2013 · documentary
Leviathan
Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel1h 27m2013
An experimental portrait of the North American commercial fishing industry through the lens of GoPro cameras placed on a fishing vessel off the coast of New England.
Our read: Leviathan (2013) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, surreal documentary entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured documentary, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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“You want raw experimental immersion in the brutal commercial fishing world.”
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