Leviathan (2013) on Netflix
NR20131h 27mDocumentary
GoPro cameras fixed to a fishing boat record the North American commercial fishing industry in the waters off New England, with almost no words and no exposition.
- Netflix3.7/5
- IMDb6.5/104,001 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes83%
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Leviathan (2013)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While shooting Leviathan, the directors' first camera was lost at sea, so Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel fell back on GoPro cameras. The lack of clarity in the GoPro lenses gave their footage haunting after-images.
- Shooting Leviathan made director Lucien Castaing-Taylor seasick, and co-director Véréna Paravel went to the emergency room twice after returning to land.
- Leviathan was initially planned to be mainly about the land portion of the fishing industry, and was switched to the sea only because the filmmakers' interests changed.
- The area of New Bedford in the film has a history as the whaling capital of the past and is presently the largest fishing port in the United States; Moby Dick also took place there.
