‘Winged Migration’

Tonight we watched Winged Migration on DVD. Wow. Really, for practically every scene, my voiced reaction was, “Oh, wow.” The photography is amazing. The filmmakers used a variety of small aircraft, such as modified gliders, to fly up close with birds across some amazing landscapes. Definitely a must-see if you’re at all into nature or photography, or both. It has little narration, though, so it’s not as informative as a typical nature documentary, but there’s little need. It is so visually stunning (best viewed on a large screen) and thematically focused that the images speak for themselves. By the way, the DVD includes an interesting (if a bit longish) “making of” feature that covers how the filmmakers nurtured the birds and created innovative techniques to film them in flight.