My Octopus Teacher movie plot
2022-01-08 08:01
Craig Foster's childhood in Cape Town's False Bayspent, love swimming and diving, he grew up, in documentary production, 20 years ago in northwest Botswana Kalahariworking, he saw that the local aborigines easily find traces of wild animals. It made him feel that these aborigines are one with nature, and he aspires to be part of nature like the aboriginals, not just bystanders.
Foster experienced a downturn at work for two years. He didn't want to see the camera and editing room anymore. The exhaustion and low mood also affected the family relationship. Son Tom is in the growing period. Foster does not want to be a frustrated father. He knows that he must change. He thinks of his childhood life and the aborigines of Kalahari, so he returns to the fake bay and plunges into the embrace of the sea again. Foster without oxygen tube, do not wear a wetsuit to free divingway of close contact with the sea, once again picked up the camera shot.
One day, Foster saw an octopus, thought it was very interesting, and had a crazy idea: to see it every day
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Extended Reading
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Craig Foster: What she taught me was to feel... that you're part of this place, not a visitor. That's a huge difference.
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[first lines]
Craig Foster: A lot of people say an octopus is like an alien. But the strange thing is, as you get closer to them, you realize that we're very similar in a lot of ways.