‘The Summit Of The Gods’ Review: In Patrick Imbert’s Breathtaking Animated Film, Everest Is The True Star
You’d think presenting Mount Everest, the God of the Sky, Earth’s tallest mountain and one of its deadliest, through hand-drawn animation would make the landscape look less forbidding and not more. Patrick Imbert’s new movie, “The Summit of the Gods,” planes away Everest’s intimidating features, like sharp rock faces captured via telephoto lenses, and flattens the bedrock colossus to fit his medium; in the process, the mountain gains new sobriety.