The adventure of cinema: The films of Mt. Everest from 1922 to 1996 (Nepal, China).

摘要

The massive bulk of Mt. Everest has drawn Western explorers for over 150 years. But while only a select few have traveled to the area and even fewer have stood on the top of the tallest mountain in the world, the image of Mt. Everest is well known in the West. This thesis discusses the questions: who has chosen the images of Mt. Everest that we see, what is the historical background to the myth that is being presented, and how do we imagine a geography that we only know through media? In the case of Mt. Everest, the images we see in the media are molded by a long history of writing and exploration of the area by Westerners. The thesis traces this history and specifically documents the filmmaking that took place during expeditions from 1922 to 1996.; The final chapter focuses on the IMAX film Everest (1996), IMAX technology, and ‘extreme realism’ to answer the question, does Everest (1996) transcend the previous films about Mt. Everest. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)