‘Skywalkers: A Love Story’ review: Dir. Jeff Zimbalist [Sundance]
thehollywoodnews.comIf Scott Mann’s 2022 ball-tingler Fall gave you a sense of vertigo then we advise you to stay clear of this new documentary feature from director Jeff Zimbalist and co-director Maria Bukhonina, a Sundance debuting white knuckle love story about a couple of Russian climbers who fall for one another atop some of the world’s tallest buildings.Skywalkers: A Love Story starts with a trigger warning.
Actually, two. Firstly about the content – “This film contains scenes that may cause discomfort for those sensitive to exposure at heights“; horrifyingly scary footage of groups of youngsters showing no fear in illegally scaling skyscrapers, and another to urge viewers not to copy.
And rightly so. The story revolves around two daredevils, Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau who individually have managed to get themselves a following on social media for scaling really tall buildings and posting the footage online.
Ivan was first, his Instagram following gaining him hundreds of thousands of followers and likes bagging him sponsors and the ability to travel to the likes of Paris, China and Hong Kong to carry out his collosal feats.There’s also Angela whose approach is slightly different with a more artistic, acrobatic approach.
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