Death of a Legend (1971)
- Directed by
- Bill Mason
- Genre
- nature documentary
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 49 min
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary examines the true behavior of wolves, contrasting their real lives with the myths that portray them as evil. Using rare footage, it shows their life cycle, social structure, and their role in keeping nature balanced.
informativeobservationalcontemplativeneutraleducationaleye-openingunsentimental
What happens
Death of a Legend is a 1971 documentary directed by Bill Mason for National Film Board of Canada. The film is about wolves and the negative myths surrounding the animal. It helps to dispel the image of wolves as "evil" and demonstrates their role in maintaining the balance of nature. Exceptional footage portrays the wolf's life cycle, the social organization of the pack, and offers glimpses of caribou, moose, deer and buffalo. It was the first documentary to feature footage of wolves being born in the wild, and of their first year of life. Death of the Legend was followed two years later by Mason's feature-length theatrical documentary on wolves, Cry of the Wild, also for the NFB, which screened throughout North America and earned $5. million. In 1974, Mason completed his third and final film on wolves, Wolf Pack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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