Jeremy Jones - Higher, any other movies like this?

**grapedrink** · 11-28-2014, 12:57 PM

Just watched Higher the other night (and previously Deeper/Further). I really like this style of movie, ie not a machine gun highlight reel of skiporn. Not that there's anything wrong with skiporn. Are there any other movies like this where the filmmaker takes the time to document everything that goes into a couple of big ski mountaineering objectives or a big expedition? More in the vein of mountaineering/climbing films where often the entire film is just about a single ascent... ?

**LiveLarger** · 11-28-2014, 04:06 PM

Sounds like you might like Supervention from Field Production. It also has a documentary style. It isn't anything like higher, but the superficial drama created in a lot of ski movies is stripped away. It's more like being on the trips with the guys. The beauty and imaging is the best in a ski movie ever to date. It's on par with national geographic at their best.

**Lostinairport** · 11-28-2014, 05:23 PM

Check out art of flight: the series on netflix.

**grapedrink** · 11-29-2014, 07:44 AM

thanks i'll check those out, any other?

**klar** · 11-29-2014, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by LiveLarger

Sounds like you might like Supervention from Field Production. It also has a documentary style. It isn't anything like higher, but the superficial drama created in a lot of ski movies is stripped away..

so you are saying Higher/Deeper/Further do not have superficial drama? OP maybe check out X de la Rue's Mission series.

**Full Stoke George** · 11-29-2014, 09:04 AM

The latest epidodes of Faces of Dav. (Chris Davenports short series). Mica To Greenland http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...a+to+greenland, ill second Art of Flight too. I know there are more but can't think of them now ill check my collection at home. Pretty much any of the Sweetgrass Production movies to, like Valhalla, Solitare and Signature.

**LiveLarger** · 11-29-2014, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by klar

so you are saying Higher/Deeper/Further do not have superficial drama? OP maybe check out X de la Rue's Mission series.

I guess you can interpret it that way. But what I intended to say, was that Supervention has a documentary style AND it's stripped from the superficial drama added to most ski movies. Given that OP doesn't want pure cliché ski-porn, I think Supervention would be worth checking out.

**earnyourturn** · 11-29-2014, 10:57 PM

Solitare would be a good one.

**CarveMan** · 11-30-2014, 07:49 AM

Some friends of mine just released this: http://www.sugarmountainfilm.com/

**TEXASS** · 11-30-2014, 09:34 AM

Its old, but I like"Steep" produced by Sony, big mountain skiing history. All skiing. I liked it, and I dont ski

**TahoeJ** · 11-30-2014, 10:33 AM

I thought "Let's Go Get Small" with Dave Treadway and Henrick Windstedt was really well done. Worth watching.

**totaliboard** · 12-01-2014, 02:44 AM

Nope. No other movies like it have ever been made.

**WaistDeepGroomers** · 12-01-2014, 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by klar

so you are saying Higher/Deeper/Further do not have superficial drama? OP maybe check out X de la Rue's Mission series.

Mission Steeps and Mission Antartica are both badass. Another similar one came out recently called Mica To Greenland. All three can be searched for and viewed on the main site.

If you're down to explore other sports Stacy peralta makes a ton of great action sports docus, the best as far as exploring humans in that context IMO. Riding Giants is about big wave surfing as has a lot of the same build up to big single waves.