The Island at the Top of the World (1974)

Where the whales go to die!

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 28, 2001 | 0 out of 1 found this The Island at the Top of the World (1974) review helpful

An airship sailing through canyons of ice, an ancient map inscribed on a piece of whale bone, a lost arctic island hidden in a cloud and inhabited by Vikings, an induit named Oomiak, a massive mountaintop temple of Thor, a perilous journey through a ...burbling volcano, a crater that leads to a cave of ice, a giant whirlpool that empties into an misty graveyard of whales, an ice float boat with whale ribs as oars, an attack by killer whales... I saw this film when I was 4 (1974) and these images have maintained mystery and power in my imagination ever since. Most of the film's atmosphere is cold, dark, misty, and foreboding, but incredibly enchanting. Read more Less