A shot from the documentary The Loneliest Whale: The Search For 52. Courtesy of Bleecker Street
A whale, apparently the only one of its kind, wandering the Pacific and persistently calling with no answer, is the subject of Joshua Zeman’s documentary The Loneliest Whale: The Search For 52, or more precisely, a search for the whale no one had ever seen. That search of the seas aboard a ship named Truth is the framing devise, but director Zeman also examines at the human response to the whale’s plight, anthropomorphized reaction reflecting at a time when people were talking about social media and loneliness, as well as a brief exploration of humankind’s history with whales. Aboard a ship named Truth It adds up to a mix of sea-going adventure,
In 2004, the New Times posted an article about a whale that struck a chord with many people. “For many years,...
A whale, apparently the only one of its kind, wandering the Pacific and persistently calling with no answer, is the subject of Joshua Zeman’s documentary The Loneliest Whale: The Search For 52, or more precisely, a search for the whale no one had ever seen. That search of the seas aboard a ship named Truth is the framing devise, but director Zeman also examines at the human response to the whale’s plight, anthropomorphized reaction reflecting at a time when people were talking about social media and loneliness, as well as a brief exploration of humankind’s history with whales. Aboard a ship named Truth It adds up to a mix of sea-going adventure,
In 2004, the New Times posted an article about a whale that struck a chord with many people. “For many years,...
- 7/9/2021
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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