Sara Dosa’s spectacular new documentary is a masterful ode to a couple who lived by the credo that “curiosity is stronger than fear”
The question has many answers, yet for Katia and Maurice Krafft there was only one acceptable response. Real love was standing on the edge of a volcano together, one slip away from conflagration, and wondering: “What is it that makes the Earth’s heart beat, its blood flow?”
“Fire of Love”, a spectacular new documentary, introduces audiences to the extraordinary pair. They had met at the University of Strasbourg; Katia was studying physics and geochemistry while Maurice focused on geology. Both had been fascinated by volcanoes since childhood and they soon realised a shared interest in eruptions, travelling to photograph sites in Iceland and Italy. As their work gained attention, they were able to traverse the world documenting these active sites.
Her film tells their story by weaving together clips from the Kraffts’ archive with animations inspired by the drawings they used to collect; Miranda July, a film-maker, narrates their writings. “For me, Katia and volcanoes, it’s a love story,” Maurice said—but theirs was a quieter sort of passion, not histrionic like their chosen field of study. Their footage did not include any shots of them kissing or holding hands.
A current of existentialist thought—another New Wave theme—also runs through “Fire of Love”. Maurice, who said he’d prefer “an intense and short life to a monotonous, long one”, was well aware that “our lives are just a blink compared to the life of a volcano”. Both volcanologists loved Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a French writer who wrote “The Little Prince”, and, like him, believed that “love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
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