‘The Bones’ Review: It’s Paleontologists vs. Profit in Entertaining Look at the Fossil Trade
variety.comDennis Harvey Film Critic The proliferation of billionaires — with trillionaires reportedly soon to come — has raised a lot of questions in world politics.
But one question has been around as long as wealth itself: What can an individual actually do with that much money? A new answer arises in “The Bones,” proving that the rich will always break fresh ground in the realm of luxury expenditures.
Even for the man or woman who “has everything,” there may still be unfulfilled need for a reconstructed Triceratops skeleton dating from approximately 67,000,000 B.C.
Think how it will look in one’s Great Room! That’ll show arrivistes whose trophies are from mere living species. Yes, there is an actual market for such things, as Jeremy Xido’s documentary feature suggests — though it does not take us into the homes of such collectors, who presumably would rather not advertise their acquisitions.
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