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Encounters in the Natural World brings together five stunning films from legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog. Featuring breathtaking scenery and wildlife from around the world - from the sun-kissed frozen expanses of Antarctica, to pristine South American rain forest, and grizzly bears is Alaska - these films explore the planet s alluring beauty and man s relationship with it. Encounters at the End of the World: Herzog ventures into the beautiful polar landscape of Antarctica, discovering the astonishing wildlife living there and gaining rare access to the unique hidden society of scientists who call this place home. Grizzly Man: The acclaimed portrait of Timothy Treadwell, a charismatic bear enthusiast who lived amongst these great creatures in remote parts of Alaska for thirteen summers, before succumbing to their ferocious nature. The White Diamond: The visually stunning story of Graham Dorrington s quest to fly a custom-built airship over the rain forest canopies of Guyana. La Soufrière: As a volcano is about to erupt on the island of Guadaloupe, all inhabitants flee for their lives, apart from one man who refuses to leave and accepts his fate at the hands of nature. The Flying Doctors of East Africa: Herzog s examination of the flying doctors service of the African Medicinal Research Foundation, and the people who devote their lives to it.
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By Jayesh Patel
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Especially grizzly man, flying doctors of east africa, and white diamond. Grizzly man also includes a good extra feature of when they were producing the music.
By Thomas
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The films are beautifully rendered in Blu-ray technology. Grizzly Man was my favorite although the others came close seconds. The pack is very good value for money.
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By Mark Hurst
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'The White Diamond' improves with the HD transfer and gains a moderately-interesting 'making of' featurette in the process, but 'Grizzly Man' is constrained by Treadwell's SD source material and the blu-ray adds little to the DVD. The new 'Encounters' movie is okay, but to me it looks more like a compilation of out-takes from something else than a movie in its own right. The lacklustre extras felt like padding, when what would really add value is a Herzog commentary track for each of the films. Having seen (and owned on DVD) two of the aforementioned movies, it was with some disappointment that I discovered the two other films in this '5 film box set' were archive documentary shorts rather than feature-length documentaries. This, above all, makes this box a poor buy unless the 'proper' movies are new to you.
(Postscript)
I just re-acquired Encounters on DVD for a second go round and found that it does have a director's commentary! I don't have the Blu-ray any more, but I don't recall it having a commentary.
(Postscript)
I just re-acquired Encounters on DVD for a second go round and found that it does have a director's commentary! I don't have the Blu-ray any more, but I don't recall it having a commentary.
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Flawed Blu Authoring, Fantastic Set of Films
I've received my blu-ray edition of Encounters in the Natural World, and am overall rather pleased. Some issues should be documented for importers however, especially in the case... Read more
Published 10 months ago by AVclubber42
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The worst transfer I ever seen
Extremely bad PQ, I never seen such bad transfer ever.
It is a good set and deserved more star if proper transfer.
It is a good set and deserved more star if proper transfer.
Published 23 months ago by Andrew
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