![]() ![]() The involvement of Gerardo Olivares, a director whose oeuvre includes some of Spain’s most striking nature-based films of recent years, acts as a virtual guarantee that, at the very least, Diaz’s film will be eye candy. ( Days is also an homage to his dead brother, who introduced Diaz to the area.) It’s soon clear that Diaz’s struggles up the mountainside, carrying not only a rucksack but also a weighty tripod, will be rewarded by some stunning images, and Days is indeed a lovely thing to behold, whether Diaz is training his lens on a spider’s web or recording, via drone, the spectacular mountain scenery of fall and early winter. From the outset, Diaz tells us that Walden is his favorite book, and his aims in isolating himself seem to have been similar to Thoreau’s - to rediscover the lost connection between man and nature, and to figure out how many social trappings a person can shed and still be happy. ![]()
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