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There are great indi films out there and this is one of them.

Basically, its a story about an eccentric, and his study of a band of wild parrots living in San Francisco. The movie is suitable for children, and a great film to watch...
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While the birds are gorgeous, this is a hippie movie and not for kids. Monologue by protagonist (narrator and lover of the adorable parrots) whether he should bother getting a job or not and hints of drugs are not suitable for children. This...
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Judging from previous reviews of this movie and being interested in parrots I decided to buy it. It is a nice, cute story. The quality of the picture and filming is poor. I expected better picture. It is worth the watch, but not the purchase.
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Just the most beautiful film about a an artist whose canvas and materials are nature.
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This is the most hilariously overrated film I've seen in recent memory. It made me laugh harder than Superbad. And the piles of lavishing praise shown in these reviews take me to an extremely cynical place with the epiphany that Art is truly a...
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I bought this for my high school art class. They were fascinated for the first 20 minutes. After that they lost interest. I thought Goldsworthy was much more exciting than this.
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The story in The Hobart Shakespeareans is remarkable and touching. A great video for teachers, all those in education, for parents who want their children to succeed as both students and human beings.
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Yes, this man is a dedicated teacher. No, his methods are not the wave of the future for educational reform or methods that would often work elsewhere. The perspective of this film is skewed by describing these students as underprivileged inner...
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This DVD is a must for everyone. It is an amazing revelation to the mystery of sound, percussion etc. Evelyn Glennie is just unbelievable and you just have to see to believe her amazing giftings.
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I bought this movie from acorn media, and luckily they allow you to return it, which I did because it was just mind-numbing and tedious. The only redeeming part was a very small quip about her childhood, which the director should have developed...
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Touch the Sound (Thomas Riedelsheimer, 2004)

I've watched two Thomas Riedelsheimer films this month, and have had a great deal of trouble reviewing either one. (I had no idea this was by Riedelsheimer when I DVRed it; I knew only that...
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This engaging documentary (docudrama comes closer to the right term for it) could be representing its subject fairly, but there are signs of potential bias that should make viewers question it before drawing conclusions about cochlear implants....
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The thing that is so dangerous about this video is that it seems so even handed. The video lulls you into the idea that it is fairly viewing both sides of the issue. The implant is so so dangerous- not simply because it will eliminate Deaf...
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its a good movie to watch to see what kind of drama a cochlear implant impacts on family life ,even if no one in the family is deaf it still impacts the deaf kid in a negative way anyways. good example of what kinds of debates are going on with...
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This documenary really gives good insight into what transgender people go through! I love it!
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I enjoyed the series and all the stories, but thought T.J's story was the weakest of the four. T.J. came across as an angry and ungrateful knucklehead and lost my sympathy when he started protesting against the USA and the president of the country...
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This wonderful short film about a 17-hour opera provides a wonderful look backstage at the effort that goes into making the scene changes and providing the technical effects that support the theatrical illusion required by performers to entertain...
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After watching this beautiful film, it's impossible to hear recorded classical music and dismiss it as pleasant aural wallpaper. Now there's a musician and a passion behind every piece, a community of real lives behind every note, and...
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I wasn't that thrilled with this. Although I enjoyed the behind-the-scenes aspect of life in a first-class professional orchestra, I didn't get nearly enough of that, and I was not so much interested in the musicians' lives away from the...
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It seems like just yesterday. The fire alarm went off, and we were supposed to climb beneath the desk and cover our heads to prevent our being vaporized. One of our educators was a turtle who told us to "duck and cover." During the same period, we...
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I am going to echo the other couple of people who have pointed out that this proto-Michael Moore splice-fest is a none too subtle piece of shamelessly disingenuous and overweening revisionism. As you probably know, it specializes in taking the...
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