All photos: Cedric Corroy
Faction know many things.
They know how to make stunning ski movies.
They know how to fill a giant cinema.
And this was no regular cinema, we’re talking about the three-story Grand Rex in Paris here.
Last time around Candide’s name was attached to the film so the capacity crowd was easier to understand.
This time around, he has nothing to do with the movie but the crowds poured in nonetheless.
They were fired up too, the atmosphere was electric.
Especially given that this was a crowd in a city that’s a long way from any mountains.
They had good reason to be pumped though, because THE COLLECTIVE is spectacular.
The crew didn’t exactly luck out with conditions for the shoots.
Each segment was filmed in a relatively short time window and each presented its own challenges.
On the street trip, there was less snow than ideal and Will Berman got broke off.
For the ladies' segment, most of the crew were carrying injuries from the comp season.
The list goes on.
Which makes it all the more remarkable how well the film turned out.
I genuinely can’t describe how stunning some of the shots in this opening segment are.
There are heaters on heaters too if that’s all you’re in to.
Antti’s creativity and trick selection perfectly offset the more typically technical approach of the other riders.
And Alex Hall starts things off as he continues for the entire movie, by melting minds.
If your jaw doesnt drop watching this part then, frankly, there is something wrong with you.
The street segment is unquestionably one of the best of the year.
Again Alex and Antti are the standouts.
And the Faction ladies crew get a whole segment to themselves.
Hopefully, this is just the start of much more from them on that front.
Maybe it fits the wider audience that Faction is going for but it wasnt for me.
But that’s enough of a plot summary.
you oughta see it big and see it loud.
The sunset opener alone is worth making it to a cinema and there are tour stops just about everywhere.
He has a solid chunk of shots in 4 out of 7 segments…and they are all bangers.
He has everything you could ask for, from creativity to savage technicality to style.
- The Collective are just that, a collective.
That’s the kind of team it’s hard not to get behind.
- Parisian roofs are not a comfortable place to sleep.
