Fire Of Love is a documentary about volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft utilizing primary the footage they shot themselves along with some animation sequences and archival interviews from the Kraffts.
The most captivating thing about the film is the extensive footage of the various volcanos. Volcano science is not the focus, what the Krafft's scientific contribution was is not the focus, who they were to the people in their lives is not the focus. Other than the volcanos themselves(very cool and interesting) the main through line is a vague, twee, shallow reference to their 'love story'. It's pretty odd and is not helped by Miranda July's voice over which ultimately offers little insights and serves mostly to manufacture tone.
There's a lot to enjoy here, the shots of the volcanos and the crafts relentlessly moving toward and around them is really captivating but there are innumerable questions the film leaves which the filmmaker Sara Dosa seems uninterested in- anything really about the Kraffts other than the fact they were in love. We have no sense of their economic situation, no sense of what exactly their research entailed, no sense of their community or family and very little sense of either of them personally. It's not bad its just very obviously incomplete.
Worth it for the visuals.
Currently in theaters coming soon to VOD.
Rent It.
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