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Winged Migration
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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 south of the Equator; Antarctica is the summer destination. The search for food, good weather, and a place to hatch young takes this annual cycle of stamina across continents and oceans. There is a spare narration and a few titles; for the most part it's visual, a bird's eye view.
Release Date: 2001
Director: Perrin and Cluzaud
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(3.50)
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(4.50)
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Last Update:
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14, 2006
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(Review ID: 13)
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Beautiful and well-filmed but not very informative, October 13, 2006
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Reviewer: xarizmu from Kansas
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xarizmu
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Pros:
Excellent cinematography and nice music.
Cons:
Very little factual information.
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I enjoy documentaries and grew up on nature shows, so I expect to learn from a documentary, which is perhaps why this film was very boring. The only education in this film is visual, and without a factual informational counterpart, it was difficult to become invested. The birds are beautiful, the shots are awesome, and the overall idea of long distance migration is amazing, but I already knew that going into the film. I expected to learn more about it than "birds fly south for the winter, and sometimes they die along the way."So if you want to watch awe-inspiring beautiful sequences of flying birds, watch this movie, but don't expect to learn very much factual information.
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(Review ID: 8)
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See Birds Like the Birds do, September 29, 2006
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Reviewer: WideAngle
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Pros:
Fantastic Film
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NONE!
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I'm not a bird watcher and was pressured into watching this film. It was one of the best overall films of the year for me. Amazing doesn't cut it. The making-of was a must see also.
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