Touching the Void vs Walker
Touching the Void has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.3/10 for Walker). Walker is the shorter watch at 26m compared with 1h 46m. Touching the Void is the older of the two (2003 against 2012). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Touching the Void
Walker| Touching the Void | Walker | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 26m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama | Documentary, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kevin Macdonald | Tsai Ming-liang |
| Main cast | Nicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking | Lee Kang-sheng |
Synopsis
Touching the Void
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Walker
In 2012, the Hong Kong International Film Festival invited Tsai Ming-Ling to make the opening short film. Having grown up with Hong Kong's popular culture, Tsai Ming-Liang decided to pay homage by making a "Walker" film, contrasting the Walker's slowness with the frenzied pace of Hong Kong's cosmopolitan life. The film ends with a song by Hong Kong actor and singer Samuel Hui, who was Tsai Ming-Liang's idol during his youth. The film was…
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