1956 · adventure · drama
Moby Dick
Directed by John Huston1h 55m1956
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
Our read: Moby Dick (1956) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded adventure · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured adventure / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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