Nomads of the skies - the secret of the migratory birds
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Nomads of the skies - the secret of the migratory birds |
| Original title | Le Peuple Migrateur |
| Country of production | France , Italy , Germany , Spain , Switzerland |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK / JMK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jacques Perrin , Jacques Cluzaud , Michel Debats |
| script | Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou |
| production | Jacques Perrin, Christophe Barratier and Yvette Mallet |
| music | Bruno Coulais |
| camera | Thierry Machado , Claude Nuridsany , Marie Pérennou , Hugues Ryffel and Ernst Sasse |
| cut | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
Nomads of the Skies - The Secret of the Migratory Birds (original title: Le Peuple migrateur ) is an animal film shot in 2001 . The work of the French directors Jacques Perrin , Jacques Cluzaud and Michel Debats is dedicated to the French ornithologist Jean Dorst .
action
The film shows the annual migration of migratory birds. Most of the pictures show the birds in flight, with the camera being carried by an ultralight aircraft . The film relies entirely on the fascination of the images, scientific explanations are not in the foreground. The narrator rarely speaks to the viewer. The way of the animals begins at a small European lake in which a boy wanders through the landscape and ends a year later with the same motif.
History of origin
The shots were filmed six camera crews over a period of three years on all seven continents and show 50 species of birds, including Canada Goose , Barnacle Goose , Bar-headed Goose , Red-breasted goose , snow goose , whooper swan , crane , crowned crane , white stork , Andean condor , wandering albatross , rockhopper penguin , tern and white pelican . All kinds of weather conditions and types of landscape are flown through on the enormous distances.
The birds were imprinted on the cameramen , some of the species even for the first time, and accustomed to the observation devices such as microlight aircraft , paragliders , hot air balloons, as well as cars , motorcycles , motor boats , a remote-controlled robot and a French naval ship .
Bruno Coulais' music comes from Bulgarian and Corsican singing groups as well as Nick Cave and Robert Wyatt . The music was partly mixed with flapping wings in order to give the viewer the impression that he was a member of the group of birds shown. The original music by Bruno Coulais repeatedly draws on the themes of the other songs on the soundtrack. In The Red Forest , for example, the melodies of To be by your Side and Masters of the Field reverberate .
Reviews
- “Through birds that were used to people in a bird school and the use of camera-equipped aircraft that fit naturally into the formation flights of the feathered leading actors, sensational recordings were created that put the viewer in a trance-like weightlessness. The film, which avoids any showmanship, unobtrusively pleads for harmony between man and nature. " ( Film-dienst )
Awards
Six years after the Perrin-produced documentary Mikrokosmos - The People of the Grasses became Nomads of the Skies - The Secret of the Migratory Birds was critically acclaimed and nominated for an Oscar for best documentary in 2003 , but Michael Moore's successful Bowling for Columbine had to admit defeat. Other awards the film received included the César for editing and nominations for the European Film Prize and the Spanish Goya .
Web links
- Of the Air Nomads - The mystery of migratory birds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
- Le Peuple migrateur on BAC films (French, requires Adobe Flash )