Terrace was apparently a charismatic and powerful alpha gorilla scientist who simply announced that his former student (with whom he had once had a sexual relationship) would have the honor of being the mother of his chimpanzee student. But the charisma of the professional with his Bobby Charlton hairstyle is something that modern audiences should trust.

The adorable little Nim got into this woman’s bohemian New York family, and instantly began to possess her and be openly aggressive towards her poor bewildered new husband, coming between them. It is easy to see how Terrace uses Nim as a proxy sexual identity, re-establishing his own controlling presence. Terrace then obtains funding to continue Nim’s education elsewhere, in a beautiful mansion in upstate New York. He powerfully removes Nim from his former student’s control and hands him over to a handsome young teenager, and Nim subsequently essentially facilitates Terrace’s affair with her.

At the center of all this is a seductive and lovable chimpanzee to whom everyone is devoted. He seems to learn new sign words every day, and all the teachers in Terrace’s mansion-commune (mostly young women) are increasingly excited about the inevitable new Aquarian period of interspecies communication. However, Nim, who grows to about 5 feet tall and has strength far exceeding human strength, is becoming increasingly threatening. And his alleged linguistic skills look like a dangerous, sentimental, anthropomorphic illusion.

It’s impossible to avoid the feeling that The Nim Project is a story of emotional abuse: I wondered if Marsh might even arrange confrontational interviews, during which former Terrace employees would sharply question him about his behavior. This does not happen – and I would have liked to discuss more about the collapse of his language experiment and what that collapse implied. Furthermore, Marsh’s theatricalized inserts add little. Nevertheless, this is a fascinating documentary. Chimpanzee comes out of it well. Homo sapiens, of course, are lacking.

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The story of the film began when Simon Chinn, the film’s producer, met the tightrope walker Philippe Petit in the spring of 2005 on BBC Radio 4. Chinn then tried to buy and Petit the film rights to his acclaimed book “Reaching for the Clouds”. Petit did not give a definite answer, but after several months of deliberation decided to agree. But at the same time Petit set a condition that he would play a major role in the film.

After the film’s release, the director was repeatedly asked about the destruction of the towers, to which he replied that the tightrope walker stunt was so incredible and beautiful that it would simply be unfair and wrong to contaminate the story with any mention or discussion of the towers being destroyed.

The film tells the story of a stunt performed in New York City on August 7, 1974, by tightrope walker Philip Petit. Petit managed to walk without safety rope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The height was more than 400 meters above the ground. After the stunt, Petit was arrested. The film also includes rare amateur footage of the stunt preparation and photographs of the actual event. In addition, the film includes interviews with eyewitnesses. The story itself is based on Petit’s book, Reaching for the Clouds.

Even before the film was released, Petit was one of the most famous street rope walkers, famous for his spectacular performances. However, it is worth admitting that the August 7, 1974 performance was the most spectacular and memorable. The ropewalker was on the rope for 45 minutes, during which he walked back and forth eight times. His friend Annie said it was like he was walking on a cloud. There were many astounding moments when he sat down and even lay down on the rope. Everyone around him was fascinated by the sight of a lying tightrope walker at such a height.

It is also interesting that after his arrest, all charges were dropped by the court in exchange for a free performance for the children.

The passage became so popular that in addition to the book and documentary film, a children’s book was published called The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, describing the same event. In 2005, a short cartoon was made based on the book. In addition, in 2015 a movie, “The Walk,” based on the book “Reaching for the Clouds,” was released.

As for the documentary “The Rope-Walker” or “The Man on the Rope,” it was quite interesting and entertaining and worth watching.

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In the coastal Japanese town of Taiji, images of dolphins are everywhere – they decorate the walls of tunnels, murals, and parapets on the boulevards. To the visiting tourist it may seem that the dolphin is considered the town’s mascot, but nothing could be further from the truth. The port of Taiji is one of the world’s largest dolphin trading centers. Director and famous photographer Louis Sayhoyos, together with consultant Richard O’Barry (who used to train dolphins for the TV series “Flipper”) managed to find the main dolphin killing ground, a cove safely hidden from the eyes of curious tourists.

In the picture it is about the annual dolphin hunt, which is organized by the inhabitants of the village Taiji. Fishermen drive the mammals into a narrow cove, some of them are caught to sell them in aquariums, but most of them are killed to sell the meat in the markets. As many as 23,000 dolphins are killed a year in the coastal waters of Taiji.

Former dolphin trainer Rick O’Barry, along with filmmaker Louis Psihoyos and his team, travel to the small Japanese town of Taiji to shed light on the annual brutal mass slaughter of these mammals that takes place there on the coast. They discover a small cove fenced off with warning signs against entering it. Here they find a local millionaire fisherman who owns an illegal dolphin-related entertainment and food business. O’Barry, Psychoyos, his team and the Oceanic Preservation Society find out what’s really going on in this secluded cove and how it could affect the world.

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This event is necessary to give birth to a new generation, and takes place every year. The motion picture has a beautiful musical accompaniment and each successive event is accompanied by the appropriate melody. The director managed to present the existence of imperial birds in different angles and various situations – some of them bring a sincere smile, some of them can even provoke tears.

The story is told from the penguins themselves, voiced by Charles Berlain, Romana Borinzhe and Jules Sitrouck.

It all begins in mid-March to mid-April. The penguins gather in flocks and come ashore to travel to their nesting grounds. For many days, the penguins continue their journey from the sea that gives them food to their nesting colonies, located among the cliffs, uneven ice – places with the most favorable microclimate, with protection from the wind.

Upon the arrival of the flocks to the site, the process of colony formation begins: all penguins divide into pairs. There are fewer males than females, so the latter fight for the attention of the males, often with screaming and fighting. Having found a pair, the birds stand side by side for days on end, enjoying each other’s company, and at night they gather in a tight group in order not to freeze.

In May-early June, the female lays a single egg. The temperature at this time drops below -50 °C, and the wind blows at a speed of up to 200 km/h. Using her beak, the female rolls the egg onto her paws and covers the top with a skin fold on the underside of her belly to keep it warm. After a few hours, the male takes care of the offspring by rolling the egg under his belly. Many of the young are still inexperienced and in a hurry, so often their eggs freeze.

After feeding, the females gather in flocks and return to their nesting site. By the time they return, little hungry chicks are already peeking out from under their fathers’ feathers. The females have been filled with energy for a long time, and now they are ready to take over the care of the newborns, satiating and warming them. The males, having been hungry for 3 months and having lost 40% of their body weight, pass the chicks that have already hatched to them and go off to feed themselves.

Weakened males go to the sea to feed. Many of them do not survive this journey, as they are very weak. For about three weeks, the females feed their chicks with half-digested food, mush from krill and fish stocked on the sea journey, and special “milk.” At five weeks of age, emperor penguins no longer fit in the pecking bag and go to the so-called “nurseries”, where they spend their time snuggled up against each other.

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