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Life by the BBC (Narrated by David Attenborough) $19.99 at Target
If you're in to these BBC documentaries this is a BEAUTIFUL series! $19.99
is the best price I've ever seen...normally around $35-$40.
This enthralling BBC series examines "the lengths living beings go to to
stay alive," in the words of Sir David Attenborough (Oprah Winfrey narrates
the Discovery Channel version). Aided by breathtaking high-definition
cinematography, the makers of Planet Earth explore the more colorful
strategies the world's creatures employ to procreate, evade predators, and
obtain nourishment. Cameras travel though the air, under the water, and
right into the faces of insects, like the alien visage of the stalk-eyed fly
. Except for "Challenges of Life" and "Hunters and Hunted," each episode
covers a different category, such as mammals and birds. Among the more
memorable images: three cheetahs move with the relentless rhythm of mobsters
, a school of flying fish glides through the air with the grace of
ballerinas, and a Jesus Christ lizard skips across the water, like, well,
you know. The strangest sights range from a pebble toad bouncing away from a
spider like a rubber ball and brown-tufted capuchin monkeys pounding palm
nuts with stone tools like the apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Witty writing
and skillful editing, which distills thousands of hours of footage, make the
learning go down easy (at one point, Sir David references Jurassic Park,
which featured his brother, Richard).
If the sound effects seem overamped, George Fenton's score is always on the
money, adding humor and suspense at Crucial moments (martial drums for the
mud skippers, woozy brass for the Darwin's beetle). Nonetheless, delicate
sensibilities may find some sequences disturbing, as when Komodo dragons
feed on a water buffalo or when a leopard seal dines on a penguin (according
to Attenborough, the Komodo siege caused the camera operators "emotional
turmoil"). More often, the filmmakers capture the moment of impact before
moving on. The set comes complete with 10 featurettes on the four-year
production. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
From the award-winning BBC Natural History Unit, makers of Planet Earth and
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, this is the original UK broadcast version of
Life, with narration by renowned naturalist David Attenborough and music by
Oscarand Emmywinning composer George Fenton In Planet Earth, we brought
you the world as youve never seen it before. Now, get closer with Life. Four
years in the making, filmed over 3000 days, across every continent and in
every habitat, with breathtaking new high definition filming techniques
developed since Planet Earth, Life presents 130 incredible stories from the
frontiers of the natural world, 54 of which have never been filmed before.
Packed with excitement, revelation and entertainment, this remarkable 10-
part blockbuster captures unprecedented, astonishingly beautiful sequences
and demonstrates the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and
plants have developed to survive and thrive.
Thank to BD929 at FW!!!
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