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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305869313
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305869316
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 06, 2000
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 52184
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1976
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Description:
There are two hundred miles of raging rivers and impassable mountains to cross. There are no towns, no roads, no bridges. There is no turning back. The Bakhtiari migration is one of the most hazardous tests of human endurance known to mankind. Every year, 50,000 men, women and children, along with one million animals, struggle for eight grueling weeks to scale the massive Zagros Mountains, a range which is as high as the Alps and as broad as Switzerland, to reach their summer pastures. The film's astonishing wide-screen photography and brilliantly recorded soundtrack take the viewer out into the dangerous precipices of the Zardeh Kuh mountain and into the icy waters of the Cholbar river. 'People of the Wind' is an amazing, breathtaking film of the most unbelievable migration on Earth.
1.85:1 - Color - English - Stereo
Amazon.com:
The Bakhtiari people of western Iran annually embark on an astounding migration that takes a half-million people, their livestock, and all their possessions across 200 miles of intensely difficult mountains. And this is no simple stroll: the Zagros Mountains, which must be crossed to reach the summer pastures, are as tall as the Alps. This documentary, which was shot on film in the 1970s, focuses on one particular tribesman whose words, translated into English and read by the actor James Mason, tell the timeless story of the great migration. The photography is often spectacular, and the widescreen format is well suited to the sweeping mountain panoramas (though there's no denying the footage would look much more imposing on the big screen). The film moves at a slow pace, and though it can lag, in fairness it should be noted that the pacing does fit in with the rhythms of these rugged mountain people. The tribesman relates the traditional rituals of life for the Bakhtiari, from how they tend their animals to their elaborate wedding feasts, and over the course of the film the tribe's unique mountain culture emerges. Though a viewer may wonder how (or if) the migration has changed in present-day Iran, this film is the original production of 1976 and offers no update. --Robert J. McNamara
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I saw this movie at the Surf Theatre in San Francisco when first released many years ago and it remains one of the finest films I have ever seen. The film depicts elegance among challenging conditions. And the music! G.T. Moore's rock guitar accompanying Shusha's rich voice echoing off of canyons. While I haven't heard the recording in years, I can still hear the music in my head. Yes, the reproduced film is grainy, but try to get beyond that and you will immerse yourself into an exquisite journey. ... Read More
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The DVD I saw had a very grainy image which proved distracting at times (such as the scene of a downpour -- was that laboratory-inserted rain or graininess?). The poor imagery kept me from becoming totally involved.
Another distraction was the use of a first-person narration voiced, oddly enuf, by James Mason (I guess there were no Iranian actors available back in 1976). He supposedly narrated the actual thoughts of the tribe's leader -- but that wasn't stated anywhere. Either way, that ... Read More
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It's one of the best documentary film I've seen. It's sequel to Grass which was released 1925. I highly recommend both movies.
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From 1976, one of the great anthropological adventure documentaries, PEOPLE OF THE WIND (Image), is a stunning account of the Bakhtiari tribe's annual 200 mile, eight-week migration up the massive Zagros Mountains for higher pastures.
500,000 strong, on foot and with their million head herds, the tribe fords the freezing Cholbar river and scales icy Alp-like peaks of the Zardeh Kuh mountains to reach their fertile secondary homes. Extraordinary cinematography, coupled with poetic narration ... Read More
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This documentary is most interesting film I have seen in recent years about this forgotten people. This film is about Bakhtiary tribe annual journey from their winter pasture into their summer highlands. The movie takes you on a wonderful trip into the most rugged, yet beautiful scenery of inner Iran. The music only amplifies your joyous odyssey from numerous river crossings and mountainous trails. A must have collection for anyone with a kin eye for beauty.
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