Blue Water, White Death

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Audience Member Fantastic footage of a bygone era. Never will the oceans team with Oceanic White Tips due to shark finning. The Great White footage is spectacular and raw, something no studio film could possibly replicate. Peter Gimbel is a gentleman / scholar / adventurer, an archetype that no longer exists in our society. He was the first man to dive the wreck of the Andrea Doria, just two days after she sank in July of 1956. He did it on compressed air, using a double hose regulator and little else. No BCD, no Tri-Mix, no recompression chamber aboard his vessel. Just curiosity and guts. This flick is a must see for those who love the ocean, and the human spirit. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Blue Water, White Death (1971) C-99m. ??? 1/2 D: Peter Gimbel, James Lipscomb. Fascinating documentary on one of the sea's most dangerous creatures, the Great White shark; terrifying underwater footage in vivid, underrated movie. Also interesting to note this was the first "shark movie", even before Steven Spielberg's JAWS in 1975. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Four years before Jaws was released we had this wonderful documentary. It's almost impossible to see nowadays but if you can get ahold of it it's highly recommended. Good stuff! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Pioneers in shark research this quasi-doco-Steve Zissou film is an insight into 70s mindsets and aesthetics. The last 10 minutes really is worth waiting for. I envy their pioneering aquatic work captured on film, unfortunately not their musical shipmate nor their 70s ethics. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Blue Water White Death is an amazing documentary that follows divers as they search for great white sharks. The footage of the great white sharks is remarkable and its easy to see why the Taylors were influential on Jaws. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member THIS is the template for JAWS and JAWS 2 . . . everything you see in JAWS and JAWS 2 (related to icthyology) is sourced from Ron and Valerie Taylor's great documentary directed by Gimble. I didn't like it 100% because the divers seemed like a bunch of doctors, lawyers, CEOs (Corporate Elected Officials), CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) out for a three week diving gig out for kicks to find the great white. Instead of playing golf for the weekend, they hit the high seas each "never having done a hard day's work in their lives." I'm watching it from Quint's perspective. (Quint is the shark-hunting feller in JAWS). The Divers weren't "real" . . . BUT THE GIANT SHARK FOOTAGE IS BREATHTAKING!!!!! and its in 2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO!!!! 70mm Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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