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AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW By Philip Wakefield Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mt Everest is painstakingly recreated in this vivid docudrama that was filmed in 3-D. Only the 2-D version is out on disc but at least the Blu-ray delivers the detailed resolution Beyond the Edge deserves. It so seamlessly blends restored footage from the 1953’s Conquest of Everest with new sequences shot in the Southern Alps and on Everest that it can be hard to distinguish the actual from the re-enacted. Just as effective is using extracts from interviews with those on the expedition to tell their own story. Beyond the Edge lacks Touching the Void’s suspense but is as close as you’ll come to experiencing a climb that then was as risky as going to the moon.

Bill O’Byrne’s Bargain Bin Blues: Beyond the Edge

April 17, 2015 2 Comments

Welcome to a new weekly column dedicated to Blu-rays that collector of all things cult and dirt cheap, Bill O’Byrne, has unearthed. A failed practitioner in the art of making movies, he has an imaginary Masters degree in being able to sit goggle-eyed and stare at TVs for hours on end. He is previously the […]

Blu-Ray, Reviews

Beyond the Edge, Featured, Leanne Pooley, Sir Edmund Hillary

New to Blu: March 5-11

March 10, 2014 0 Comments

Being under the hammer with my day job means this post is later than it should be given the quality of the latest releases on Blu-ray. The biggest of the big guns is Thor: The Dark World, which is out in both 2D and 3D. “Thor: The Dark World’s 1080p/MVC-encoded 3D experience is notably better […]

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Beyond the Edge, Deadwood, Featured, Prisoners, Thor: The Dark World