![]() All are good, but after the beauty of the main features, they seem a bit ordinary, (especially the Dive to Shark Volcano) like something you'd see on the Discovery Channel, although admittedly, with better footage. Other feature programs include Amazon Abyss, Dive to Shark Volcano, and Being There: Antartica and Being There: Between the Tides. Planet Earth / The Blue Planet: Seas of Life - Special Collectors Set (DVD) BBC natural history producer Alastair Fothergill spent the last ten years producing two of the most stunningly beautiful series ever created, The Blue Planet: Seas of Life and Planet Earth. The episode starts with a beautiful display of the coral seas and how every marine life relies on the coral reefs. Coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea fish compete for food, territory and mates within this oasis of life. The oceans influence dominates the worlds weather systems and supports an enormous range of life. The extras are fun, too, as they take us behind the scenes for each episode and give us some insight into the work - and patience - needed to get this incredible footage. In season 1 episode 6 of Blue Planet - Seas of Life titled Coral Seas, viewers are taken on a journey to explore the complex and fragile ecosystems that thrive in the worlds coral reefs. The scenery was complemented by orchestra music accompanied by the sounds of the water and wildlife beautifully. The narration was distinct and clear by David Attenborough, with his wonderful British accent. Blue Planet: Seas of Life - Ocean World/Frozen Seas (Widescreen) 20.99 20. The only way the video could be improved would be to watch this on an HD or BluRay (it's available in both formats). (Don't worry, it's not all water.) The eight episodes (50 minutes each) focus on the life in the water, around it, how they interact, and how they can all be affected by the slightest change. The movie had its American premiere at the Lumiere in San Francisco in 1984.The best way to sum it up: amazing! For those of you familiar with the Planet Earth series, this is in the same vein - and from the same producers - only focusing on the rest of the planet, the part covered by water. The film won a top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and was shown for over a year at one Roman theatre, the Azzurro Scipioni, which takes part of its name from the film's title. Ermanno Olmi, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Andrei Tarkovski were particular partisans of the work. The movie has been highly praised by many critics and filmmakers. David Attenborough narrates a natural history of the oceans, exploring the richest waters on Earth, where the annual cycle of the sun drives an explosion of life. Veteran composer Ennio Morricone provided the music. ![]() The magnificent photography was by the film's director/creator, Franco Piavoli. ![]() ![]() The deep sea, which gets darker with increasing depth until no more sunlight penetrates at about a kilometer depth, and ever colder closer to the bottom of the ocean, covers most of the planet and is thus by far the largest habitat on earth, yet has been explored less than space, so most scientific expeditions, at depths requiring modern. It is a symphony of nature, not a documentary, but a love-poem to the planet, and it reminds us of how much reverence we owe it. The Deep: With David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan. With the motif of the changing of the seasons, there are moments of everyday lifeĀ love, work, sleep, and the slow but relentless passage of time. It casts a hypnotic spell as we watch glaciers, rushing of water, thunderstorms, the effect of wind on sand dunes, children at play, a farmer's domain. The movie has no dialog and is filled with the sounds of nature and the images of its wonders, selected in a very unique and idiosyncratic way but in a way that is more subdued than Godfrey Reggio's KOYAANISQATSI or POWAQQATSI. THE BLUE PLANET of Franco Piavoli is one of the great personal cinematic testaments to the beauty of planet earth. ![]()
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