@newscientist: What would it feel like to be swallowed alive by a whale?   That’s the premise behind Daniel Kraus’s novel Whalefall, which follows a diver trapped inside a sperm whale with just one hour to escape.   Now adapted into a sci-fi film, co-written by Kraus and director Brian Duffield, the story raises one rather unusual question: what does it take to imagine being swallowed by a whale? Our film columnist Bethan Ackerley sat down with Kraus to find out.   Tap the link in our bio to read Bethan’s review.

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