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What people are saying about the film…
“The film turned out to be a delight. It is full of information about the lands and peoples the two hardy explorers traveled through on their difficult journey along Marco Polo’s original route….The film is well balanced between O’Donnell and Belliveau’s journey and Polo’s account of his travels. It has adventure and humor, it captures and holds the viewer’s attention.”
Laila Williamson “The ideal of global harmony seems like a new idea when in fact it is rather old. Marco Polo himself may have envisioned it dimly, our Hero’s clearly experienced it first hand-people to people. It is the strongest theme in their movie and is a lesson that needs to be shared in today’s world.”
John Kronemeyer |
“What a true adventure. In my business the word adventure gets thrown around quite a bit, but in my twenty years of work in the expedition business I have not known anyone who has braved the odds and fought the battles that you and Denis did. Of course I have read of the great explorers of recent generations, but you guys are the real deal…”
John McKeon In many ways the film is an extraordinary record of an extraordinary (and a bit crazy!) initiative and travel experience…. They set out to demonstrate that Marco Polo actually spent his 25 years in Asia and reported first-hand about all the wonders he had seen, and I think that after Francis's and Denis's experience few people could still have doubts in this regard. They used exclusively the Travels as a guide and they brought to life a contemporary feeling that involves politics, diplomacy, bureaucracy, anthropology, history, and much more, at the same time bringing to life Marco Polo's biography.
Stefano Carboni |
“Every so often a film comes along that truly captivates one's spirit and enriches one's soul. Such a film is what I saw on May 5, 2007, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, called In the Footsteps of Marco Polo. We in the audience were enthralled…Not only was the film conceived with in depth research and scholarship, but the "humanness" between Francis and Denis left us with a "casually personal" sense of "tagging along for the journey," enveloping us into a vicarious experience of "being there," as well. Never have 2 hours of a documentary-type film been more engrossing, informative, and satisfying.”
William A. Verdone “A good adventure story, but moreover, instructive. Marco Polo's journey came alive.”
Morris Rossabi |