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"Gunda" from Russia, a documentary about... everyday animals.

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As humans have moved farther and farther away from the animal world, what have we lost? This film is or should soon be available for streaming. It was selected for the New York Film Festival.

"A prodigious pig, a one-legged chicken and a herd of lissome cattle are at the center of this extraordinary, palpably intimate look at the everyday lives of a group of animals. Working in black-and-white and with nimble, fluid cameras that sometimes skim the ground, the Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky shows a world that most people never notice or care to understand, one that respects other living creatures and sees, really sees, their distinct behaviors and relationships. To an extent, the movie reflects the issues that John Berger broached in his 1970s essay "Why Look at Animals?," which mournfully weighed what has been lost as humans have increasingly severed their ties with animals. "Everywhere animals disappear," Berger wrote. "In zoos they constitute the living monument to their own disappearance." (M.D.)" NYT

Follow Ups:

I'm been working on a doc about our cats for 9 years... - musetap 10:38:21 09/18/20 (3)
But the fuckers just won't cooperate.

I'm going to see if we can get Herzog to take over the reins.

He did a good job at Loch Ness.

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
- RE: I'm been working on a doc about our cats for 9 years... - rivervalley817 11:02:44 09/18/20 (1)
  'He did a good job at Loch Ness'
  
  have you seen this Musetap?
  
  several reviews say that it's interesting if not compelling
  
  regards,
  - You need to see it... - musetap 21:45:04 09/18/20 (0)
    Especially if you are a Herzog fan.
    
    Time well spent.
    
    "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
- "Tabby: The Wrath of Feline" - Victor Khomenko 10:52:26 09/18/20 (0)
  Save a couple of tickets for me.
How interesting. You and VK will have lots to talk about. * - Billy Wonka 08:01:51 09/18/20 (0)
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