The Shark Is Still Working (Erik Hollander, 2009)

The Shark Is Still Working (Erik Hollander, 2009)This richly detailed fan-produced documentary about the impact and legacy of Jaws covers virtually every angle of the film’s production, initial reception, and enduring legacy in the kind of detail that will tickle longtime fans but also introduce a new legion of viewers to both the exhilaration and the trauma of what director Steven Spielberg claims is still the most difficult production with which he has ever been associated. The title, which is a play on star Richard Dreyfuss’s anecdote about constantly hearing technicians on the walkie-talkie announcing the mechanical shark’s nonperformance, is nothing short of perfect in the way it distills the fact that, despite all the advances in special effects technologies and digital wizardry, that big, clunky mechanical contraption in Jaws is still working on the minds and nerves of virtually everyone who has seen the film. (DVD Screener)