Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Sir David Attenboroug


BBC自然紀錄片有口皆碑,其中由David Attenborough主持的自然錄片更是令人讚不絕口.

David Attenborough主持哺乳類動物系列,令人大開眼界,他宏觀,深入,系統性的全面介紹,不只讓人了解個別的動物,還有動物間的演化關係,最後甚至涉及語言及社會演變的由來,他無疑把自然動物紀錄片推上一個層次,他在動物上深刻的理解,推進對我們人類自身的理解,他延伸我們對動物在時間上,空間上,社會性上,認知的廣度及深度.

他的風格熱情沈穩,不會像已故澳洲人Steve Irwin那樣每每在鏡頭前把動物抓起來把玩,Steve對動物的熱愛不折不扣是對動物的騷擾.David Attenborough在鏡頭前保持一貫英國紳士作風,並用淵博的知識征服我們.大英帝國雖然國力式微,但他的熱情典雅及BBC高級的製作水準,使我對這個曾經號稱的日不落國深感敬意.
David Attenborough homepage in BBC

Among the highly reputed record films by BBC, ones hosted by David Attenborough are the best of the best.

"The Life of Mammals" are series that sharply, vastly, and systematically broaden our acknowledgment to mammals. The acknowledgment is not only to the individual species, and not only to the relation and evolution of among species, but also the the evolution of language and society as well. He sets the in-depth understanding not only limited to animal but to ourselves, human, at the end. He undoubtedly marks a milestone to the record films about nature. Our understanding about animals thus extends temporally, spatially, socially through his eyes.

Unlike Steve Irwin, David Attenborough is passionate and staid. Steve often captured and played the animals for show which is harassment rather than love to animals. David remains a traditional English gentleman even to animals in front of a camera, and conquers our heart with his erudition. Although the glory of the Great Britain has passed, with David Attenborough's elegant style and passion along with the hight quality of the films by BBC, it is hard for one not to pay respect to this empire once on which the sun never set.