Film review and podcast by c d kaplan
Let me simply say from the get go there’s no real way for me to do justice in this short space to this extraordinary cinematic experience.
I can only say it has the Culture Maven’s highest recommendation, and is my favorite film of the year.
The broad outline is it’s about a naturalist fellow named Craig Foster — I think I misspeak in the podcast and call him a naturist — who to calm down his life takes to diving in a kelp forest in the Atlantic off South Africa, where he lives.
He develops a relationship with an octopus. A real friendship.
I’m not making this up.
The movie is visually resplendent.
The movie is emotive and instructional.
The movie is to be seen.
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