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The Art of Flight (2011) poster

2011 · adventure · documentary · sports

The Art of Flight

Directed by Curt Morgan1h 20m2011

Iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends redefine what is possible in the mountains. Experience the highs, as new tricks are landed and new zones opened, alongside the lows, where avalanches, accidents, and wrong-turns strike.

Our read: The Art of Flight (2011) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded adventure · documentary · sports entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

Movie DNA

Cosy, breathless, measured adventure / documentary, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb8.28k
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • redemptive
  • intimate
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DNA · twelve axes

How The Art of Flight feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want jaw-dropping snowboard cinematography and big-mountain adrenaline.”

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftera rollercoastergrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — You have zero interest in extreme sports spectacle tonight.

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