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Giardina, Carolyn (11 March 2021). " 'Minari,' 'Trial of the Chicago 7' Among American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 11 March 2021. When you're making a film about the intersection between human beings and an octopus, you couldn't have had a more perfect scientific adviser. She went through the film with us literally scene by scene and just gave us different insights into what she thinks it might be like to be an octopus. You've got to be so careful not to anthropomorphize, but she looks at it from a very pragmatic point of view. She said, 'Imagine if you are a creature that many millions of years ago had a shell and has now traded that shell for a very big brain. What kind of animal does that evolutionary process create?' And the first thing she said was, 'An octopus's life is defined by the tension between fear and curiosity.'Octopus Teacher' Lets Filmmaker Into Secret World". Voice of America – English. 9 September 2020 . Retrieved 17 October 2020. SA filmmaker's documentary captivates the world". Algoa FM. 22 September 2020 . Retrieved 26 December 2020.

EarthxFilm Festival Award Winners". Earthx2020. 20 May 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021 . Retrieved 19 October 2020. Then she explained that an octopus's survival strategy is to have hundreds of thousands of eggs. Maybe one of those octopuses will make it to the end of their life. That gives you the sense that this octopus that Craig made friends with—one which fights off sharks and manages to reproduce—is the Einstein of octopuses. She really, is the 0.001 percent. Foster describes the effect of this mentorship-like relationship the octopus provided him, teaching him a lesson on the fragility of life and humanity's connection with nature. [8] This transfers to Foster creating a deeper bond with his son, Tom Foster, as his son develops as a diver and marine biology student. Erik Pederson (1 March 2021). "Sound Editors Nominate 'Wonder Woman', 'Sound Of Metal', 'Tenet' & Others For Golden Reel Awards – Full List". Deadline. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 March 2021.N: What do you make of the moment that Craig offers the octopus food after a shark bites off one of its limbs? JR: I think the whole situation felt like a bit of a grey area about where he fitted into her life. The downside of that close relationship is what's arguably one of the most fascinating things about it—and any sort of relationship. You get a lot of positives out of it, you will get hurt. We're not too keen about drawing the parallel ourselves about the love story, but the same emotions are at stake. You don't quite know how to behave, and then you live with the guilt of behaving a certain way.