简介：THREECHEERSFORTHEWHALEchroniclesthehistoryofmankind'srelationshipwiththelargestandmostmajesticofmarinemammals,andgraphicallyexposestheirslaughterbythefishingindustry.ChrisMarker'sco-director,MarioRuspoli,descendantofanaristocraticItalianfamily,hadbeenajournalist,painterandethnologistbeforediscoveringhisvocationasadocumentaryfilmmaker.IntheSixtieshebecameoneofthefounders-alongwithJeanRouch,EdgarMorinandChrisMarker-ofthe"directcinema"movement,pioneeringintheuseofnewlightweightcamerasandsynchronoussoundrecordingequipment.…