Originally Premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the Special Screenings Selection
"Last Flight Home" is about in his final days, we discover Eli Timoner and an extraordinary life of wild achievements, tragic loss and most of all, enduring love. LAST FLIGHT HOME shares a stunning verité account of a courageous family confronting life and death. "Last Flight Home" is a documented by Timoner's family members regarding with his last days before his passing and the film examines the historical background about his career and family life. While there are a lot of interesting things to know about him, unfortunately, this wasn't the documentary I was hoping to look for. The presentation is pretty good, the sound designs are pretty nice and it was nice that subtitle's were provided for moments that were difficult to understand.
Timoner is an interesting man and knowing about his history and important makes the concept more interesting. The topics exploded were interesting such as the voluntary death laws and family. But the problem of this documentary is that it kind of doesn't know where to settle and what tone it wants to be. The topics were not as explored as I want it to be as it could of keeps going side to side. The soundtrack ruins the entire experience because the music doesn't fit properly to the film's tone and personality and it only just makes it annoying and highly preachy for what it is. The interviews were both of a mix and bad as some of the interviews from relatives and friend gave good insights while the rest felt like they were misplaced and not necessarily informative to what the point it. Honestly, it kind of felt a bit exploitive and a little disrespectful for him.
I'm sure people will like this one and I can understand it. But I wish there was more to offer.
Rating: C+
"Last Flight Home" is about in his final days, we discover Eli Timoner and an extraordinary life of wild achievements, tragic loss and most of all, enduring love. LAST FLIGHT HOME shares a stunning verité account of a courageous family confronting life and death. "Last Flight Home" is a documented by Timoner's family members regarding with his last days before his passing and the film examines the historical background about his career and family life. While there are a lot of interesting things to know about him, unfortunately, this wasn't the documentary I was hoping to look for. The presentation is pretty good, the sound designs are pretty nice and it was nice that subtitle's were provided for moments that were difficult to understand.
Timoner is an interesting man and knowing about his history and important makes the concept more interesting. The topics exploded were interesting such as the voluntary death laws and family. But the problem of this documentary is that it kind of doesn't know where to settle and what tone it wants to be. The topics were not as explored as I want it to be as it could of keeps going side to side. The soundtrack ruins the entire experience because the music doesn't fit properly to the film's tone and personality and it only just makes it annoying and highly preachy for what it is. The interviews were both of a mix and bad as some of the interviews from relatives and friend gave good insights while the rest felt like they were misplaced and not necessarily informative to what the point it. Honestly, it kind of felt a bit exploitive and a little disrespectful for him.
I'm sure people will like this one and I can understand it. But I wish there was more to offer.
Rating: C+