Like the spoils of the ocean, the many clichés and sayings associated with it will soon be extinct. The old adage about plenty of fish in the sea has seen us ravage the oceans to fulfil our seafood cravings and will no longer hold water.
The End of the Line is a persuasive wake-up call for sushi lovers everywhere. It documents how over-fishing is decimating the oceans, how the ignorance of all of us is making it worse whilst presenting alarming predictions of fish stocks declining to nothing within a generation.
Director Rupert Murray has taken Charles Clover’s seminal book and made its overwhelming amount of information accessible to the masses. The films opens with lush underwater imagery, soon turning to dark and foreboding slow motion shots of slaughter as it follows Clover around the world in his investigations. As he uncovers how our greed for fruits de la mer is bringing species like the bluefin tuna to the brink of extinction, we can only sit in awe of the reality unfolding before us.
One cannot deny the integrity of the journalism or help be angered by the seemingly blind greed of the multinational businesses who are intent on exploiting the tuna to the very end. Even more so the apathy of the politicians who ignore the science and do nothing to stop it.
Much has been made of the importance of this film, and it’s being hailed as An Inconvenient Truth for the seas. Frankly the artistic qualities are not really of any consequence with an issue of this gravitas but this is much more watchable than Al Gore’s ode to the planet—and the science is totally convincing.
Depressing? Yes, but there is a definite sense of hope and a clear message of what we can do to make a difference.
Disturbing, engaging, but tinged with hope, this is a must see.
[etRating value=“ 4”]
The End of the Line is a persuasive wake-up call for sushi lovers everywhere. It documents how over-fishing is decimating the oceans, how the ignorance of all of us is making it worse whilst presenting alarming predictions of fish stocks declining to nothing within a generation.
Director Rupert Murray has taken Charles Clover’s seminal book and made its overwhelming amount of information accessible to the masses. The films opens with lush underwater imagery, soon turning to dark and foreboding slow motion shots of slaughter as it follows Clover around the world in his investigations. As he uncovers how our greed for fruits de la mer is bringing species like the bluefin tuna to the brink of extinction, we can only sit in awe of the reality unfolding before us.
One cannot deny the integrity of the journalism or help be angered by the seemingly blind greed of the multinational businesses who are intent on exploiting the tuna to the very end. Even more so the apathy of the politicians who ignore the science and do nothing to stop it.
Much has been made of the importance of this film, and it’s being hailed as An Inconvenient Truth for the seas. Frankly the artistic qualities are not really of any consequence with an issue of this gravitas but this is much more watchable than Al Gore’s ode to the planet—and the science is totally convincing.
Depressing? Yes, but there is a definite sense of hope and a clear message of what we can do to make a difference.
Disturbing, engaging, but tinged with hope, this is a must see.
[etRating value=“ 4”]
