INDIA is an exotic mixing pot of iconic wildlife, secret locations, epic landscapes and colourful beauty. This iconic and landmark series is a celebration of India’s most spectacular locations and incredible wildlife. From the "home of snow" in the epic Himalayan Mountains we travel to the mighty River Ganges, lifeblood of India as it carves out its dramatic path across the subcontinent. We also reveal Thar, the “Great Indian Desert”. Its territory includes much of Rajasthan (“the desert state”), where the bleakness of its environment is juxtaposed with the striking colours of traditional Rajasthani dress and amazing wildlife spectacles Also featured is India's lost world of the north east, home to head hunting tribes, tiger infested forests, mountains not yet climbed, rivers waiting to be fished. And finally to the Western Ghats. This biodiversity hotspot is home to epic waterfalls, hill tribes, hidden caves and stunning wildlife.. Part 1: Thar Desert Sacred Sands Covering 200,000 square kilometres, India’s Thar Desert is one of the harshest places on the planet. Baking heat, desiccating winds and near permanent drought has earned this unforgiving land another name – “the region of death.” As we explore India’s great desert we unveil its hidden secrets, and ultimately shed light as to how the Thar has become the most crowded desert in the world. Part 2: Ganges River of Life The Ganges is the longest river in India. It flows from the glaciers of the world’s highest mountains, the Himalayas, to the largest bay in the world, the Bay of Bengal. Human pollution threatens to overwhelm the river, but somehow wild animals survive. Hindus believe that Ganges water has the power to purify, and it seems there is some scientific evidence to support this conviction: microscopic organisms actually eat bacteria that could cause disease, and uniquely high level levels of oxygen break down organic waste faster than any in other river. This self-cleaning property of Ganges water helps support some of the last remaining true wilderness in the world – the Sundarbans swamp. Here, India’s largest population of wild tigers have never learned to fear man, making them very dangerous neighbours. Part 3: Himalayas Surviving the Summits Outside Asia, no peak reaches above 7000 metres, but along the Himalayan range, over 100 mountains exceed this height by at least 200 metres, making it the tallest mountain range on the planet.As Earth meets the sky along this hostile terrain, powerful winds, sub-zero temperatures, and a lack of oxygen oppose virtually all forms of life, but remarkably, this immense geological feature somehow supports one of the largest and most diverse collections of creatures on the planet – including man. While the Himalayas rugged highlands offer little direct refuge to humans, in the shadow below, over a billion people in India rely on the mountains for survival. Part 4: Western Ghats Monsoon Mountains Stretching for a thousand miles along India’s west coast, the Western Ghats are a spine of mountains that lay claim to being one of the most bio-diverse places in the world. Mountains rear their heads into the path of monsoon clouds, intercepting rains and making the western slopes some of the wettest places in India. Tropical rainforests thrives, and explode with life. The Western Ghats hold the key to life across southern India. Rainwater harvested by the mountains washes down to the coast, feeding Kerala’s backwaters; huge rivers flow east across India’s dry interior, a lifeline to animals and people. Part 5: Indias Lost World Imagine a lost world – head hunting tribes, tiger-infested forests, unclimbed mountains, pristine rivers. Known as the Seven Sisters of India, there are seven relatively unexplored and isolated Indian states. What mysteries lie within this secretive land and why have they remained untouched for so long? North-east India is an anthropological paradise; there is no other place on Earth with so many different ethnic groups. The forest slopes are filled with mysterious tribes whose lives are dictated by the ebb and flow of the rain and the seasonal fruits of the forest. In these largely unexplored and isolated areas people scarcely known to the Western world continue a way of life steeped in ancient rituals.
又是一部导演的自传吧，能在琐碎杂事中把人物都塑造的很丰满，这是功力，镜头语言也很丰富，值得一看。
4.一家人住在一个有内战冲突的街区，一群流氓喜欢搞天主教的家庭，宗教对立，反正就是这一套
其实任何作者在拍给家乡的电影都会因为很浓的情绪没法评价，在我心中（罗马）是封神的。本片只能拿45分。
爵爷卸甲归田拍了这部半自传，有些地方拍的还是蛮魔幻，北爱冲突也没描写的太惨烈，目的就是为了给故乡的情书保持温暖的基调吧。小时候我对宗教能引发冲突也会觉得不可思议，现在老了逐步能体会到复杂性。
想起了之前的【罗马】，和国内拍的【八月】，说的都是导演自己的童年，用的都是黑白影调，其实【阳光灿烂的日子】也算，无非把现今变成黑白，童年的回忆是绚烂的。这么看也有套路。
导演功力不够，以孩童视角看战争、动乱对生活的影响，成功的影片很多，这部的情绪传达以及童心和现实的对抗融合做得很一般了。拍成黑白的用意过于私人。
不自觉会想到《罗马》，自然会比较，质感还是差很多。过多的音乐和电影元素，虽然个性化，但也有种向外输出的冗余感。更像个人影像回忆录，意义更多可能还是在于追寻和纪念，以及再一次告别吧。一些对话很有意思，让沉重的离别变得轻巧了些。因为有共同经历，对其中的感情很理解，对我来说大概也是 Beijing is one small step. The town will still be here.
3/8/2022 开头一出来就不是很喜欢 镜头和整体影片感觉很不搭 很多镜头角度和构图有点刻意 与整体故事和剩下镜头脱离 很漂亮但是很刻意
这部电影，个人觉得还是很文艺很文艺的。
电影是彩色的，现实是黑白的，看到了对电影的爱。除此之外一般般
乡愁电影，和看《上帝之手》观感类似，记忆不相通，情绪不相容，整体来说没让我全然共情。
一部包装很漂亮的电影，何必刻意去展示动荡年代，感觉拍童年快乐看电影唱歌跳舞的部分自然的多。
有才华的人真是让人嫉妒，可以讲述自己的故事，多好！
1960年代末，动荡时期，从一个贝尔法斯特长大的男孩的角度讲述的童年故事。
几乎看不到导演的野心，精心布置的街道和不痛不痒的台词同当时新教和天主教之间腥风血雨紧张形成了严重的割裂。全然不能以一句“孩童之视角”掩盖导演过于追求唯美形式的干枯品味。《自己去看》、《穿条纹睡衣的男孩》也都是以孩童视角，在这中间往往传递一种环境异化与教育引导的渗透，当所有人都被整个不安的社会环境所裹挟，那孩童视角便更加残忍锋利。这部影片并没有看到，俨然是平淡而又生活化的流水账。父亲的矛盾是纳税和赌马，母亲的任务是在暴乱中教育小孩，整个家庭是游离于斗争之外，外界的环境矛盾中心并不是靠几场骇人听闻的教父演说的戏码就能阐明清楚的。
记忆会为一个人选择他永远的故乡和家园。用黑白影像着意雕琢的时间质感和老工业国家平民阶层的鲜活淳朴气息，在本片中还算比较和谐地融合在一起，围绕是否离乡这一核心事件铺展推动的主线也流畅清晰，一些情绪抒发的细节场景呈现得相当动人，小男孩对爷爷说“我希望你和奶奶也在”的自然和真挚以及结尾落在奶奶面庞引发的无奈、理解和某种忏悔都独具力道，可跻身年度时刻。但视角的不统一和整体的浪漫化处理，也使影片的糖衣过厚，特别是结尾暴乱危机和爷爷纪念聚会两场重场戏的设计和呈现实在太过陈旧和想当然，有点自降其格。与[罗马]远不是一个量级也远不是一类电影，卡隆通过回忆记起了整个时代，而肯尼思·布拉纳则在回忆中与自己进行了和解。
我知道那段历史不太平 但作为电影表现得太平了 最后高潮部分也是一笔带过 但Judi Dench演得太动人了
#4.0# 小孩儿演得不错 肯尼思布拉纳快要被我拉黑了
贝尔法斯特是肯爵的《罗马》+《天堂电影院》，儿时经历的混乱和危险，在童真的视角下被加上了保护色，更因为离别、回忆以及北爱人的幽默，留下的都是怀旧。画面棒极了，开场一个长镜由现代彩色的贝尔法斯特转回童年黑白的贝尔法斯特，太美了。Dame Judi真是每条皱纹都散发着演技。是我看的第一部多南的电影。Caitriona Balfe是耐看的美。violet竟然是everybody’s talking about Jamie里的妈妈，没认出来，而且演了个唱歌难听的角色反差萌。以及珍惜每个有灵气的小演员。
北爱尔兰新教徒主题和孩童成长怀旧风格很讨喜，但是具体进入到片中后，只会觉得一切都太predictable了，不如再去看看《无线电时代》...
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