Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi's Oscar-winning 2018 documentary about Alex Honnold's free solo ascent of El Capitan — simultaneously a climbing film, a psychological portrait of extreme risk tolerance, and a meditation on obsession.
Creates the definitive document of elite human performance under extreme risk — Free Solo's combination of extraordinary footage and psychological depth makes Honnold's feat comprehensible rather than merely spectacular.
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