Content on a Sunday Morning
The Documentary
Documentaries have been produced about all manner of subjects by all manner of filmmakers. Lately, most of them have had a political agenda. The genocide in the Republic of the Congo, the fight by Chechen Muslims against Russian control, and the borderline homeless in North Hollywood have all been documented recently. The most controversial and politically vile piece of work recently is Micheal Moore's "Farenheit 9/11" Super double ungood bad. This man needs to be double-tapped, pronto, but I digress...
In the wake of the films depicting and produced by Man at his worst, a film has been distributed in the last year to the U.S. Market. This film will renew faith in the planet Earth.
"Winged Migration"
The film was shot over a period of three years and initially released in 2001. Shot and produced by a French filmaking team, it covers the patterns and actions of birds on all seven continents. From the Arctic, to West Africa, to New York City, the film shows the trek north and south of a myriad of species of birds.
This film is mesmerizing. The cinematography is breathtaking. The filmmakers use lenses in a way to make you feel you are right along side a gander of geese traveling overland in one scene, and then pan out to show the vast and beautiful land they travel over and give you not only an idea of the distance traveled but the actual speeds these birds fly. Voice narration is at a bare minimum, and every so often there is text on screen giving statistics on the birds. That is it. The rest is a quiet but powerful look at all manner of magnificent birds doing their thing. I love this film, and that is saying a lot knowing it was produced by cheese eating surrender monkeys. They can't fight, but sure as hell put together a great nature documentary.
Documentaries have been produced about all manner of subjects by all manner of filmmakers. Lately, most of them have had a political agenda. The genocide in the Republic of the Congo, the fight by Chechen Muslims against Russian control, and the borderline homeless in North Hollywood have all been documented recently. The most controversial and politically vile piece of work recently is Micheal Moore's "Farenheit 9/11" Super double ungood bad. This man needs to be double-tapped, pronto, but I digress...
In the wake of the films depicting and produced by Man at his worst, a film has been distributed in the last year to the U.S. Market. This film will renew faith in the planet Earth.
"Winged Migration"
The film was shot over a period of three years and initially released in 2001. Shot and produced by a French filmaking team, it covers the patterns and actions of birds on all seven continents. From the Arctic, to West Africa, to New York City, the film shows the trek north and south of a myriad of species of birds.
This film is mesmerizing. The cinematography is breathtaking. The filmmakers use lenses in a way to make you feel you are right along side a gander of geese traveling overland in one scene, and then pan out to show the vast and beautiful land they travel over and give you not only an idea of the distance traveled but the actual speeds these birds fly. Voice narration is at a bare minimum, and every so often there is text on screen giving statistics on the birds. That is it. The rest is a quiet but powerful look at all manner of magnificent birds doing their thing. I love this film, and that is saying a lot knowing it was produced by cheese eating surrender monkeys. They can't fight, but sure as hell put together a great nature documentary.
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