MY OCTOPUS TEACHER: The man behind the camera đ
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 10. 2020
- We speak to cinematographer and director of photography, Roger Horrocks, about the huge Netflix documentary, My Octopus Teacher, and his experience meeting this creature.
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I watched this movie at home, alone. I was literally on the edge of my seat, biting my nails, I cried out to stop the shark, afraid to look but compelled to, I laughed out loud, I sobbed........it's an incredible movie. I've never watched a nature documentary like this. I think because the film maker allows himself to feel about the animal, we do also. It's not the typical clinical observations.
Brilliant film
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Same I was just hope them would have pickup and save her when them did realise the fish was be eaten up alive that was so sad horrible
In love with all of this wonderful movie and you all!!!THANK YOU SO MUCH a hundred thousand times!!!
I love this documentary i wish i was in craig foster placeâ€â€â€
It's not a kelp forrest - it's an octopuse's garden surely.
One of my favorite movies because it was so real, all of the commitment, the emotions and efforts behind this
Incredible documentary. I did not want to watch initially, but when I did start watching, was so drawn in.
Holding thumbs for the Oscars.
Wonderful documentary , hope it wins the Oscar đ even though it was upsetting near the end đ
If you really love something, you protect it. There is no such thing as a 'natural life cycle' or a 'red line'. Love compels you to protect and save the thing you love, just like your child.
I bet he has some awesome posters on his walls!
I would have intervened....I would have had no problem getting bit to protect her...but that's just me...I'd take a bullet for my dog...and this little octopus đ was pretty special..
Because we are humans, it is natural for us to feel sympathy.. But Craig did the right thing by not intervening as this is nature :(
@@jeaherika9710 are humans not part of nature? And if you have a protective instinct that's also the natural order...
If he intervened, the octopus wouldnât have had the opportunity to outwit the shark. Who knows, maybe that learned intelligence was then passed on to the offspring.
I had similar feelings, I suppose some of the more exciting moments would not have been caught but I just don't get how he left her lingering on the sea floor. Maybe there was no other option...but she deserved better than being picked by scavengers. Compassion is part of nature too.
I wouldâve stepped in, let the pyjama shark eat something elseâs leg
my octopus story
They should have stopped the shark. They befriended that octopus so should have tried to defend her. Plenty of food in the ocean for that shark.
For a man who âmarveled soâ at the sentient intelligence of this creature, and the fact that he deliberately invaded a wild space and relentlessly pursued her with the intent purpose of imposing an unnatural human/animal relationship over the course of nearly an entire year, it was appalling that in her final hours, (possibly DAYS?), it was THEN he suddenly decided to âallow nature to take itâs courseâ and FILM her while she was being slowly scavenged alive. I wonder what she was thinking as she watched her âfriendâ pointing his camera at her as she was being torn to shreds? I hope that question plagues him the rest of his days - as the memory of that footage will certainly plague many of his viewers.
Blame psychology is usually accompanied by anger. Lashing out at other people because of one's own feeling of grief.
Whether he intervened or not, she would have died. That is the natural cycle of an octopus' life.
I sincerely hope you feel the same compassion for the death of George Floyd having had a knee on his neck, pleading for his life with people looking on. Have you posted a comment on that yet?
@@pietekoo5559 - why yes, obviously she was dying regardless - but she would have at least been spared unnecessary suffering and trauma had he intervened to protect her during her final moments of that âcycleâ. Didnât he at least owe her that? And to answer your weirdly off-topic question - yes, I am outraged (and equally forthcoming with my commentary) over George Floyd. However, I tend to reserve those comments for videos that actually have something to do with George Floyd...
@Bolzasqueet The value of his filming for the awareness it has created in humans of marine life and specifically octopuses, escapes you. She has nine brains, and capabilities for adaptation which defies our understanding. Donât insult her by ascribing your emotional and cognitive judgement to her life. She had her own purpose in teaching and learning through her inter-species experience which most definitely stretches beyond one life cycle. Accept that there are things we are simply incapable of understanding. âTherefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go...â
@@taniadevilliers348 - thatâs a lot of poetic talk that still doesnât address the fact that the animal who, with itâs ânine brainsâ, was STILL cognitive, STILL with pain receptors, and was allowed to be torn to bits in front of the man whom she had grown to âtrustâ, and whom could have prevented her from needless suffering. Period. The value in his film work doesnât âescape meâ - just as his lack of humanity and compassion towards her in her dying moments didnât âescape me.â
@@Bolzasqueet the arrogant confidence with which you persist in your judgement of all and sundry, appears to be a permanent disability. Spew on with your toxic little mind and tongue, clearly you have the need.
If you feel compassion for animals, consider going vegan to benefit all!