A documentary shot in the North Atlantic and focused on the commercial fishing industry.
This is sublime, thought-provoking filmmaking.
Leviathan is likely like nothing you’ve ever seen, with filmmaking methods you can barely comprehend, and it absolutely demands to be seen on the big screen.
When we say it's like nothing else you've seen, you've really got to take our word for it.
The results – achieved through small cameras clipped to nets, masts and the crew – will hook some and induce seasickness in others.
Part fishing doc, part filmmaking experiment, Paravel and Castaing-Taylor is remarkable, disorientating and unique gem.
[The directors'] intentions here are opaque (this isn't the typical eco-doc decrying the excesses of the fishing industry) but what can't be denied is the jarring, murky brilliance of their film-making.
Stupendous.
Not an easy watch, and something in which you must make an investment of attention – but a fascinating piece of work.
No interviews or narration are needed and none is offered, leaving the audience all at sea, adrift on the strange tide of sound and vision.
Interview: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel, directors of Leviathan
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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