Lobsters (film) explained

Lobsters
Director:John Mathias, László Moholy-Nagy
Starring:Alan Howland
Music:Arthur Benjamin
Editing:László Moholy-Nagy
Distributor:ABFD
Runtime:17 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

Lobsters is a British documentary film made in 1935 and released in 1936 about lobster fishermen in the port of Littlehampton in Sussex, England and is one of the first aquatic films ever made.[1] Hungarian-born László Moholy-Nagy spent several weeks getting to know the fishermen and their families, which had a long history of fishing for lobsters. Moholy Nagy also got to know the local community and listened to their dialect.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: When the Bauhaus came to Sussex. BBC. 2 February 2017. 22 March 2010. Chris. Bennett.
  2. Web site: The Fiery Stimulator. The Guardian. Fiona. McCarthy. 18 March 2006. 21 February 2017.