‘Becoming Cousteau’ First Look: French Marine Explorer Pleas For Ocean Conservation, Expresses Regret Over Oil Exploration: “I Feel Guilty”

‘Becoming Cousteau’ First Look: French Marine Explorer Pleas For Ocean Conservation, Expresses Regret Over Oil Exploration: “I Feel Guilty” By Matthew Carey October 22, 2021 Over his 87 years of life, Jacques-Yves Cousteau was variously an officer in the French navy, a pilot, an inventor, an author, an ocean explorer, and filmmaker. It’s in the […]

‘Becoming Cousteau’ Review: An Immersive Deep Dive Into the Life of Jacques Cousteau, the Undersea Visionary

‘Becoming Cousteau’ Review: An Immersive Deep Dive Into the Life of Jacques Cousteau, the Undersea Visionary By Owen GleibermanOctober 21, 2021 Jacques-Yves Cousteau had one of those faces that seemed to come from an earlier time — before the world wars, maybe even before the 20th century. It was a face so thin and tapered yet […]

‘Becoming Cousteau’ smartly charts Jacques’ crusading life aquatic

‘Becoming Cousteau’ smartly charts Jacques’ crusading life aquatic By Robert Abele October 21, 2021 French oceanographer, conservationist and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the most recognizable name in undersea exploration at the time of his death in 1997, hated the term “documentary” being applied to his beloved movies. They were the first of their kind to bring the wonders […]