

We start using heavy metal, strange music, just to express more the strange emotions which you cannot believe are possible. Tartalovers blues medley (That Lucky Old Sun /Chicago Blues/ 3rd Man Theme) YouTube. Like, ‘Did we make it ourselves? Did we experience this and we are still alive?’ Whoa.

“We understood it when we saw it,” said Kossakovsky. Kossakovsky and his team did not fully realize the danger they faced until they saw the rough cut. No one believed it.” They’re been shooting together ever since.įor the hurricane footage, his second assistant cameraman Derek Howard got himself from New York to Miami - despite closed airports and massive winds and flooding - to grab dramatic shots inside Hurricane Irma. “He was 28, and then we came to film condors in Patagonia and he did an amazing shot. He found ace German cinematographer Ben Bernhard after holding a contest to find the best camera assistant focus puller for his 2011 documentary “¡Vivan las antípodas!” Who could follow a condor flying with a 600-meter lens? “I met 196 people and choose one young boy,” said Kossakovsky. Part of his crazy genius is finding crew able to pull off his vision. “There is not a frame of CGI in this film,” she said. For Kossakovsky, the answer is something of a trade secret. “How did you get that shot?” asked Weyermann. Another magical moment from that shoot: The camera pulls back to reveal a perfect, densely saturated, arching rainbow over the falls. “We were trying to come behind the waterfall … and get no drop of water on the lens,” he said. He’s grateful to them, and the gods of luck and miracles - not to mention understanding financiers and producers - that he got the shots he did without killing anyone, including himself.ĭirector Victor Kossakovsky at a screening of “Aquarela.”Īnother scary proposition was shooting the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, Venezuela’s Angel Falls, with a 2,368-foot plunge. Kossakovsky found two intrepid sailors willing to take chances with their two-masted 100-foot schooner, the Polski Hak. That included being able to get close to the calving glaciers the ice hitting the water can create a tsunami. Bringing the unpredictability of water color painting with the simplistic beauty of a flower to a cycling kit. As soon as they began to unpack their equipment, “it started that second,” said Kossakovsky. Aquarelo is a collaboration between Giordana Cycling and Artist Edward Dennis. The filmmakers arrived in Greenland prepared to shoot giant glaciers ready to fall apart, but were warned they might have to wait two months for anything to happen.

For us, it’s about climate change, but the film could potentially reach a very different audience who would be going to see a film about the power of nature, which comes across in a visceral, emotional way. There’s virtually no people and 12 lines of dialogue in the entire film. I could see it would be an immersive approach to the subject. “Whoa, this is incredible!” said Participant documentary president Diane Weyermann. A 12-minute cut of that Siberian sequence was worth $1 million in financing from Participant Media, which backed 40 percent of the $2.6 million budget. If you have any additional questions regarding this pre-order release, please email us at. You will receive communication via email about the status and expected delivery date of your order. After that, our production order will be placed and this process is estimated at 8 weeks. Pre-order ends at 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, June 6. You will receive an order confirmation via email and your credit card will be charged by Giordana Cycling. Payment for the pre-ordered item(s) will be collected at the time of checkout. Pre-order items are noted on the product page and in your cart at checkout. You must enter your payment information and complete checkout to secure the size, color, and style you would like to order. The benefit of placing a pre-order is to ensure you will receive the items of your choice as soon as they are available. The product is not currently in stock, but you can select and pay for your items now to reserve them. This pre-order window is offered as an advance order option.
