Stars: Declan Conneely, Johnny Gatcombe, Adrian Guillette |Written and Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel
Review by Scott Clark of Cinehouse
One of the most intriguing films of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival is the experimental documentary piece Leviathan; an abstract look at the relationship between man and nature. It won’t be for everyone, in fact it will probably appeal to a smaller part of the audience who have the patience to endure its 87 minutes of non-linear strangely intense imagery.
This isn’t the sort of film that offers up its direction with any ease, it’s a slog, a hard slog conveyed by the labours of everyone involved. Filmed on numerous cameras spread over a North Atlantic commercial fishing boat, Leviathan never attempts the perspective that would perhaps make the film easy- and thus inevitably dull- it is no accident that there is a lack of...
Review by Scott Clark of Cinehouse
One of the most intriguing films of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival is the experimental documentary piece Leviathan; an abstract look at the relationship between man and nature. It won’t be for everyone, in fact it will probably appeal to a smaller part of the audience who have the patience to endure its 87 minutes of non-linear strangely intense imagery.
This isn’t the sort of film that offers up its direction with any ease, it’s a slog, a hard slog conveyed by the labours of everyone involved. Filmed on numerous cameras spread over a North Atlantic commercial fishing boat, Leviathan never attempts the perspective that would perhaps make the film easy- and thus inevitably dull- it is no accident that there is a lack of...
- 7/22/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Title: Leviathan Cinema Guild Director: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel Screenwriter: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel Cast: Brian Jannelle, Adrian Guillette, Arthur Smith, Asterias Vulgaris, Callinectes Sapidus, Christopher Swampstead Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 2/13/13 Opens: March 1, 2013 When Fathers’ Day rolls around, you look at some of the greeting cards and you’re likely to find an equal number of Mallards and of dads chatting with their children over fishing rods. Vacation signs pop up on stores over the summer stating “gone fishing,” considered the thing to do when your years at work are over. This is fishing as metaphor for bonding, for vacations, and for retirement. Catching the big one [ Read More ]
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- 2/14/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Trailer for Cinema Guild's Leviathan documentary, directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel. The film opens in theaters and includes Declan Conneely, Johnny Gatcombe, Adrian Guillette, Brian Jannelle, Clyde Lee, Arthur Smith and Christopher Swampstead. The thrilling, immersive documentary takes you deep inside the dangerous world of commercial fishing. Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast–the very waters that once inspired Moby Dick– the film captures the harsh, unforgiving world of the fishermen...
- 2/7/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer for Cinema Guild's Leviathan documentary, directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel. The film opens in theaters and includes Declan Conneely, Johnny Gatcombe, Adrian Guillette, Brian Jannelle, Clyde Lee, Arthur Smith and Christopher Swampstead. The thrilling, immersive documentary takes you deep inside the dangerous world of commercial fishing. Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast–the very waters that once inspired Moby Dick– the film captures the harsh, unforgiving world of the fishermen...
- 2/7/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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