movie review - Wings of Migration
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 2003.09.10
This is a movie about migrating birds. It's a documentary, of sorts, though its focus is the imagery of the flying birds, the scenery through which they're flying, and a few simple themes (endurance, hardship, instinct).
It may not tell you much about the birds your looking at (many aren't even named, and quite a few are in it for maybe only 90 seconds or so), and there isn't a hell of a lot of variety to it (you see many clips of birds flying over high mountainous regions, diving off of cliffs, and flapping across oceans), but it's so visually appealing that I recommend it. But only on the large screen - I don't think this one would work on the small screen.
Recommended.