Review of Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

I first saw this seminal documentary of direct cinema in Paris, while attending a workshop of cinéma direct with Jean Rouch and his disciples. It was in French with no subtitles, so I understood very little, but perceived its significance and inner beauty. Then I saw it several times again while adding Spanish subtitles to it, and I reafirm my opinion that this is an immensely beautiful film. The agents of political correctness may object to whale hunting, but this is a document of a time, of a culture, of a village, of one of its labor practices and of a tradition on the verge of extinction Truly a great ethnographic motion picture.