36 Hour Walk
2024 · 10m · USA
Directed by Legyaan Thapa
Genres: comedy, documentary
Tones: contemplative, humorous, melancholic
A college kid tries to walk from his Manhattan dorm to the tip of Long Island in 36 hours without eating or sleeping, narrating his own creeping doubt as the legs give out. An ode to lofty pursuits and the half-assed follow-through they actually generate.
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Stunt docs usually reek of self-mythology. This one knows it's stupid and that's why it works.
The gap between ambition and execution as the actual subject — Thapa makes the project's own futility the thesis, Herzog's Of Walking in Ice rerouted through an NYU sophomore's phone. Self-aware in a way that works.
A self-shot endurance stunt doc where the project's own futility becomes the thesis — the gap between ambition and execution as the actual subject. Wry self-deprecation as the load-bearing voice; lives on Thapa's narration rhythm.
Reviews
An entertaining ode to lofty pursuits and half-assed follow through, built with shaky, lo-fi visuals and an affably lackadaisical attitude.