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'Super Frenchie' Is An Entertaining But Shallow Look At Base-jumping Daredevil

The most famous stunt in all of the James Bond movies happens at the beginning of 1977’s “The Spy Who Loved Me,” when 007 skis off a cliff and deploys a parachute in midair before he hits the ground. 사설토토

Matthias Giraud calls that an average Tuesday.

Giraud is a base jumper, who leaps (or more often, skis) off of mountains and then parachutes his way to safety. The documentary “Super Frenchie” (Giraud’s nickname), now available to rent on video on demand, is full of such vertigo-inducing feats, captured by helicopter cameras and GoPros strapped to Giraud’s helmet and skis. One minute he’s skiing down a mountain, the next minute there’s nothing but empty air under his skis instead of snow. “3, 2, 1, see ya,” he says as he goes over the edge.

“Super Frenchie” immediately recalls the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo,” about a similar thrill-seeker, Alex Honnold, who climbs sheer rock faces without ropes or harnesses. But “Free Solo” worked because it was more than thrilling footage, but a character study of an intensely calm man who probably doesn’t understand himself why he’s driven to cheat death.