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Short documentary about Stromboli fisherman

Mark Frauenfelder at 10:55 am Tue, Dec 4, 2012

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Welcome to the volcanic island of Stromboli, where epically-bearded fisherman effortlessly spout profound poetry about the grandeur of life.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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  • oasisob1

    It only seems effortless.

  • hundred

    loved it

  • schlocktober

    Ingrid Bergman, Ingrid Bergman…

  • Richard Martinelli

    Yes shlocktober, we just watched Stromboli and the tuna fishing scene was intense.  

  • Ryan Kittleson

    At first I thought it was going to be like the spaghetti harvest documentary, but with the men catching strombolis in their nets.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002490367699 P.s. Octochicken

    This is just lovely.

  • http://repeaterband.com skeletoncityrepeater

    This is a little pedantic, but the documentary is clearly about ‘fishermen’, not ‘fisherman’. It’s in the post twice, and is really a bit confusing to read that way.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=581619250 Charles Basile

    Did anybody notice the symmetry of that fin he’s hacking?  That’s a mammal tale.  Not fish.