Blackfish vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Blackfish). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 23m. Blackfish is the older of the two (2013 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blackfish
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Blackfish | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 23m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Dean Gomersall, Samantha Berg, John Jett, John Hargrove, Carol Ray | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Blackfish
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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