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Eyes Wide Open

Name: Eyes Wide Open
Director: Filip Christensen
Released: 2009
Duration: 46 min

Representation Score

3.1/10

Limited

2009

Not Rated

Director

Filip Christensen

Runtime

46 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Eyes Wide Open serves as a technical showcase for the evolution of skiing, emphasizing athletic mastery and aesthetic excellence. The film captures a globalized subculture through international landscapes and high-level performance. However, the documentary remains neutral regarding social identity, focusing on the mastery of environment and physics rather than the deconstruction of social hierarchies or diverse representation. While it successfully documents the disruption of conventional sporting limits, it lacks the social complexity found in contemporary narratives, adhering instead to the traditional demographics of the extreme sports genre.

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Category Breakdown

Does Eyes Wide Open have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on technical skiing progression and athletic performance. There are no explicit LGBTQ+ character arcs or narratives addressing identity issues.

How does Eyes Wide Open portray gender?

Limited

The documentary highlights high-level technical skills and physical dominance. The featured athletes embody a traditional masculine archetype of extreme sports.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Eyes Wide Open?

Fair

The cast includes athletes from Norway, America, and Austria, reflecting the professional skiing circuit's demographics of the late 2000s.

How does Eyes Wide Open represent religion and culture?

Fair

The narrative emphasizes individual vision and the joy of risk-taking. It celebrates a Western sporting lifestyle focused on personal style and creative truth.

Does Eyes Wide Open include disability representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on able-bodied extreme athleticism. There are no characters with visible or invisible disabilities integrated into the narrative.

Present on Screen

Captures a globalized athletic community across diverse international landscapes.
Celebrates individual expression and the breaking of traditional sporting boundaries.
Highlights the creative truth and personal style of individual athletes.

Limited or Absent

Lacks representation of diverse gender identities and leadership roles.
Does not include characters with visible or invisible disabilities.
Provides little to no engagement with LGBTQ+ narratives or identity issues.

Official Synopsis

The modern movement in skiing is progressing more than ever, and it is hard to keep up with the stream. Field Productions has gathered skiers with all different backgrounds, but they all share the same vision about skiing. Yes, skiing is about taking risks to invent new tricks and styles, but most importantly to have fun. ”Eyes Wide Open dvd” gives you both. The movie includes top notch skiing in deep powder, big mountains, city streets and terrain parks featuring many of the most talented athletes out there. Look out for many unseen rail combos by Tom Wallisch and Even Sigstad, bottomless powder at Mica Heli with Åsmund Thorsen and Eric Hjorleifson, epic park heli shoots on the most beatiful places in Norway, JT Holmes and Eirk Finseth charging Lake Tahoe, Norwegian invasion in Montafon Austria, Jon Olsson shows why he is the best park kickers, and much more. Some parts of the movie is filmed with the RED One camera, which gives ski movies a whole new meaning.

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