For decades, sharks – with their cute stubby little noses, lifeless black doll-eyes, and rows upon rows of razor sharp teeth – have lit up the silver screen along with hearts of all ages. Of course sharks have appeared in movies before, perhaps as long as the art itself,
For decades, sharks – with their cute stubby little noses, lifeless black doll-eyes, and rows upon rows of razor sharp teeth – have lit up the silver screen along with hearts of all ages. Of course sharks have appeared in movies before, perhaps as long as the art itself, but it wasn’t until “Jaws” that their charm was truly capitalized on.
However, shark cinema scholars believe the true absurdity of the genre was discovered in 1987’s “Jaws: The Revenge.” This film, the fourth installment in the series, suggests that killer sharks are purposefully stalking the Brody family, and in this instance chase them as they fly all the way from the northeastern U. S. to the Caribbean Sea. Apparently moving to the midwest never dawned on them.
From there it was just a hop skip and a jump to the current crop of Sharknadoes, Megasharks, Swamp Sharks, and Sand Sharks that have thrived during much of the 21st century. Finally, its time for us to come together as one and honor these works of art at the Tokyo International Shark Film Festival (TISFF).
