Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueHotshots are like the Navy SEALs of wildland fire. They are the most elite, hardened, skilled men and women on the fireline.Hotshots are like the Navy SEALs of wildland fire. They are the most elite, hardened, skilled men and women on the fireline.Hotshots are like the Navy SEALs of wildland fire. They are the most elite, hardened, skilled men and women on the fireline.
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As an ex Asst. Supt. This video over exaggerates being a hotshot. The director fails to adequately portray what occurs during the initial 2 week training and the comradery that's build among the crew members. His understanding of fire, the issues in forest management, politics, and urban sprawl is pronounced throughout. While he has done a better job than most documentaries, he fails to really describe a hotshot, and the basics of fire behavior. He portrays fire suppression as happening because everyone wants their part of the pie and completely misses the fact of urban sprawl, of which California is the worst culprit.
Hotshot (2023) is a film is absolutely rife with some of the most incredible footage of California wildfires, quite possibly ever taken. But it's not simply enough for a film to have distinctly stunning visuals. Hotshot opts to be a uniquely informative film that covers a lot of significant issues in the exploitation of committed and determined Hotshop crews (or as the FED calls them:"forestry technicians") who put their lives at risk weeks at a time to combat some of the most devastating wildfires in modern California history.
As someone who grew up under the smoke filled shadow of and studied California wildfires myself, I find this film quite honestly to be one of maybe only two genuinely authentic deep dive documentaries into California wildfires in a way that documentary should but rarely do. (Fun sidebar-- even without the filmmakers explicit acknowledgement of which fires he'd film for certain shots, I was often able to tell which fires he'd filmed simply based on the landscapes and fire behavior he'd film. Most of these fires were filmed in the devistating 2019-2020 fire season. Mad props for showing up to the Apple Fire in Banning back in August 2020, Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann.)
There is however one aspect of the film i don't fully agree with and that is sort of the climate change denial that is occasionally sprinkled into the film. But I can't deny that while I may not agree with some of the climate aspects that this film occasionally presents, Hotshop very much makes up for that with countless far more informative hot takes on both the exploitation of hotshot crews by the US government, the reckless burn banning policies that has lead much of California to being in a decades-long burn-debt, and even exploitative nature of the media who rapaciously captures footage of wildfires for headlines regularly.
It's a film that operates much unlike the standard documentary formula. There are no interviews with any set of individuals andno redundant graphics or statistics. There are simply an insightful and emotional monologues by the films creator, Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann, throughout as they personally shoot incredible footage of countless wildfires and the equally incredible men and women who push their bodies and souls to the limit to fight the beast hand to hand. These monologues are often introspective as much as they are a critique on the wildland fighting world and lend itself to this film having a spark of soul much like wildfires themselves. Definitely worth the watch and definitely worth seeing again.
As someone who grew up under the smoke filled shadow of and studied California wildfires myself, I find this film quite honestly to be one of maybe only two genuinely authentic deep dive documentaries into California wildfires in a way that documentary should but rarely do. (Fun sidebar-- even without the filmmakers explicit acknowledgement of which fires he'd film for certain shots, I was often able to tell which fires he'd filmed simply based on the landscapes and fire behavior he'd film. Most of these fires were filmed in the devistating 2019-2020 fire season. Mad props for showing up to the Apple Fire in Banning back in August 2020, Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann.)
There is however one aspect of the film i don't fully agree with and that is sort of the climate change denial that is occasionally sprinkled into the film. But I can't deny that while I may not agree with some of the climate aspects that this film occasionally presents, Hotshop very much makes up for that with countless far more informative hot takes on both the exploitation of hotshot crews by the US government, the reckless burn banning policies that has lead much of California to being in a decades-long burn-debt, and even exploitative nature of the media who rapaciously captures footage of wildfires for headlines regularly.
It's a film that operates much unlike the standard documentary formula. There are no interviews with any set of individuals andno redundant graphics or statistics. There are simply an insightful and emotional monologues by the films creator, Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann, throughout as they personally shoot incredible footage of countless wildfires and the equally incredible men and women who push their bodies and souls to the limit to fight the beast hand to hand. These monologues are often introspective as much as they are a critique on the wildland fighting world and lend itself to this film having a spark of soul much like wildfires themselves. Definitely worth the watch and definitely worth seeing again.
It's hard to say what Mr Mann intended here, which makes this all the more impressive. Not that I was confused or distracted. Quite the contrary. More to it, I was consumed, as if by fire. And maybe that's it. Maybe he was looking to create an immersive experience. If so, fire, or his seat at the fire is a breathtaking beautiful experience. The poetry and nuance of this production is pure music. And, as fits, for a documentary, a substantial education on nature's most powerful equalizer. We are reminded that as a planet, a people we were born of fire. You will see a 1,000 things you have never seen before, and though, the subject is God cursed fire, it is strangely gorgeous.
This is not a traditional documentary. It flows like a movie, LOOKS like a big tentpole narrative feature. The cinematography is spectacular, and the obvious theme here is "show, don't tell", as there's no time spent on talking heads, no interviews, nobody tells you what a fire tornado looks like, they go in and show you.
The pacing is very unique, and there is a lot of contrast to what can sometimes be truly horrifying and devastating imagery. But it's all presented in a very poetic, sometimes hilarious way. A genuine tribute to the roughnecks who do the insane work of putting out wildfires by hand.
Absolutely worth your time. A haunting, thought-provoking picture that you have to see several times to unpack fully.
The pacing is very unique, and there is a lot of contrast to what can sometimes be truly horrifying and devastating imagery. But it's all presented in a very poetic, sometimes hilarious way. A genuine tribute to the roughnecks who do the insane work of putting out wildfires by hand.
Absolutely worth your time. A haunting, thought-provoking picture that you have to see several times to unpack fully.
This is the definitive film on wildland fire.
If you're a wildland firefighter you will find yourself emotional at experiencing your work and culture finally shown with fidelity and affection.
If you're not a firefighter, you will see: 1) Incredible cinematography of the remarkable natural phenomenon of extreme fire behavior.
2) A heartfelt personal story of a filmmaker's relationship with an extraordinary firefighter and his improbable subsequent journey into filming the elusive and misunderstood world of wildfire and hotshot culture.
3) Important and moving elements of documentary filmmaking that properly situates the subject matter (Interagency Hotshot Crews) in time and history and sociopolitical context, and profound wisdom applicable to wildfire and far beyond.
What a tremendous undertaking: to film what was filmed, over 6 years; then to carefully and truthfully build context around that footage.
I believe this will be an important film right now, as numerous issues are addressed, and for generations to come, as fire itself and firefighting itself both contain timeless elements inexorably tied to physics, nature, and human nature...and as a timepiece marking this era of fire as the other constantly-evolving elements of wildfire develop and change.
This is *the* definitive wildland fire film.
If you're a wildland firefighter you will find yourself emotional at experiencing your work and culture finally shown with fidelity and affection.
If you're not a firefighter, you will see: 1) Incredible cinematography of the remarkable natural phenomenon of extreme fire behavior.
2) A heartfelt personal story of a filmmaker's relationship with an extraordinary firefighter and his improbable subsequent journey into filming the elusive and misunderstood world of wildfire and hotshot culture.
3) Important and moving elements of documentary filmmaking that properly situates the subject matter (Interagency Hotshot Crews) in time and history and sociopolitical context, and profound wisdom applicable to wildfire and far beyond.
What a tremendous undertaking: to film what was filmed, over 6 years; then to carefully and truthfully build context around that footage.
I believe this will be an important film right now, as numerous issues are addressed, and for generations to come, as fire itself and firefighting itself both contain timeless elements inexorably tied to physics, nature, and human nature...and as a timepiece marking this era of fire as the other constantly-evolving elements of wildfire develop and change.
This is *the* definitive wildland fire film.
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- Santa Clarita, Californie, États-Unis(Texas Canyon Ranger Station)
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- Budget
- 350 000 $US (estimé)
- Durée1 heure 42 minutes
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- 2.55:1
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