15 March 2016. It's hard to really compare notes when talking about a silent documentary movie, accompanied by an amazing soundtrack which was introduced later. It's like talking a colorized version of a silent movie. Nevertheless, considering the technology at the time, with the exception of the telescopic lenses, the quality of the production is pretty amazing. This movie is both a travelogue and a real life drama. The prolonged scenes of men hiking is rather amazing and unlike The Loneliest Planet (2011) which was fictionalized and very boring, the experience of actually seeing real people in a time long ago for movies, along with the compelling soundtrack and music, there is a sense of such realism, isolation, a sense of place in time that the audience is swept up in their vicarious adventure. In many ways this is a Touching the Void (2003) of the silent era.
