Rotpunkt Project

Anyone know anything about the project at the end of the Rotpunkt movie that Alex Megos was trying?

Seth Bleazard wrote: Anyone know anything about the project at the end of the Rotpunkt movie that Alex Megos was trying?

Probably 15d or harder near Biographie in Ceuse

caughtinside wrote: That was such a bizarre movie. It seemed scattered, it was about Megos, and the history of the Frankenjura, and Perfecto Mundo. I felt it could have been half as long. 

Yeah kinda weird that the movie was about the frankenjura but started at Clark and ended at Ceuse

Listening to the filmmaker talk, it was his first climbing film, shot over a span of time, whenever he and his talent could get together. I commend him for putting it together, even if it's not a perfect film. You know that photo of Megos in Bishop?

Same dude that made the film.(I think that's mentioned as well in the film)

Seeing Megos climb would be a strong enough subject in of itself. As would a biopic on Güllich, as would perhaps of the area.

I think the theme they they were going with was Güllich claims the first 9a; Megos claims the first onsight 9a; Megos is the Güllich of his time (if only Güllich could have reached his full potential!), they both climb in the same area. Not super strong, not super weak. It's a good start in making films, imo.

Having a story arch in a climbing movie is HARD, and not many people pull it off well. Seems like a lot of times it's tried, and everyone complains of the "girlfriend drama". A lot of my favorite climbing videos are just, "Hey we went to this area, and we climbed stuff", which is more video journalism, which is fine in itself.

Ken mentioned at a screening that it's wicked with a hard ass boulder thrown into the middle and very near Biografie, just left iicr?  From Gucci's mouth: '[the crux is] a V13 (8B) boulder problem, and [the holds] are predictably horrendous. The whole thing starts to seem impossible when you imagine the 5.14 climbing to get to it and the 60 feet of 5.15 climbing that comes after it' !! Excited to see how a 'real project' goes for him.

Long Ranger wrote:... A lot of my favorite climbing videos are just, "Hey we went to this area, and we climbed stuff", which is more video journalism, which is fine in itself.

#BringBackDosage

Dosage is a great example of taking the style of like, a skateboarding video and adapting it to climbing: bunch of miscreants that are way better than you getting you psyched. Just needs to add dumb skits. The closest we have is probably the Mellow stuff which is more raw, and sometimes just B rolls, but at least seems to circumvent around sponsors and the process of having to pitch some sort of grand idea to them and having them check off on the idea.

Maybe this is the climb he's working. Looks pretty hard.

Reminded me a bit of the China Doll movie:
https://youtu.be/7vZG7FTDM9U
Both tried to be more than just, here is a hard route and the climber will try, fail, and then persevere and send
Looking at the psychology that pushes (and limits) climbers, especially at an elite level, is really interesting
Certainly both movies were somewhat problematic in their own ways, but they definitely tried to dig deeper