From 1990 until about 1996, I was obsessed with Shark Week. Shark Week was (or maybe still is) a television program that aired annually, every night for one week straight, always taking place during the second week of August. Every night, the program focused on a different type of shark and while the cameramen were swimming with the sharks, the narrator told us every little detail we could ever know about that specific type of shark.

During the commercials I would wonder about these people with cameras hanging around the sharks; how long had it taken for them to get the footage of the shark? Were there ever any tragedies when swimming amongst the sharks? How do they know where to look for the sharks?

After seeing The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou on Sunday, I now know all the answers from an Anderson/ Baumbach perspective. Thanks Wes! Thanks Noah!