But pulling off a tracking shot of that nature required a Herculean effort.
First, we had to get a gadget to film that, Dweck explains.
And there was only one guy that had that.
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He was in Buenos Aires.
He had a Polaris truck, like a four-wheel drive SUV.
Its like a Mad Max-mobile, with an arm and a gyro, very complicated machine.
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And then we had to take it up these high mountain roads.
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How can we get a long two-kilometer shot, continuous?
The last scene of the film had no cutting at all.
And you see human and animal merging into one… We want you to sit and observe and feel how we feel in these places, Dweck says.
Look at the pot on the wall, the pots probably handed down five generations.
So, thats part of our little secret sauce, is that taking time.
InGaucho Gaucho, the lives depicted range from young riders to seniors.
In the film, theres a father-son story.
But theres this intergenerational exchange of knowledge and traditions that we loved seeing.
We loved seeing a culture that was so alive.
The extraordinary photography is not meant to be an end in and of itself.
Its making an image that transmits a feeling.
Gaucho Gauchohas been expanding across the globe at a brisk clip.
We had our premiere in Buenos Aires about a week and a half ago, and it was great.
A full house, Dweck says.
We have 85 theaters in Mexico.
And Europe we have all the markets except Portugal.
Were in Scandinavia, Asia, which is great.
One of the filmmakers most memorable screenings came in August, outdoors, at Locarno.
We played at the Piazza Grande, says Kershaw.
They have this amazing audience of just engaged cinephiles.
So, its 8,000 people that are just there to watch movies and celebrate cinema.
And if you dont mention Jolt, you get zinged, Dweck jokes.
So, we thought it was a really good opportunity to try it and support them.
And they built a really solid team, really smart.
Having tech drive an audience to [documentaries], its an interesting idea.
The high tech distribution contrasts with the lives of the gauchos in the documentary.
