In a perfect world, a manta ray would glide to the sound of Bellini’s La Sonnambula, sung by Maria Callas, in Atlantis — Luc Besson’s 1991 film. Unclassifiable and poetic, this documentary was born of Besson’s long expedition across the world’s seas and oceans to capture the silent beauty of marine life. Rarely has the phrase “coming up for air” felt so ironic. The air on this planet is barely breathable. Yes, the seas are polluted too, but at least they remain territories of silence.Our era speaks too much. It drowns in a cacophony of nonstop media, incapable of pausing long enough to focus on the essential — even for the length of a commercial break.In Gaza, the inhuman suffering of Palestinians is filtered through the same machinery that sells laundry detergent and anti-aging cream. The system, the algorithms, are designed to recycle...
In a perfect world, a manta ray would glide to the sound of Bellini’s La Sonnambula, sung by Maria Callas, in Atlantis — Luc Besson’s 1991 film. Unclassifiable and poetic, this documentary was born of Besson’s long expedition across the world’s seas and oceans to capture the silent beauty of marine life. Rarely has the phrase “coming up for air” felt so ironic. The air on this planet is barely breathable. Yes, the seas are polluted too, but at least they remain territories of silence.Our era speaks too much. It drowns in a cacophony of nonstop media, incapable of pausing long enough to focus on the essential — even for the length of a commercial break.In Gaza, the inhuman suffering of Palestinians is filtered through the same machinery that sells laundry detergent and anti-aging cream. The system, the algorithms, are...