On Top of the Whale (1986)
- NR
- 06/20/1986 (US)
- Fantasy
- 1h 37m
Overview
A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia to study the last speakers of a dying language. That language apparently consists of a single word, which therefore means everything.