4. Touching the void analysis 1:31:10-1:34:00

From 1:31:10 in the film to 1:31:12, there is no noise. No background music, no narration, or speech. The visual to accompany this sharp, piercing silence is Joe sat alone in an area which the audience knows is vast, and isolated, with fog looming and closing in around him. The eerie silence is then broken by one of Joe's futile attempts to call for help. He screams into the void for Simon, to no avail.

At 1:32:00 in the film, it becomes evident to the audience how Joe is beginning to hallucinate and phase in and out of consciousness and reality. The camera is shaky and uncertain, and the shots change quite frequently, for example, from Joe lying on the ground to a Lizard sitting on a rock. It's a very complicated scene, with intricate camera work, and carefully planned sound decisions, such as the echoing of his voice as he cackles, in a delusional state.

At 1:32:15 in the film, there is a shot of Joe's face, with the spinning mountain range edited over him with a low opacity, so we can see Joe through this. This is a symbol as to how the mountains have driven him to the brink of insanity.

The spinning camera angles, uneasy music, and audio of Joe narrating are interrupted by the sound of Boney M's "brown girl in the ring", which is a rather upbeat. This contrasts with the staggering background music making the scene seem more eclectic.

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