Film Review: Signatures
Nick Waggoner’s latest film, Signatures, follows athletes and artists from Japan’s powder to its surf. Two shots into the opening sequence it’s apparent you’re watching the work of a young filmmaker who is good and moving toward great. Then, like so many other adventure auturs, Waggnor reaches for that low-hanging metaphor of powder fields and waves as blank canvases waiting to be painted with boards and skis.
Where Signatures succeeds is in making its sports feel attainable. The film is not a huck fest with huge aerials and punk music. The athletes make their stunts look effortless but powder lines and small, fun waves set to acoustic music focus the film on the joy the athletes find in their sport more than the difficulty of their lines. It's just the kind of on-screen confidence boost that makes the rest of us pine for the first snows and winter swells. That’s the point of these films, right? Look for Signatures to be a crowd favorite on the festival circuit this year.
Related Topics:
Film and Video
· Media
Where Signatures succeeds is in making its sports feel attainable. The film is not a huck fest with huge aerials and punk music. The athletes make their stunts look effortless but powder lines and small, fun waves set to acoustic music focus the film on the joy the athletes find in their sport more than the difficulty of their lines. It's just the kind of on-screen confidence boost that makes the rest of us pine for the first snows and winter swells. That’s the point of these films, right? Look for Signatures to be a crowd favorite on the festival circuit this year.
--Kyle Dickman
| Email this post | | | Permalink |
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83453140969e20120a5e873cd970c
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Film Review: Signatures:
Comments