we see gunda suckling and raising a batch of young piglets, watching them grow, all without the aid of explanatory captions or narration, or emotive music to tell us how to feel. there s nothing anthropomorphic or sentimental about the film which includes footage of gunda standing on one of her brood, oblivious to its squeals. yet it s impossible to watch these creatures without becoming acutely aware of their consciousness, and thus inevitably questioning what we know will happen to them. russian director viktor kossakovsky, who became a vegetarian after befriending a pig as a child that was then served up as pork cutlets, says he wanted to make a film about animals as living, feeling beings in their own right, a task he says was doubly difficult when dealing with farm livestock rather than dolphins, elephants or pandas. yet gunda, on which joaquin phoenix gets an executive producer credit, makes for remarkably powerful experience presented in strikingly
about farmyard animals focusing on the titular sow. squealing. over the course of the film, we see gunda suckling and raising a batch of young piglets, watching them grow, all without the aid of explanatory captions or narration, or emotive music to tell us how to feel. there s nothing anthropomorphic or sentimental about the film which includes footage of gunda standing on one of her brood, oblivious to its squeals. yet it s impossible to watch these creatures without becoming acutely aware of their consciousness, and thus inevitably questioning what we know will happen to them. russian director viktor kossakovsky, who became a vegetarian after befriending a pig as a child that was then served up as pork cutlets, says he wanted to make a film about animals as living, feeling beings in their own right, a task he says was doubly difficult
impressive visual coups, while o brien does a convincing job of portraying a man caught in a quarter life crisis drawn back constantly into the past. i m not even here right now! not all of the ideas land, but this indie spirited oddity is not afraid to take a few risks, and frankly it s all the better for it. flashback is on digital platforms now. from fantasy to reality, with gunda, an extraordinary documentary about farmyard animals focusing on the titular sow. squealing. over the course of the film, we see gunda suckling and raising a batch of young piglets, watching them grow all without the aid of explanatory captions or narration, or emotive music to tell us how to feel. there s nothing anthropomorphic or sentimental about the film
drawn back constantly into the past. i m not even here right now! not all of the ideas land, but this indie spirited oddity isn t afraid to take a few risks, and frankly, it s all the better for it. flashback is on digital platforms now. from fantasy to reality, with gunda, an extraordinary documentary about farmyard animals focusing on the titular sow. squealing. over the course of the film, we see gunda suckling and raising a batch of young piglets, watching them grow, all without the aid of explanatory captions or narration, or emotive music to tell us how to feel. there s nothing anthropomorphic or sentimental about the film which includes footage of good understanding on one of her brood, oblivious to its squeals.
not all of the ideas land, but this indie spirited oddity isn t afraid to take a few risks, and frankly, it s all the better for it. flashback is on digital platforms now. from fantasy to reality, with gunda, an extraordinary documentary about farmyard animals focusing on the titular sow. squealing grunting over the course of the film, we see gunda suckling and raising a batch of young piglets, watching them grow, all without the aid of explanatory captions or narration, or emotive music to tell us how to feel. there s nothing anthropomorphic or sentimental about the film which includes footage of gunda standing on one of her brood, oblivious to its squeals. yet it s impossible to watch these