Review of Crystal Voyager

10/10
A photographic and aural wonder.
7 December 1998
'Crystal Voyager' is the most remarkable film I have ever seen. It integrates the music of Pink Floyd (Echoes) with the most stunning photography. The film is a montage of surfing scenes, overlaid with beautifully chosen and timed music. Some of the camera shots seem impossible; at one point the camera is actually in the sheet of water at the front of a breaking wave, for some time, and then emerges with the subject still framed. If the viewer is looking for a plot, or adventure, it will not be found here. If retinal stimulation is the name of the game, then this is the pinnacle. A good film for comparison is 'Koyaanisqatsi', by Godfrey Reggio, with the music of Philip Glass. If you enjoyed that, 'Crystal Voyager' will send you to new, and much greater, heights.
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