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ACTOR
Christopher BowenJohn ChayRichard GethinLance Brittain McKay
DIRECTOR
Nastia Tarasova
SYNOPSICS
Arctic Alchemy (2015) is a English movie. Nastia Tarasova has directed this movie. Christopher Bowen,John Chay,Richard Gethin,Lance Brittain McKay are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2015. Arctic Alchemy (2015) is considered one of the best Documentary,Adventure,Comedy,Drama movie in India and around the world.
An adventurous home brewer from Pennsylvania undertakes an unexpectedly harsh journey to the Arctic losing some of his friends on the way but achieving his goal - brewing an old recipe of Arctic ale, popular with the 19-century British sailors searching for the North-West passage.
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An inspired beer maker and his mates journey North to brew a unique ale
This film is about following a vision and the toll the journey, even a successful one, can take on those who brave it. It's about the tangled tethers of friendship. It's about discovering singularity in the mundane just by adjusting the viewfinder. Chris, the Pennsylvania brewer at the helms of the adventure. He is a driving force strong enough to inspire not only a few friends and acquaintances to follow him to the northern edge of Canada - he teams up with a duo of Russian documentary filmmakers. Director Nastya Tarasova and cinematographer Irina Shatalova, known for their tireless work in the popularization of documentary film through the DOKer Project, follow the band of riders with a warm, attentive, but unobtrusive camera. As the group moves further to the outer limits of North America and bring to life an vintage recipe, the warm palette of the film cools. By the time Chris will set up his mobile brewery against the pelting rain, the picture is almost monochromatic. The choice to color grade the film was a risky one, but, in my opinion, it pays off. The tint guides the viewer's attention away from the scenery to the interpersonal tensions within the group, allowing the time to learn the individual idiosyncrasies. The journey is accompanied by a soaring original score by Dmitry Selipanov. The origin story of the legendary beer is depicted in an intricate sand painting animation by Anna Shepilova .
It never quite gets there.
Just got out of seeing this film at Southside Film Festival, and for the first third of it I was waiting for them to actually concisely show what they're doing. The problem is this film is so verite that it struggles to stay focused, and really has a hard time making me feel any connection or desire to care about its subjects. It was an interesting subject, but it wasn't focused enough and I feel like the editing didn't serve it well. It fell into the genre of "roadtrip documentaries" making me feel like it was more meant to be a personal memento than an actual compelling film. Also the orange and desaturated blue color grading was downright distracting throughout the entire piece and did not serve the film.