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Blue Water, White Death (1971)
Classic for any shark lover
This is an older documentary and one of the reasons I dive with Great Whites today. This movie has all the pioneers in shark research and videography. The late Peter Gimbel, as well as the famous couple Ron and Valerie Taylor make this film very exciting to shark geeks. They do not actually meet up with a white until close to the end of the film but the journey is amazing. They dive outside the cage with feeding sharks, which is a terrifying feat in itself. The footage is mesmerizing. This is a must see if you love white sharks! Remember people, sometimes it is all about the journey, not the destination. When you finally see the cast meet the infamous whites, it is as exciting to the viewer as they must have felt to them. Of course, this is not a Jaws kind of movie...this is real life. Before the days of commercial shark eco-tourism. At this time people were terrified of diving with these predators because we did not know anything about them. That makes the mystique of this film more tantalizing. Searching for the great monster, and then realizing that they are not the indiscriminate killing machines we thought they were. Beautiful film. :)