The Cove, written by Mark Monroe and directed
by Louie Psihoyos
A different
version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E
and http://realini.blogspot.ro/
This is my
first note on a documentary.
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But what a phenomenal film this is!!
It has won
the Academy Award for Best Documentary and thirty nine other important prizes,
being nominated for another 17.
The Cove
has a metascore, which basically combines the ratings from Variety, The New York
Times and many other prestigious publications of
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84- which is really impressive
The real
story is an outrageous one.
And I was
thinking that if this would have happened on the Somali coast, it could have
been less astounding.
In a poor,
let’s say less civilized land, with many people facing starvation, a struggle
for food might appear more acceptable.
But to
learn that this is happening in one of the most advanced countries in the
world, which has a culture that I admire, comes as an appalling revelation.
Alas, they
do not just kill thousands of dolphins, but they also insist on killing whales
for pretended scientific purposes.
And they
are not the only ones, it must be emphasized that other humans have a habit of
killing whales and other creatures that I respect and feel that should be
protected and not slaughtered by barbarians:
The above
link would have some photographs of waters that are red because so many lovely
beings are murdered.
It is the
Faroe Islands that is involved in the – should I call it massacre, or the way
they prefer it- tradition? - That you can see following the above link.
But then
there is the Nordic country that is so admired and gives so many lessons on how
to do things- Norway:
“Norway has
killed nearly 12000 whales since 1993, outpacing Iceland and Japan as the
global leader in whaling”
Returning
to The Cove, the protagonist is Richard O’Barry, who has been one of the first
to work with dolphins.
He regrets
his involvement in capturing and then training the intelligent, charismatic
creatures that are so close to humans.
Stories with
dolphins and the help they offered to humans in distress go back to ancient
days and their charisma is so well known and alas one of the main reasons of
their ordeal, for their likeability makes people want to see them in shows.
Richard O’Barry
is the one who made Flipper and then so many other shows possible and familiar around
the world.
When one of
his dolphin friends committed suicide in his arms, this hero became the fierce
opponent of captivity for dolphins and he is now called whenever a dolphin is
in trouble and he helped many return to the wild.
In Japan,
near Taiji, there is a cove which gives the title for this film and where many
thousands of gentle beings have been slaughtered and the locals defend this
madness with an aggresivity that is abominable.
This Taiji
is not known as a place where many humans have died, but it is a horrific place
and it shows how abhorrent people can be.
Of course,
cynics would point out- and they would be right to a great extent-that other
intelligent creatures- pigs for instance- are slaughtered in their millions, on
a daily basis, around the planet, except for where they are religiously
forbidden.
But it
nauseating, disgusting to see how many dolphins are killed in order to trap
those who will be sold to aquatic parks all over the globe.
They also
eat the meat over there and it could be again argued that eating any type of
meat is unethical.
When asked
on the streets of Tokyo, many Japanese appear to have no idea about what is
going on in the Cove.
But their government-
and the Norwegian one to an even greater extent!!!- has a policy of killing
whales in spite of the international outcry.
And the Nordics
are considered the supreme role models…
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