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As he made his way through the pre-pandemic awards season last year, picking up trophies for his performance in Joker, actor Joaquin Phoenix gave an increasingly powerful series of speeches.
Phoenix seemed to recognize the influence of the platform he was being given on some of the world s most celebrated stages, and he made the most of it with a string of moving and emotional statements â addressing representation and inclusion at the BAFTAs and conveying a moving message at the Oscars for animal rights.
Filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky did not see Phoenix s speech that night, but almost immediately his phone began ringing with friends and collaborators telling him Phoenix s message was the same as that of his latest documentary, Gunda.
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âGundaâ Review: A Remarkable Pigâs-Eye View of the World
This astonishing documentary offers an intimate look at the lives of a sow, her rambunctious piglets, a one-legged chicken and a herd of cows.
Gunda with one of her piglets in Victor Kossakovskyâs documentary.Credit.Neon
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What do filmmakers see when they look at animals? Not much, apparently: For the most part, animals in movies are atmospheric background â a solitary cat in a window, a horse in a field glimpsed from a car. Occasionally they are symbols, like the many sacrificed bunnies of cinema (âThe Rules of the Gameâ et al.). At other times, animals are cast as favorite companions, and plenty of dogs have played good boy onscreen. Yet even in films as distinct as âOld Yellerâ and âBest in Show,â animals are usually in service to the human story, to our fee