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Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach\u2019s drama starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as a divorcing couple engaged in a raging custody battle, won universal acclaim from critics and numerous awards, including six Oscar nominations and one win, for Laura Dern\u2019s barnstorming attorney.<\/p>\n
But perhaps the highest honour has just been revealed by the Wall Street Journal, which reports that audio of the central couple screaming at one another has been judged so upsetting it is now being used to deter wolves from attacking livestock.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need the wolves to respond and know that, hey, humans are bad,\u201d a US Department of Agriculture district supervisor in Oregon told the WSJ. His teams employ \u201cdrone cowhands, whose quadcopters have thermal cameras that can reveal any wolf lurking in the darkness\u201d. The predator is then spotlit and treated to audio blasted over a loudspeaker. Aside from Baumbach-scripted acid insults, tracks include fireworks, gunshots and AC\/DC\u2019s Thunderstruck.<\/p>\n
The practice is know as \u201cwolf hazing\u201d and is employed rather than culling as grey wolves are on the federal government\u2019s list of endangered species.<\/p>\n
Happily, Driver and Johansson\u2019s Academy Award-nominated performances have proved just as impactful for canines as humans.<\/p>\n
\u201cDrones were deployed in the Klamath Basin of southern Oregon after 11 cows were killed by wolves there in a 20-day period,\u201d reports the WSJ. \u201cOver the next 85 days, when drones were on patrol, only two were killed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other emotionally volatile high-points in the 2019 film include Driver\u2019s feeling rendition of Steven Sondheim\u2019s Being Alive and Dern\u2019s caustic broadside about the double standards by which mothers and fathers are judged (which found an echo in America Ferrera\u2019s speech in the 2023 film Barbie, which was also co-written by Baumbach). It is not believed either of these moments are also being broadcast to pests.<\/p>\n
Marriage Story premiered at the Venice film festival in 2019 and was named on many critics\u2019 best of the year lists, coming second on the Guardian\u2019s year-end roundup.<\/p>\n
In his five star review of the film, Peter Bradshaw singled out the \u201ccentral rage-filled confrontation\u201d for praise. \u201cThis does feel theatrical,\u201d he wrote, \u201cbut in such a lucid and intelligent way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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