Winged Migration
If it was 45 minutes long, and shown on Discovery Channel HDTV on the Sony 16×9 television I will own someday, I would say this elegant documentary about migrating birds would be just about perfect. The filmmakers used gliders and other stealth technology to get mindblowing footage flying alongside the flocks, and the landscapes are just as breathtaking.
But at 90 minutes, shown with a crappy “dragged across a concrete floor” print at Hilldale Theatres, I have to admit I was sort of dozing off in a few spots. With almost no narration and just a handful of informational titles, they seemed unsure about whether they wanted to make a documentary or a nature tone poem.
Beautiful images, no question. But I need a little more than that to sustain me.
Any further tips on where one might find this?