Directed by Sara Dosa
Written by Shane Boris, Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, and Sara Dosa
Stars: Maurice Krafft, Katia Krafft with the voice of Miranda July as the narrator
Documentaries seem to be harder to find and watch. There are lots of them in contention for Best Documentary this year, but there is no way to watch them. People mostly have to wait for it to come to streaming services. It's a shame.
This is a found footage documentary about French volcanologists, Maurice and Katia Krafft. They fell in love with their mutual fascination with the beauty and horror of volcanoes. In over 20 years they have flew across the world to study over 100 of these natural wonders.
Personally for me. I never want to be near a volcano. Watching the documentary, I can see that the Kraffts see the beauty in seeing the lava erupt and flow like rivers. Seeing the rocks and dust they leave behind. I get it. The couple were very popular in the 70s and 80s in France.
They thing that bothered me about the documentary is that they categorized volcanoes between red and gray. Red ones are more predictable with the eruption patterns and the way the lava flowed. Gray ones are more unpredictable and deadly. They are like a ticking time bomb. I wonder why they want to study the gray ones, when they knew the risks that led to their demise in 1991.
Rating: 8/10
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