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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
Starring whales, elephants and bears; Directed by Alastair Fothergill
Fothergill and co-director Mark Linfield spent five years filming the influence of the sun on life on Earth, to illustrate the impact of climate change. The results are simply dazzling.
Shot with state-of-the-art HD cameras, we’re brought perilously close to the grizzly end of many an untamed beast as they pursue their migratory habits. Habits which are, year on year, becoming an increasingly difficult ordeal, as habitats change with dizzying speed. While the consequences are heartbreaking, the insight offered by Fothergill and team is wondrously jaw-dropping. Less so the clumsy narrative, which fortunately doesn’t fully detract from the film’s tremendous storytelling, yet adds little to thousand-word-imagery that speaks eloquently for itself.
This exquisite condensation of work from the BBC’s Natural History Unit is packed with so many breath-taking moments that some cinemas risk structural collapse from depleted air resources. Don’t wait for DVD – this is a big screen experience.
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