That was cruel and for that, the movie should be banned. Have these people not heard of animatronics or fake sharks?
shareI agree, whats the point of killing all the animals?When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...
This is Mexico. Back then (and maybe today) there was no guidelines like there are in other countries about animal welfare on set.
I guess they did hear about fake sharks and animatronics etc. but you're forgetting, this is a low-budget film. They would never have been able to afford to make fake sharks, thats why real ones were used, even the main shark is real.
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Exactly. Mexico, even today, doesn't see animal abuse as an issue as many civilized nations do, and shark fins are big business. Then again, Japan still kills whales for soap and Canada clubs seals for fur. Pretty sick world filled with sick people.
shareInterestingly enough, Rene Cardona's other film "Cyclone" contains an infamous scene that everyone always complains about. However that one is faked! So there are some boundaries somewhere.
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Only cute animals are worth respecting? Ever heard of the balance of nature? Sharks have their place in nature and shouldn't be hunted and killed because some nitwit saw Jaws and hates sharks, and that is exactly what's happened since the book & movie came out years ago-much to the dismay of the author of the original book. He regretted what happened because of his story.
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As far as i remember, this movie, as many others of the time, used stock footage of real fishing activities (most of the shark-killing scenes, including the "star" shark) so the "tintorera" that dies is a different one, the living "tintorera" are really several tiger sharks, adding the actor's diving close ups in the edition room, the close ups of the sharks where shoot by Ramon Bravo (a notorious Mexican shark expert, famous for his discovery of the "sleeping sharks"). They also filmed fishermen working in a documentary style, using the footage for this fiction movie. So, in a very relative way, no (many) animals where harmed especifically for this movie.
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