Winged Migration
2001 ‘Le peuple migrateur’ Directed by Jacques Perrin
Synopsis
The cameras of Jacques Perrin fly with migratory birds: geese, storks, cranes. The film begins with spring in North America and the migration to the Arctic; the flight is a community event for each species. Once in the Arctic, it's family time: courtship, nests, eggs, fledglings, and first flight. Chicks must soon fly south. Bad weather, hunters, and pollution take their toll. Then, the cameras go
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As soon as the movie ends, I google hypnosis. The strange, mesmerizing power this movie has, makes me search for answers. More than once, it's music and wing rhythm lull me to sleep and when I regain consciousness a few minutes later, I go back to where I drifted off. Even awake, I become aware that I'm watching whole segments in a trance--following the formations and studying the feathers as the air lifts them. I'm going to partially blame my sleep deficiency for the nodding off, but only partly since there is a very strong dose of relaxation administered throughout this movie. According to Wiki, there are definite hypnosis properties as well. The description says it's a "heightened focus and concentration with the ability to concentrate intensely on a specific thought." That's it! I've been hypnotized, and I like it. :)
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Astonishing cinematography and surround sound. BD is a perfect demo disc.
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Guaranteed to cure insomnia
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Hypnotic, often photographically superior to National Geographic by a country mile, but rarely structured with any coherence. More like a wondrous festival of raw birdy footage; Albeit, the scenario of Perrin's filmed world is taken from the rods and cones of children's eyes; His thrilling cinematography bears the same youngsters' wonder felt flowing out of his 1996 masterwork Microcosmos. Here, the drama of the bird world feels a little more like a reach, with the music, though pretty, relied on to do most of the stretching. Eventually, what stays with us is the curiosity of the level shots that seem to stay parallel with the birds, and the sheer vastness, in one scene, of penguins. Too often, the photography seems…
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Great shots of the birds, but as film or documentary, not that compelling.
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Even though my second viewing wasn't on the big screen, I think I was even more captivated. The camerawork was still jaw-dropping and the invocation of the instinctively remarkable world of migrating birds perhaps even more inspiring. Even the terrible music can't turn resonant beauty into schmaltz.
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Follow the amazing migrations of a wide variety of birds, captured by five film crews through 40 countries and all seven continents. Seventeen pilots and 14 cinematographers join teams totaling more than 450 people to capture an amazing birds-eye view of migration.
Filled with spectacular photography and incredible views, the film is bound to amaze anyone, bird lover or not.
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Allez! Allez! Honk-eh-Honk-eh-Honk-eh.