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Alan
D'Arcy Erson
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TORELLO
FILM FESTIVAL
WILD
ASIA: AT THE EDGE
JAPAN/NEW ZEALAND 2001, 52', col., video
Director: Alan D'arcy Erson
Script: George Andrews
Cameraman: Mitchell Kelly
Editing: Peter Simkins
Music: Neville Copland
Production: Natural History New Zealand Ltd., NHK, Discovery
Channel, NDR Naturfilm Studio Hamburg, Fernseh Allianz
Distribution: NHK
This
video explores life in extremes of the Himalayan Mountains. Here
live some of the hardiest creatures including the bharal, or blue
sheep, the Tibetan wolf and the snow leopard. It is told the story
of bharal reproduction and endurance, beginning with violent and
spectacular mating on sheer cliffs and ending with the killing
by the snow leopard. The most extensive encounter with a wild
snow leopard ever filmed is the video's climax. Beautifully photographed
across four savage seasons in a spectacular bleak landscape.
DIRECTOR
Over the last ten years, Alan Erson has estabilished himself as
one of New Zealand's leading television documentary makers, writing,
producing and directing a number of acclaimed films on a wide
variety of subjects. He has also directed television dramas and
made several short films.
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