Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The Living Desert (1953)

Directed by James Algar
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Disney)

Desert wildlife is seen hunting and being hunted in this pioneering documentary by Walt Disney. I don't like to see any animal in distress, but luckily Disney limits this to a tarantula, rattlesnake and occasional bug. It can get silly at times when the anthropomorphism runs amok, such as the mating ritual of scorpions set to a square dance. However, the time lapse photography of blooming flowers towards the end is sheer beauty.

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