Don't approach this as a fishing show or a show about fishing -- as a matter of fact, watch this show simply to appreciate that it was made and put on TV at all. It is a rare novelty that is that is full of great, unexpected lines from the narrator.
John Lurie got a grant to make art and hired a Japanese film crew to come fishing with him and some of his famous friends. I don't think there was ever any scripts on the trips, John and guest were simply improving scenes to create a loose narrative, or in Willem Defoe's episode's case, to end with both men dying of exposure after starving because not being able to catch fish while ice-fishing. There is a funny moment in the first few minutes of the first episode when Jim Jarmusch wonders aloud if someone else should be driving while looking off camera at the crew in the backseat and John responds, "We're the only ones here Jim." After editing the footage, a narrator script was developed and recorded giving the show moments of unexpected drama, suspense, and straight-up 'laughing-out-loud' moments when you say, "WHAT did he just say?"
Review by DeletedBlockedParent2021-12-16T14:22:16Z
Don't approach this as a fishing show or a show about fishing -- as a matter of fact, watch this show simply to appreciate that it was made and put on TV at all. It is a rare novelty that is that is full of great, unexpected lines from the narrator.
John Lurie got a grant to make art and hired a Japanese film crew to come fishing with him and some of his famous friends. I don't think there was ever any scripts on the trips, John and guest were simply improving scenes to create a loose narrative, or in Willem Defoe's episode's case, to end with both men dying of exposure after starving because not being able to catch fish while ice-fishing. There is a funny moment in the first few minutes of the first episode when Jim Jarmusch wonders aloud if someone else should be driving while looking off camera at the crew in the backseat and John responds, "We're the only ones here Jim." After editing the footage, a narrator script was developed and recorded giving the show moments of unexpected drama, suspense, and straight-up 'laughing-out-loud' moments when you say, "WHAT did he just say?"