WILD GOES HOLLYWOOD

摘要

In an early scene of the documentary Racing Extinction, undercover agents infiltrate a trendy restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif. Using hidden cameras, they capture a waiter serving endangered whale sushi. "Three pieces, we got it," says Louie Psihoyos, the marine activist who's parked outside monitoring the sting. "It's a bingo." Psihoyos, who won an Oscar in 2010 for his documentary The Cove, is the film's director and Anthony Bourdain-like main character. With a team of activists, he travels the globe interviewing experts and uncovering wildlife smuggling. Beautifully shot, the film details how man-made pollution, overfishing, and poaching of endangered animals and sea life could wipe out up to half the world's species within 100 years. On Dec. 2 the Discovery Channel will air Racing Extinction in 220 countries and territories.