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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Hangs Upon Nothing is a film about experiencing life on earth as a surfer. The film follows the wanderings of Chuck Corbett, a surfer who left everything behind at the age of 18, to go and surf the remote atolls of Kiribati. He stayed there for 30 years. It next follows a group of brothers, the Jones brothers, from Hawaii as they explore Kiribati and Indonesia in their pursuit of perfect waves. Lastly, the film follows a group of young local Indonesian surfers from the surf mecca of Bali, as they grow up amongst a sea of tourism, development, night life, and surf.
Director: Jeremy RumasDocumentary | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.64:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
Region free
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
While the gold standard for surf movies was set all the way back in 1966 with Bruce Brown’s “The Endless Summer,” it hasn’t stopped filmmakers from trying to explore the combination of water sports and world travel. Director Jeremy Rumas takes a more dreamy approach to the pastime with “Hangs Upon Nothing,” which does away with structure, introductions, and locations to simply take in the power of rolling waves and the spirit of surfing freedom, endeavoring to connect man and nature as a few subjects embark on daily adventures into the ocean, enjoying the most beautiful places on Earth.
Shot on 16mm, the AVC encoded image (1.64:1 aspect ratio) presentation preserves the look and feel of the original cinematography, delivering filmic intimacy with the messy frame and rounded edges. Detail is beautiful, with pleasing vistas and sporting footage that brings out location textures, while facial particulars are natural. Colors are dreamy, delivering on big blue water and intense greenery. Skintones are secure. Delineation is never challenged. Grain is heavy, but wonderfully so. Inherent damage and abuse isn't scrubbed away.
The 5.1 DTS-HD MA sound mix comes through loudly, leading with bold instrumentation on scoring efforts, which retain precision, handling creamy reverb and heavier percussion carefully, adding to listener immersion as surrounds are filled. Narration is basic but professionally positioned, never lacking clarity.
Approached with impatience and "Hangs Upon Nothing" dissolves on contact. Rumas isn't telling a story here, he's living one, often in his own head, making the viewing experience challenging, requiring a relaxation of expectations. "Hangs Upon Nothing" is meant to wash over the viewer in slow-motion, soaking up natural beauty and skill one scratchy frame at a time.
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