filmu0026#39;s title. The bottom line is that I found myself nodding off a lot as I watched this film and that is not a good sign. Easy to skip.”