I like to have my mind blown. When I saw Cave of Forgotten Dreams in theatres a while back my mind got severely blown. Werner Herzog’s 3-D journey into the Chauvet cave documents some of the most amazing art on the planet. It left me speechless. 30, 000 year old cave art rendered in amazing 3-D amplifying all the contours of the caves took my breath away. I would have been amazed had contemporary artists crafted such masterpieces. Needless to say, I was excited about the Blu-ray release. …Continued…
Sony has released three pretty stellar documentaries on Blu-ray in the last month.
Who doesn’t love a giant IMAX film? One of the thrills of hitting up a museum or science centre is often getting the opportunity to chill out, after a day of exploring old bones and ancient pottery, by relaxing into a soft IMAX theatre chair and enjoying a big-screen science-related documentary. Dinosaurs Alive!, one such film, is now on Blu-ray disc and, while heavier on the paleontology than CGI thunder-lizards, will most likely not disappoint the young dino-enthusiast in the family. …Continued…
Who doesn’t love a Ken Burns documentary? The man who changed the world of non-fiction filmmaking forever with his incredible Civil War, Baseball and Jazz series’ for PBS (and the namesake of iPhotos finest still-image effect) is back with The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a six part, twelve hour miniseries now available on Blu-ray! …Continued…
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I think I’m the only Blu-ray aficionado who doesn’t yet own the BBC Planet Earth discs. I mean, I’ve seen them, for the most part, on friends and family’s screens. Stunning stuff. But if you don’t have twenty-thousand hours to sit through the whole documentary series, it feels a bit impenetrable. That’s why I love Disney Nature’s new Earth Blu-ray disc. …Continued…
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