E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, & Alex Honnold Discuss Their Documentary, "Free Solo"

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From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, the directors of "Meru," comes "Free Solo," a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world's most famous rock ... the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park ... without a rope. "Free Solo" is an edge-of-your seat thriller and an inspiring portrait of an athlete who challenges both his body and his beliefs on a quest to triumph over the impossible, revealing the personal toll of excellence.
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@sevenbridges24 5 жыл бұрын

After watching this I realized how great of a job this interviewer always does. Asks clear questions that are on the audience's minds, knows when to be quiet and listen to the guests answers, knows when to joke around to make the guests more comfortable, and all the questions transition well. This was one of the best interviews I've seen of the Free Solo crew. Great job.

@wheels9696 5 жыл бұрын

Great comment.

@BenNJerrys2xaday 5 жыл бұрын

Ricky Camilleri wrote this comment

@sevenbridges24 5 жыл бұрын

BenNJerrys2xaday haha nah, just giving credit where credit's due

@TheNigahiga2 5 жыл бұрын

You're so right, I've watched other interviews and they become really awkward if it's poorly executed.

@user-vc5rp7nf8f 5 жыл бұрын

you should see the rich roll interview

@OldmanCarlson0311 5 жыл бұрын

Alex’s natural humility, his lack of any braggadocio is one of his most endearing qualities. He is a true role model and I wish more kids would emulate his demeanor.

@MrPratt54 5 жыл бұрын

I wanna see Alex grow old so his kids can grow up and fully comprehend what their father did! I hope the world gives him the respect he deserves, probably the biggest achievement in the history of sports.

@jeremiet2739 5 жыл бұрын

Pratik Khairnar yeah absolutely!

@brycechetwynd4932 5 жыл бұрын

I'd say "in sports" doesn't do him justice, it's a feat of human strength (both mental and physical) more akin to polar explorers or great mountaineers than mere sportspeople.

@cribedadabecri5764 5 жыл бұрын

Surerly it is on the ten top ever

@bartolomecostecho9030 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah!!!! He is worthy of admiration.

@anandprahlad699 4 жыл бұрын

@Firsthgyhgyhuy Lastujhujhuj Seriously. Very irritating woman.

@JackStraw1990 5 жыл бұрын

I love that point from Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi - the film was about documenting Alex live his life intentionally and with purpose. Very inspiring stuff.

@ukuleleEXPLODE 5 жыл бұрын

Alex's shorts have chalk on them, what a lad

@mitch5411 4 жыл бұрын

This man is a great interviewer. Jimmy and Chai are great people and Alex is one of the most amazing people on earth

@silvanonovalis-kj2dx 5 жыл бұрын

Alex is an unmatched climber. Happy to see that he has a beautiful girlfriend and is getting the recognition he deserves for his extraordinary deeds.

@gtrplaya1 5 жыл бұрын

"Are you living the life you want to live..." Brillant statement about the Documentary's message

@danpt2000 5 жыл бұрын

A living legend.

@kseo88 5 жыл бұрын

I actually interviewed Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi for my college radio station when she directed and released Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, and she was really cool and awesome to talk to. Glad that she's still making these documentaries!

@dr.physiker9930 4 жыл бұрын

This chineese- hungarian mutant! 😱😱 Jimmy is handsome inspite of the fact he is 75 %chineese and only 25‰ Turkic and cool! She ows evrth to Jim, just " wife" here

@jmwalls73 3 жыл бұрын

One of the better interviews of this trio following their respective incredible achievements in the making of this stunning film. Well done..

@thereseember2800 5 жыл бұрын

Jimmy is so deeply humble; mindful, supportive and loving towards Alex. Surely that love was felt by him. Alex perfectly dovetails the dissolution between finite vs. infinite realms within himself. Seamless perfection. Bravo to each of you! Sanni is so brave as well. It takes extraordinary love and courage to give that generously of herself; to give someone that you love ultimate selflessness-dissolving her own ego self in order to give another that degree of spaciousness and another’s choice, even if it possibly meant his death. For Sanni to be left possibly without him. This is how extraordinary that Sanni’s profound love genuinely is. She’s an extraordinary soul, and I applaud her profound humility and the personal suffering she was willing to endure to the inth degree to love someone.

@russellscott5199 5 жыл бұрын

When I think of Alex I think of a classical musician playing a very difficult piece of music, and he practices it until he is confident he can play it without missing a note. When he finishes that piece, it is a moment of perfection. In Alex's case, his hands and feet are the instrument, the rock face is the piece of music. and the rhythm of the climb is the time signature. The biggest difference is the consequences if you miss a note, or in Alex's case a hold. Seeing the movie Friday. The bonus is Yosemite is one of my favorite places to visit.

@Tkb135 5 жыл бұрын

i completely understand this but the conductor isn't gonna shoot the musician if he isnt in tune

@heinrichkleist3473 5 жыл бұрын

@@Tkb135 Definitely not, but musicians face equal pressure. If Alex didn't want to do this or couldn't, no big deal because no one else can do it either. For professional virtuoso musicians, they must play tens of thousands of notes in absolute perfection, all while knowing that there are loads of musicians waiting to take his/her place. It's added pressure and equally worthy of respect. Sometimes dying because of failure is easier than having to live with it.

@skoto8219 5 жыл бұрын

"Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can't get it wrong."

@yaakw 5 жыл бұрын

Would you play the music if the penalty for making a mistake was immediate death through a 3000 foot trapdoor? You can practice for ten years if you want.

@yaakw 4 жыл бұрын

Eun.O greater quality/achievement thru the added impetus to be in the moment... or die. Practice makes perfect. Perfection is required. What Alex did. For four hours. This feat has no equal in my opinion. Unless we are talking four hour brain surgery where failure means someone else dies.

@johnanderson8096 2 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT INTERVIEW.... Conversation.... Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!

@jP-nw7nm 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone realize Alex is only holding the mic 🎤 with his fingers

@rupman27isback 5 жыл бұрын

Nice catch!

@nerad1994 5 жыл бұрын

j P I’m sure he’s held on to rocks using a much lesser grip haha

@Huizelogica 5 жыл бұрын

Yes funny af

@Mikeyd_ 4 жыл бұрын

His hands and fingers are so big it almost looks fake lol

@davidringo4672 3 жыл бұрын

He's strengthening his fingers as he speaks 😁

@alejandroalvarez7181 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, fantastic interview!

@kich6172 4 жыл бұрын

Of all the interviews watched, this guy asks the best questions.

@AR-mm6so 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite thing about the interviews they do together is Chai's cracking up at Alex.

@GreenhornPhototaker 4 жыл бұрын

Best interview on the documentary, well done!

@fpcampbellsoup 5 жыл бұрын

Damn great interview. I enjoyed every word from every guest. Thank you.

@MikeB-1965 5 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see it!

@griebel11 5 жыл бұрын

Man great interview man really brought out the feelings of the 3 interviewies. The adience was also realy into the moment

@PaulCarterArt 5 жыл бұрын

This is a great interview and the questions and answers are emotional and logical from the filming crew to Alex. Thanks guys I look forward to seeing the documentary 🗝👣🇺🇸

@markduffy8823 4 жыл бұрын

This is an intelligent, fun and interesting interview!!!

@vzlaeli 5 жыл бұрын

Great conversation!

@jivarishi 5 жыл бұрын

After watching Meru and gasping since Free Solo is another one to watch. Alex Honnold is my new inspiration.

@energ8t 5 жыл бұрын

I already watched the movie twice. The best movie of 2018 (along with Dawn Wall). Congrats to Chin and everyone involved in a stellar job. Alex is the everyday, humble hero. He literally lives out of a van on bare minimum, in total happiness. The feats he has overcome is legendary. One of the few things that chokes me up. What an amazing time to see this sport.

@EdwinPWeston 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great interview. I can't wait to see this movie. Please bring this movie to Las Vegas soon. Alex, hope to see you soon at Red Rock or Mt. Charleston! Keep up the wonderful work you do with your foundation too!

@tamara8088 5 жыл бұрын

I agree, great interview.

@jennaferrell7159 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. So motivating. Alex!!! :)

@alexdebrito1385 5 жыл бұрын

What a great documentary. It is incredible to watch Alex climb without a rope that gigantic El Capitain. Congratulations Alex. To the history book.

@jochosen3969 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, are you living the life you want to live. Alex is definitely doing that. He inspires me! He is so humble.

@chefjonsf 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing movie. Never really tell people to watch anything, but this is an exception! GO SEE IT!

@roccodamato25 4 жыл бұрын

This video is my narcan. This should have been in the documentary. It really smoothed the edges out

@susanfrary7424 5 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt, one of the best docs made. Amazing on so many levels.

@onemorething100 5 жыл бұрын

I kind of wish there was more on the actual climb. 3/4s of it was a Character study and I understand but hell I hope they just release the entire 3 hours plus of him climbing.

@anvez_4188 4 жыл бұрын

OneMore Thing yeah i kinda agree and kinda not bcz if they release the full climb people would be bored about it and stop watching but then i will be cool to release the full thing.

@arthurhester8425 5 жыл бұрын

This man is a hero

@Zephyr705 5 жыл бұрын

Have to add my appreciation for the interviewer for the BUILD series. I've enjoyed so many of these (especially the one with Taika Waititi), and in each one, the interviewer has clearly done his homework, treats his subjects with respect, and elicits really great insights. Worthwhile storytelling, thank you.

@feven1293 4 жыл бұрын

the way alex sits radiates 🥺👉👈 energy

@dooshmagee2165 Жыл бұрын

great interviewer and questions

@jonkrause6714 5 жыл бұрын

Great interview! 👍 Really appreciated the perspectives of Chai and Jimmy of filming Alex during his epic feat. We all forget the psychological aspects of the camera personnel that have to toil with a worse case scenario if Alex had fallen. 😲😬

@nero4771 5 жыл бұрын

This needs a nationwide release! Lancaster pa at least!!!

@pchrysostomou7955 5 жыл бұрын

Never seen anything like this lost for words

@My_You_Tube 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jimmy & E. Chai for making such a magnificent film!! Alex=Zeus! You are an inspiration! Thank you.

@caivsivlivs 5 жыл бұрын

he seems more like hermes to me

@ohh2752 2 жыл бұрын

u really think E. Chai is that sexy>?

@davidtate166 5 жыл бұрын

A million dollar climber .rock master .way to go.man.

@phatwebex 5 жыл бұрын

I saw Free Solo at the iMAX in San Jose CA. #StillGripped

@zdrumdude 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the Oscar! Alex is one athlete most people can’t fathom. Truly incredible! Badass to the enth degree.

@shaunarae5348 5 жыл бұрын

After reading Alex Honnold's book, following his "delightfulness" on KZfaq, seeing Meru, and now Free Solo, I am enthralled with these alpinists and can experience their feats and adventures vicariously. With E.C. Vasarhelyi added again to the fraternity, I imagine her exemplary filmmaking skills created another ring around J. Chin's photographic planet to create Art that endures. Bravo. Renan adds an icicle of vulnerability that cuts into the toughened skin of inspiring, if not inexorable, climbing dreams. And yet, to me as a lit major, the film's ever-so-slight flaw is not Grecian hubris but a shadow of sentimentality in the girlfriend's tears, her pleas for affectionate words, her assertion they make a good canoeing team, and her pouting about the measuring tape. This is the bane of compromised writing that Flannery O'Connor and Gore Vidal expose. To enhance the film's aesthetic, why not leave those images of wily gold-digging on the cutting room's floor?

@Biomirth 5 жыл бұрын

Because you're an idiot and no quantity or acceleration of verbosity will save you from the thrall of your ineptitude.

@Mikeyd_ 4 жыл бұрын

This interviewer is so good. That is all.

@user-hd8ej8yx9p 5 жыл бұрын

If you switch around the letters of his last name you get Alex Hold n on

@PeachySweety 5 жыл бұрын

s 9 best comment ever !!!!!

@lbft100 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@sehrschee 5 жыл бұрын

Man when is this movie finally available in the EU itunes store.. cant wait!

@TurkiyeCumhurbaskani 5 жыл бұрын

Bill Burr hates those chairs.

@markdick5574 5 жыл бұрын

ha ha! yep!

@CounterCultureCantCount 5 жыл бұрын

11 year olds !

@Huizelogica 5 жыл бұрын

lol i was like, isn't this that same chair... Then read yr comment

@tr0nd15c 5 жыл бұрын

This interviewer always kicks serious intellectual ass. Cannot wait to see this documentary as an extreme snowboarder myself.

@imagine9033 4 жыл бұрын

Jimmy and Alex are great

@michaelkensington2494 5 жыл бұрын

My hands are sweating!!! 😱

@jelenajukic8851 3 жыл бұрын

alex is so humble

@1000000trs 5 жыл бұрын

wow Alex

@LenniePike 5 жыл бұрын

Nerves of steel and barely ever blinks 👁, that’s how Alex stares down death 💀

@Jester1411 5 жыл бұрын

they must do a "behind the scenes" feature for this...knowing how the managed to actually film this is quite interesting and a big feat too

@BobMarley-vl5gl 5 жыл бұрын

Flowride TV top rope abseil

@Jester1411 5 жыл бұрын

yes i know the technical details...its not and easy feat nonetheless trying to keep up with Alex AND getting the footage while being suspended over that sea of rock

@1Learn2Swim1 5 жыл бұрын

New York Times just released a video focused on Jimmy and Chai and a somewhat bts of the climb

@Jester1411 5 жыл бұрын

@@1Learn2Swim1 yeah just saw that... that's what i was talking about :)

@dr.physiker9930 4 жыл бұрын

This chineese- hungarian mutant! 😱😱 Jimmy is handsome inspite of the fact he is 75 %chineese and only 25‰ Turkic and cool!

@jeraldbrewer6087 5 жыл бұрын

The interviewer is excellent --DP/30 quality. It is the best IMAX experience I've ever had (twice). It is amazingly intense despite an already outcome that you already know --just like "Apollo 13". My question is: Is Sanni McCandless related to the late Chris McCandless (remember "Into The Wild")?

@caivsivlivs 5 жыл бұрын

yup !

@Kudagraz 4 жыл бұрын

She is not

@wordofiris1130 5 жыл бұрын

I am French and what this person has just accomplished, because I doubt that he is human, is one of the most incredible achievements I have seen in my life, this documentary looks exceptional, I inquired everywhere but I did not find anything, do you know if we will be able to see it in europe one day, because it is only broadcast in cinemas in america for the moment; I was even ready to go to America just to see this masterpiece but the price of the flights cooled me down, so if you have information I'm interested, thank you so much.

@cobraimploder 5 жыл бұрын

I recommend giving it some time. Hopefully, some streaming service will have it in due time. Edit: Actually, it looks like KZfaq has it already.

@daedalron 5 жыл бұрын

@atchoum If you're still looking for it, the full movie is gonna be on National Geographic channel in France on march 24. The movie can also be found on some websites hosting it, if you look for it hard enough.

@dr.physiker9930 4 жыл бұрын

This chineese- hungarian mutant! 😱😱 Jimmy is handsome inspite of the fact he is 75 %chineese and only 25‰ Turkic and cool! She ows evrth to Jim, just " wife" here

@salehbanihani6503 5 жыл бұрын

Is it gonna be released in the middle east?

@vernoncarpenterjr6213 5 жыл бұрын

I so badly want to see Peter Croft's reaction/thoughts after alex successfully solo'd the wall. -After he was trying to talk him out of it after his first failed attempt of course. Im dyin to see and cant find anything abiut

@someoneout-there2165 2 жыл бұрын

All my stalker ex can do is pay people to follow me around.. while Alex over here like being a real hero is so easy. Love it! ❤️

@AtraxJoe 5 жыл бұрын

Any information when this documentary comes to Europe??? 👍

@wordofiris1130 5 жыл бұрын

look at the comments above, someone send a link as what this historic masterpiece would come out December 14. I have also looking for information for several days, I hope as you , could see it one day. I was even ready to go to America just to see it, but I did not know the price of a flight in America ^^ .

@janhedegaard7318 5 жыл бұрын

When can we see it in Europe or buy a digital copy of the film?

@krogawski9126 5 жыл бұрын

Jan Hedegaard eerrereeeeeeeweg

@AtraxJoe 5 жыл бұрын

Am asking exactly the same, can't wait for it!! Didn't found any information in the www about when we can watch this documentary in Europe 😒. Even not at the national geographic webpage.

@wordofiris1130 5 жыл бұрын

@@badasbob4761 thank you very much if it's true, I'm looking for information for 3 days, I've done dozens of sites to try to find something. I will be very impatient until the 14th.

@eeweeweew 5 жыл бұрын

If you are Dutch, IDFA in 2 weeks. Tickets are selling out fast.

@dr.physiker9930 4 жыл бұрын

This chineese- hungarian mutant! 😱😱 Jimmy is handsome inspite of the fact he is 75 %chineese and only 25‰ Turkic and cool!

@roofterrace4930 Жыл бұрын

Chai: the film is about Alex' emotional growth Alex: that's why it took so long to shoot LMAO

@TechOutAdam 3 жыл бұрын

The single greatest performance in athletic history. Simply because of the risk and execution level nothing competes.

@Zephyr705 5 жыл бұрын

0:59 - I don't know anyone, whether experienced or not, who would say "Oh he's totally safe!" Getting sweaty palms just thinking about it and I am not a climber...

@news4usunshine 5 жыл бұрын

Chai is such a babe!!! Jimmy Chin is a truly fortunate man!

@venerable102 5 жыл бұрын

She is the fortunate one. Jimmy is a legend.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 3 жыл бұрын

Blech. She's annoying as she is fake. 😒

@antonzigando150 5 жыл бұрын

does the documentary free solo include the complete footage of the climb in real time?

@BrightRedHoodie 5 жыл бұрын

Anton Zigando I wish! The climb altogether took about 4 hours so they did a good job of breaking it up and showing the pitches and his progress! Plus the crux (the boulder problem) has plenty of screen time which was amazing. Made my palms sweat

@antonzigando150 5 жыл бұрын

@@BrightRedHoodie damn sounds good, can't wait to watch it. Really hope they eventually release that footage eventually

@kikonyc68 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder ...... If Alex Free Solo'ed El Cap without telling many people or anyone at all, and as result, no one ever recorded it, would it still be a record? I think he'd done it either way. And while in that, how does anyone know nobody has ever done it before?

@chairde 3 жыл бұрын

“Why dirty a cup.” Such an innocent personality.

@GaryHayes 5 жыл бұрын

Some great questions and answers, BUT hate the way they talk about Alex in 3rd person while he is there ...

@mickymouse2445 4 жыл бұрын

Agree! Thats so weird since he is the one who did what nobody else can.

@WhisperLeo Жыл бұрын

I just noticed that alex never blinks his huge dough eyes are perpetually open

@sanyone1659 4 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling that the hardest part was the climbing and not filming ... Wonder why =D

@niggananny 5 жыл бұрын

I feel mikey should have his own doco on the process

@niggananny 5 жыл бұрын

Lol atleast he has ropes i guess

@c0linh20house2 5 жыл бұрын

Spoiler Alert: He does it.

@jamesyorkshire6106 5 жыл бұрын

Fuck spoil sport what's the point watching it now? pffft

@Btw_visit_____todacarne-com 5 жыл бұрын

2:34 is not a 6 pack it is like 10 pack

@shaythiele1320 5 жыл бұрын

In must be kinda difficult for him to spend most him time in a van next to some mountains then all of a sudden he is on tv shows being interviewed and treated like a celebrity

@danpt2000 5 жыл бұрын

Watching this documentary must be more terrifying than watching a horror movie

@sofiahgleeson2515 5 жыл бұрын

Alex barely ever blinks, I can’t not see it

@twstf8905 4 жыл бұрын

⚠️Spoiler Alert!⚠️ He makes it. 👍😇 (And, This movie has nothing to do with Chewbacca.)

@831BARCELONA 5 жыл бұрын

Will Alex ever blink that’s what I’d like to know

@yaakw 5 жыл бұрын

Chris_6 permanent glassy eyes. No need to blink? Evolution via epigenetics.

@nimaiplouffe7121 5 жыл бұрын

Spoilers, goddamn it!!

@user-ls1jn1by8m 5 жыл бұрын

There's those fucking chairs again

@btsdancestudio5691 5 жыл бұрын

Someone actually hated this?(Thumps Down) Why?

@LeSamSamm 5 жыл бұрын

When will we Europeans be able to buy a digital copy of the movie?? "How can you even think about taking that away from anybody?" My German heart is broken....😥

@wordofiris1130 5 жыл бұрын

@TVfridge23 5 жыл бұрын

I'M SO NOT LIVING THE LIFE I WANT TO LIVE

@TxHoneyBee 5 жыл бұрын

Where can I watch this movie in Europe? I like to watch Alex, but I just feel strange because I know many of the great Free Soloists are dead. There is something that is like a stunt about this, which captures our fascination with drama and tragedy. He is an extreme athlete obviously, but would this be any less special if he used ropes? Would his legacy look different if he died performing this? I think it's interesting that he hasn't done any other major solos in a while. That tells me he realizes the law of numbers regarding the probability of failure in these endeavors. He is a stuntman, an athlete, a performance artists, and a nutjob.

@nikkibrown1703 Жыл бұрын

I'm really glad to see he isn't addicted to the high and once he beat the final boss, he isn't actively looking to risk his life anymore

@Greenhead24 5 жыл бұрын

it was 10 minutes of climbing at the end of the documentary and his personal life the rest..should of been all him climbing

@Goodpatron 4 жыл бұрын

Alex, please do not solo anything again. You need to be alive for the future. Please!

@kacimbec2528 5 жыл бұрын

Spoiler he survives

@Goodpatron 4 жыл бұрын

Chai is a hottie 😘

@miky8788 4 жыл бұрын

She doesn't climb , why she talking ??...He is a Legend!

@miky8788 3 жыл бұрын

@Dana Chapin Jimmy is the legend in my comment and with Alex they spent months on the rocks, and yes I think Jimmy could do it alone... she can't. (Do I have to have respect because I don't think the same like you? )

@miky8788 3 жыл бұрын

@Dana Chapin are you a sjw ? ok , when i see the guys i tell them ...

@miky8788 3 жыл бұрын

@Dana Chapin tomorrow i will do it ... easy

@BaconNDCheese 4 жыл бұрын

3 of some of the most interesting people and the interviewer is dull as fuck with not a single comedic bone in his body. His questions were good but his execution just wasn't fluid. Instead of asking a brand new question after an answer, maybe transition instead. There were so many times where he would ask Alex something then suddenly ask Jimmy something. No follow up comments, nothing.

@michaelp.bisceglia6880 5 жыл бұрын

I just saw the movie, obviously the girlfriend did not want him to do it. There was a time when she was belaying him to the ground and she did not notice the end of the rope, Alex fell and hurt his back...I think she did it even if subconsciously, on purpose, think about it, but that’s my gut...