Fishing with John. John Lurie, 1992.
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Edition screened: Criterion DVD #42, released 1999. English language. Runtime approximately 147 minutes.
Summary: Thematic fishing violence.
Each of the six episodes involves host John Lurie goofing off with a celebrity under the pretenses of a fishing trip. There is not much productive fishing, but there is a lot of gore involving baiting hooks with other live fish, showing those fish after they have been partially eaten by prey, beheading, and similar.
The point of the show is hip comedic banter with men like Tom Waits and Willem Dafoe. The actual fishing is positioned awkwardly, as there is too much blood and callous brutality for viewers who are not interested in fishing, but not enough for viewers who might be.