Tras terminar de ver la cajita de Louis Malle y sus documentales (cuya voz
en off, o sea los comentarios del propio Malle, les hace no poco daño)
conseguí por ahí "Le monde du silence" de Cousteau y el propio Malle.
Ganador de una palma de oro en Cannes y un Oscar, su visionado en la
actualidad puede resultar absolutamente terrorífico e indignante. Que
semejante basura capitaneada por estos salvajes, verdaderos piratas y
saqueadores del mar, ganara una Palma en Cannes (a día de hoy el único doc
ganador de semejante galardón con "Fahrenheit" de Michael Moore)
justificaría por sí solo el cierre a posteridad del Festival y su
reconversión en un puesto de gominolas en los Campos Elíseos ))))).

Os dejo con un comentario bastante cercano a mis propias impresiones

I was looking forward to finally catching up with this old documentary and
was saddened to see that despite the advances in underwater photography (in
1955), which brought the undersea life vividly to the screen, that every
other aspect of the film was embarrassingly dated. I am referring
specifically to the appalling behavior of the crew of the Calypso who bear
scant resemblance to any naturalists and scientists we know of today,
without an ounce of respect for the animals they encounter. Who in their
right mind would set off dynamite in a lagoon, destroying coral reef and
killing countless numbers of fish?? The only wildlife that gets off
unscathed are the dolphins in the early part of the film - otherwise,
everything else that gets in the path of the "explorers" is eaten,
tormented, or killed outright: when they see a whale they rush on deck to
harpoon it; when sharks start to work on the whale carcass, the men haul
shark after shark on deck and feverishly beat them to death under the
(highly scientific) rationale that "everybody hates sharks"; when they find
a giant sea turtle they clutch on to it for a ride without any concern that
it is struggling to the surface to breathe; when they find a group of
tortoises on an island their only thoughts are to first stand on them and
then use them for stools while they have lunch. Even good old Cousteau gets
into the spirit of things by bringing his rifle on deck and shooting a whale
in the head (well, it was probably suffering after they ran over it with the
boat and then later harpooned it). These guys would be up on criminal
charges if they'd made this film today. Worth watching only as a historical
curio to see how unenlightened people were back then.



Un saludo a todos.


Santi.

On 15 jul, 19:37, "Santi" <basqu...***hotmail.com> wrote:
> Tras terminar de ver la cajita de Louis Malle y sus documentales (cuya voz
> en off, o sea los comentarios del propio Malle, les hace no poco daño)
> conseguí por ahí "Le monde du silence" de Cousteau y el propio Malle.
> Ganador de una palma de oro en Cannes y un Oscar, su visionado en la
> actualidad puede resultar absolutamente terrorífico e indignante. Que
> semejante basura capitaneada por estos salvajes, verdaderos piratas y
> saqueadores del mar, ganara una Palma en Cannes (a día de hoy el único doc
> ganador de semejante galardón con "Fahrenheit" de Michael Moore)
> justificaría por sí solo el cierre a posteridad del Festival y su
> reconversión en un puesto de gominolas en los Campos Elíseos ))))).
>
> Os dejo con un comentario bastante cercano a mis propias impresiones
>
> I was looking forward to finally catching up with this old documentary and
> was saddened to see that despite the advances in underwater photography (in
> 1955), which brought the undersea life vividly to the screen, that every
> other aspect of the film was embarrassingly dated. I am referring
> specifically to the appalling behavior of the crew of the Calypso who bear
> scant resemblance to any naturalists and scientists we know of today,
> without an ounce of respect for the animals they encounter. Who in their
> right mind would set off dynamite in a lagoon, destroying coral reef and
> killing countless numbers of fish?? The only wildlife that gets off
> unscathed are the dolphins in the early part of the film - otherwise,
> everything else that gets in the path of the "explorers" is eaten,
> tormented, or killed outright: when they see a whale they rush on deck to
> harpoon it; when sharks start to work on the whale carcass, the men haul
> shark after shark on deck and feverishly beat them to death under the
> (highly scientific) rationale that "everybody hates sharks"; when they find
> a giant sea turtle they clutch on to it for a ride without any concern that
> it is struggling to the surface to breathe; when they find a group of
> tortoises on an island their only thoughts are to first stand on them and
> then use them for stools while they have lunch. Even good old Cousteau gets
> into the spirit of things by bringing his rifle on deck and shooting a whale
> in the head (well, it was probably suffering after they ran over it with the
> boat and then later harpooned it). These guys would be up on criminal
> charges if they'd made this film today. Worth watching only as a historical
> curio to see how unenlightened people were back then.
>


:-))))))))))))))))))))), no ,si al final 'life aquatic' va a ser más
real de lo que parecía.

On 15 jul, 19:37, "Santi" <basqu...***hotmail.com> wrote:
> Tras terminar de ver la cajita de Louis Malle y sus documentales (cuya voz
> en off, o sea los comentarios del propio Malle, les hace no poco daño)
> conseguí por ahí "Le monde du silence" de Cousteau y el propio Malle.
> Ganador de una palma de oro en Cannes y un Oscar, su visionado en la
> actualidad puede resultar absolutamente terrorífico e indignante. Que
> semejante basura capitaneada por estos salvajes, verdaderos piratas y
> saqueadores del mar, ganara una Palma en Cannes (a día de hoy el único doc
> ganador de semejante galardón con "Fahrenheit" de Michael Moore)
> justificaría por sí solo el cierre a posteridad del Festival y su
> reconversión en un puesto de gominolas en los Campos Elíseos ))))).
>
> Os dejo con un comentario bastante cercano a mis propias impresiones
>
> I was looking forward to finally catching up with this old documentary and
> was saddened to see that despite the advances in underwater photography (in
> 1955), which brought the undersea life vividly to the screen, that every
> other aspect of the film was embarrassingly dated. I am referring
> specifically to the appalling behavior of the crew of the Calypso who bear
> scant resemblance to any naturalists and scientists we know of today,
> without an ounce of respect for the animals they encounter. Who in their
> right mind would set off dynamite in a lagoon, destroying coral reef and
> killing countless numbers of fish?? The only wildlife that gets off
> unscathed are the dolphins in the early part of the film - otherwise,
> everything else that gets in the path of the "explorers" is eaten,
> tormented, or killed outright: when they see a whale they rush on deck to
> harpoon it; when sharks start to work on the whale carcass, the men haul
> shark after shark on deck and feverishly beat them to death under the
> (highly scientific) rationale that "everybody hates sharks"; when they find
> a giant sea turtle they clutch on to it for a ride without any concern that
> it is struggling to the surface to breathe; when they find a group of
> tortoises on an island their only thoughts are to first stand on them and
> then use them for stools while they have lunch. Even good old Cousteau gets
> into the spirit of things by bringing his rifle on deck and shooting a whale
> in the head (well, it was probably suffering after they ran over it with the
> boat and then later harpooned it). These guys would be up on criminal
> charges if they'd made this film today. Worth watching only as a historical
> curio to see how unenlightened people were back then.
>


:-))))))))))))))))))))), no ,si al final 'life aquatic' va a ser más
real de lo que parecía.

On 15 jul, 19:37, "Santi" <basqu...***hotmail.com> wrote:
> Tras terminar de ver la cajita de Louis Malle y sus documentales (cuya voz
> en off, o sea los comentarios del propio Malle, les hace no poco daño)
> conseguí por ahí "Le monde du silence" de Cousteau y el propio Malle.
> Ganador de una palma de oro en Cannes y un Oscar, su visionado en la
> actualidad puede resultar absolutamente terrorífico e indignante. Que
> semejante basura capitaneada por estos salvajes, verdaderos piratas y
> saqueadores del mar, ganara una Palma en Cannes (a día de hoy el único doc
> ganador de semejante galardón con "Fahrenheit" de Michael Moore)
> justificaría por sí solo el cierre a posteridad del Festival y su
> reconversión en un puesto de gominolas en los Campos Elíseos ))))).
>
> Os dejo con un comentario bastante cercano a mis propias impresiones
>
> I was looking forward to finally catching up with this old documentary and
> was saddened to see that despite the advances in underwater photography (in
> 1955), which brought the undersea life vividly to the screen, that every
> other aspect of the film was embarrassingly dated. I am referring
> specifically to the appalling behavior of the crew of the Calypso who bear
> scant resemblance to any naturalists and scientists we know of today,
> without an ounce of respect for the animals they encounter. Who in their
> right mind would set off dynamite in a lagoon, destroying coral reef and
> killing countless numbers of fish?? The only wildlife that gets off
> unscathed are the dolphins in the early part of the film - otherwise,
> everything else that gets in the path of the "explorers" is eaten,
> tormented, or killed outright: when they see a whale they rush on deck to
> harpoon it; when sharks start to work on the whale carcass, the men haul
> shark after shark on deck and feverishly beat them to death under the
> (highly scientific) rationale that "everybody hates sharks"; when they find
> a giant sea turtle they clutch on to it for a ride without any concern that
> it is struggling to the surface to breathe; when they find a group of
> tortoises on an island their only thoughts are to first stand on them and
> then use them for stools while they have lunch. Even good old Cousteau gets
> into the spirit of things by bringing his rifle on deck and shooting a whale
> in the head (well, it was probably suffering after they ran over it with the
> boat and then later harpooned it). These guys would be up on criminal
> charges if they'd made this film today. Worth watching only as a historical
> curio to see how unenlightened people were back then.
>


:-))))))))))))))))))))), no ,si al final 'life aquatic' va a ser más
real de lo que parecía.

On 15 jul, 19:37, "Santi" <basqu...***hotmail.com> wrote:
> Tras terminar de ver la cajita de Louis Malle y sus documentales (cuya voz
> en off, o sea los comentarios del propio Malle, les hace no poco daño)
> conseguí por ahí "Le monde du silence" de Cousteau y el propio Malle.
> Ganador de una palma de oro en Cannes y un Oscar, su visionado en la
> actualidad puede resultar absolutamente terrorífico e indignante. Que
> semejante basura capitaneada por estos salvajes, verdaderos piratas y
> saqueadores del mar, ganara una Palma en Cannes (a día de hoy el único doc
> ganador de semejante galardón con "Fahrenheit" de Michael Moore)
> justificaría por sí solo el cierre a posteridad del Festival y su
> reconversión en un puesto de gominolas en los Campos Elíseos ))))).
>
> Os dejo con un comentario bastante cercano a mis propias impresiones
>
> I was looking forward to finally catching up with this old documentary and
> was saddened to see that despite the advances in underwater photography (in
> 1955), which brought the undersea life vividly to the screen, that every
> other aspect of the film was embarrassingly dated. I am referring
> specifically to the appalling behavior of the crew of the Calypso who bear
> scant resemblance to any naturalists and scientists we know of today,
> without an ounce of respect for the animals they encounter. Who in their
> right mind would set off dynamite in a lagoon, destroying coral reef and
> killing countless numbers of fish?? The only wildlife that gets off
> unscathed are the dolphins in the early part of the film - otherwise,
> everything else that gets in the path of the "explorers" is eaten,
> tormented, or killed outright: when they see a whale they rush on deck to
> harpoon it; when sharks start to work on the whale carcass, the men haul
> shark after shark on deck and feverishly beat them to death under the
> (highly scientific) rationale that "everybody hates sharks"; when they find
> a giant sea turtle they clutch on to it for a ride without any concern that
> it is struggling to the surface to breathe; when they find a group of
> tortoises on an island their only thoughts are to first stand on them and
> then use them for stools while they have lunch. Even good old Cousteau gets
> into the spirit of things by bringing his rifle on deck and shooting a whale
> in the head (well, it was probably suffering after they ran over it with the
> boat and then later harpooned it). These guys would be up on criminal
> charges if they'd made this film today. Worth watching only as a historical
> curio to see how unenlightened people were back then.
>


:-))))))))))))))))))))), no ,si al final 'life aquatic' va a ser más
real de lo que parecía.

"Santi" <basquiat***hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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>
>
> Tras terminar de ver la cajita de Louis Malle y sus documentales (cuya
> voz en off, o sea los comentarios del propio Malle, les hace no poco daño)
> conseguí por ahí "Le monde du silence" de Cousteau y el propio Malle.
> Ganador de una palma de oro en Cannes y un Oscar, su visionado en la
> actualidad puede resultar absolutamente terrorífico e indignante. Que
> semejante basura capitaneada por estos salvajes, verdaderos piratas y
> saqueadores del mar, ganara una Palma en Cannes (a día de hoy el único doc
> ganador de semejante galardón con "Fahrenheit" de Michael Moore)
> justificaría por sí solo el cierre a posteridad del Festival


cierre a perpetuidad...las prisas.



Santi.

"Santi" <basquiat***hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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>
>
> Tras terminar de ver la cajita de Louis Malle y sus documentales (cuya
> voz en off, o sea los comentarios del propio Malle, les hace no poco daño)
> conseguí por ahí "Le monde du silence" de Cousteau y el propio Malle.
> Ganador de una palma de oro en Cannes y un Oscar, su visionado en la
> actualidad puede resultar absolutamente terrorífico e indignante. Que
> semejante basura capitaneada por estos salvajes, verdaderos piratas y
> saqueadores del mar, ganara una Palma en Cannes (a día de hoy el único doc
> ganador de semejante galardón con "Fahrenheit" de Michael Moore)
> justificaría por sí solo el cierre a posteridad del Festival


cierre a perpetuidad...las prisas.



Santi.

"Santi" <basquiat***hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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>
>
> Tras terminar de ver la cajita de Louis Malle y sus documentales (cuya
> voz en off, o sea los comentarios del propio Malle, les hace no poco daño)
> conseguí por ahí "Le monde du silence" de Cousteau y el propio Malle.
> Ganador de una palma de oro en Cannes y un Oscar, su visionado en la
> actualidad puede resultar absolutamente terrorífico e indignante. Que
> semejante basura capitaneada por estos salvajes, verdaderos piratas y
> saqueadores del mar, ganara una Palma en Cannes (a día de hoy el único doc
> ganador de semejante galardón con "Fahrenheit" de Michael Moore)
> justificaría por sí solo el cierre a posteridad del Festival


cierre a perpetuidad...las prisas.



Santi.

"Santi" <basquiat***hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
news:_Xsmi.36205$224.28060***news.ono.com...
>
>
> Tras terminar de ver la cajita de Louis Malle y sus documentales (cuya
> voz en off, o sea los comentarios del propio Malle, les hace no poco daño)
> conseguí por ahí "Le monde du silence" de Cousteau y el propio Malle.
> Ganador de una palma de oro en Cannes y un Oscar, su visionado en la
> actualidad puede resultar absolutamente terrorífico e indignante. Que
> semejante basura capitaneada por estos salvajes, verdaderos piratas y
> saqueadores del mar, ganara una Palma en Cannes (a día de hoy el único doc
> ganador de semejante galardón con "Fahrenheit" de Michael Moore)
> justificaría por sí solo el cierre a posteridad del Festival


cierre a perpetuidad...las prisas.



Santi.

"abcdefg" <moderstwo***yahoo.es> escribió en el mensaje


:-))))))))))))))))))))), no ,si al final 'life aquatic' va a ser más
real de lo que parecía.



Apostaría a que Wes Anderson la vio (y los cortos de Jean Painleve también)
antes de hacer "Life aquatic".



Un saludo.


Santi.