thinbeach

This is my kind of movie. An hour and a half celebrating the pure beauty of this planet, tinged with a few moments of pain. Some are complaining about the moral standards of using trained instead of wild birds, but that is really minor on the scale of sins committed by major production studios, and this film wouldn't be possible without it. If you really are concerned about ethical standards of film production, its best not to watch anything. Some will complain about the lack of narration, but I personally enjoy experiencing the scenery without a bombardment of information, most of which I would have forgotten by the next day. It would have been improved by following just one species of bird, as opposed to cutting back and forth between multiple, at various unrelated locations around the globe, and at times the editing was a bit hasty.

If you enjoy this style of film, I highly recommend 'Nanook of the North' (1921), as well as short films 'De Brug' (1928) and 'Regen' (1929) by Joris Ivens.