日航ジャンボ機事故の裏で、その特命デスクとなった地方記者の葛藤を描く映画「クライマーズ・ハイ」を見てきました。音楽話から外れますが、風化防止の願いも込めてレビューを残します。（英語は、ネタバレありです。）
The movie focuses on the local newspaper-persons, report on the biggest aircraft accident, which occurred in the mid-summer of 1985. The name of the publishing company is fictitious, but the original novel is based on the real accident and real experience of the author as a local journalist, I heard. The protagonist of the story is also a climber, and the title denotes the exciting feeling, which a climber feels when he or she is about to conquer the severe peak of a mountain. It is likened to the situation, of when he was going to release exclusive big news, that disclosed the cause of the accident, and was waiting for the evidence of the article just before the deadline. But there are many obstacles like conservative traditions of the company or the power game against the national papers. He was confronted with the gap between “how the press should be” and “how the situation really was, and was for the the local press”.
The running time spans around 2:25, as it was exciting for me, it didn’t seem too long. The actors and actresses are very enthusiastic with each personality, I think, and it is quite a good remembrance of the accident, because the scenes of the rescue, real or performance, are on the screen. However, it focuses on the local press company, and not on the accident itself. Therefore people who seek the actual facts of the accident might feel it insufficient.
The movie focuses on the local newspaper-persons, report on the biggest aircraft accident, which occurred in the mid-summer of 1985. The name of the publishing company is fictitious, but the original novel is based on the real accident and real experience of the author as a local journalist, I heard. The protagonist of the story is also a climber, and the title denotes the exciting feeling, which a climber feels when he or she is about to conquer the severe peak of a mountain. It is likened to the situation, of when he was going to release exclusive big news, that disclosed the cause of the accident, and was waiting for the evidence of the article just before the deadline. But there are many obstacles like conservative traditions of the company or the power game against the national papers. He was confronted with the gap between “how the press should be” and “how the situation really was, and was for the the local press”.
The running time spans around 2:25, as it was exciting for me, it didn’t seem too long. The actors and actresses are very enthusiastic with each personality, I think, and it is quite a good remembrance of the accident, because the scenes of the rescue, real or performance, are on the screen. However, it focuses on the local press company, and not on the accident itself. Therefore people who seek the actual facts of the accident might feel it insufficient.