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Salty Dogs
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Salty Dogs

2012 · EN · STATUS: [ STREAMING ]
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A day in the life of lobster fishermen working out of Winthrop, Massachusetts, told entirely through images and a classic rock soundtrack, with no narration or dialogue. The camera follows the crew from predawn departure through the hauling of traps, sorting and banding of catch, and the return to harbor as light fades. Close shots of weathered hands, rope, buoys, and the churn of the boat's wake stand in for any spoken explanation of the trade, letting the rhythm of the work carry the film. There are no talking-head interviews and no voiceover walking viewers through the mechanics of lobstering; instead the film trusts its footage of nets, claws, and open water to show what the job actually looks and sounds like across a single working day. It plays more like a visual tone poem about a vanishing coastal trade than a conventional explainer, and the rock music keeps it moving rather than meditative. Short, plain, and specific to one boat and one town on the Massachusetts coast.