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Short documentary about Stromboli fisherman

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

Kindle

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.