A while back, when I clicked into amazon.com, my welcome page urged me to buy the DVD of the film "Winged Migration." "Catherine, you'll love this." I took note, but didn't do it. Then when I saw the DVD for rent at Movie Gallery, I still passed it by for several weeks. Would I really enjoy watching a lot of birds migrating? On and on and on?
Finally my partner and I decided to give it a try. The answer is yes! I would indeed enjoy watching a lot of birds migrating - on and on and on. It's hard to explain how this could be so, but the film is magical - like watching a fascinating ballet. I found it often amazing and beautiful. Sometimes it was amusing, sometimes tragic. Does this sound a bit like - life?
There are two special features on the DVD that are as fascinating as the film itself. One is about the four year process of making the film. This was about a hundred times more interesting than most such features.
The other was about making the music for the film. This too was fascinating. So many different kinds of music were woven together to make the film score. After all, the film covers pretty much the entire earth. What a scope for a film score!
It's possible that I was the last person in the U.S. to see this film. At amazon.com I found 106 customer reviews of it! Reading some of these made me wish I'd seen the film in the movie theatre. On a giant screen, it would have been even more moving.
By the way, this film breaks apart my prejudice against French films. For the first time in years, we watched a French film that we love. True, it does have that French "slice of life" approach. But in a documentary, and with such a subject and scope, this works fine.
If by any chance I'm not the last person to see this film, and you still haven't rented or bought it, I urge you to give it a go. It will put beautiful images and rhythms straight into your inmost being. It will awaken something beautiful and wild in you. 4 stars!
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