Director and photographer: VITTORIO DE SETA. Presented in CinemaScope and Ferraniacolor. Producer: Giorgio Fraticelli. An "Astra Cinematografica" production..
American version, titled "Bluefin Fury", copyright 1956 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. U.K. release: November 1957. 622 feet. 7 minutes.
COMMENT: Although the U.K. censor has seen fit to give this CinemaScope short a Universal Exhibition certificate, it is certainly not a movie for the squeamish.
A detailed account of the trapping and slaughtering of schools of tuna by Sicilian fishermen, it is deftly presented in a remarkably direct fashion which gains added impetus by the skillful use of CinemaScope.
True, the forcefulness of this one-reel short feature, is slightly undermined by an off-camera commentary (in English) that insults our intelligence by drawing attention to things we can all too plainly see for ourselves.
Perhaps the Italian version is less verbose?
American version, titled "Bluefin Fury", copyright 1956 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. U.K. release: November 1957. 622 feet. 7 minutes.
COMMENT: Although the U.K. censor has seen fit to give this CinemaScope short a Universal Exhibition certificate, it is certainly not a movie for the squeamish.
A detailed account of the trapping and slaughtering of schools of tuna by Sicilian fishermen, it is deftly presented in a remarkably direct fashion which gains added impetus by the skillful use of CinemaScope.
True, the forcefulness of this one-reel short feature, is slightly undermined by an off-camera commentary (in English) that insults our intelligence by drawing attention to things we can all too plainly see for ourselves.
Perhaps the Italian version is less verbose?
