The White Diamond
The White Diamond is actually a tiny blimp, the life's work of one Dr. Graham Dorrington, designed with a singular purpose: To explore the rain forest canopy from the tops of the trees. In itself it's not much of a story, but Dorrington eventually reveals that his obesssion is drawn in part from his good friend Dieter Plage, who fell from a similar blimp 11 years earlier, landing with a thud only a few feet away from him. Dorrington's stories about building his funny little blimp are whimsical to the point of irrelevance -- there's nothing terribly exciting about this technology, to be honest -- but when he talks about Plage, the film ascends to some dizzy, emotional heights. Worth a peek.
Rating
3.0 out of 5 Stars
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Producer: Annette Scheurich
- Screenwriter:
- Stars: Graham Dorrington
- MPAA Rating: NR
- Year of Release: 2004
- Released on Video: 10/25/2005
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