THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN

THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN. Mike Nichols, dir. USA: Avco-Embassy, 1973. Buck Henry, script (from Un animal doué de raison [1967], a convoluted political-intrigue thriller by Robert Merle). George C. Scott, star.

See for talking dolphins with mines strapped to their backs; within the beast-fable of Nichols's film, the image implies the superimposition of human nastiness upon formerly innocent nature. Cf. and contrast attack penguins in BATMAN RETURNS (cited above).

RDE, Title, 6Aug19