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The Australian Outback
Product Group: DVD
Studio: DVD International
ISBN: B00005OSJY
EAN: 0647715088024
UPC: 647715088024
DVD
Region Code: 0
Original Release Date: 2001-01-01
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: 2001-10-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
SKU: DV0011
Condition: Very Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com
The Australian outback, with its spectacular scenery and primal mythology, has long been revered as one of the most beautiful and spiritual places on earth. This DVD pays lavish tribute to the outback by combining spectacular nature photography with ethereal "tribal music" by the Australian ambient group Rivertribe. Landscape photographer Michael Scott Lees contributes the visuals, gorgeously shot images in panoramic format of magnificent mountains, lush rainforests, craggy coastlines, even captivating scenes of modern urban Australia. As the camera slowly pans across the detailed panoramas, Rivertribe's didgeridoo and other instruments cast a meditative spell. A remarkable segment lavishes attention on ancient aboriginal cave paintings, and a contrasting montage portrays modern man's incursion into the Australian wild by elegantly framing such scenes as windmills and the remote fences marking boundaries of sheep pastures. This splendid feast for the eyes and ears elegantly captures the essence and raw beauty of the outback. -- Robert J. McNamara
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Description
Spectacular panoramic images of the Australian Outback. Internationally acclaimed landscape photographer Michael Scott Lees provides an eclectic view of the land down under. Australia like you have never seen it before. Includes rain forests, countryside, great oceans, snowscapes, Aboriginal rock art, vast mountain ranges, and much more. Rivertribe's uniquely Australian relaxation, indigenous, tribal music is a rich, multicultural sound that is beautiful, soulful and deeply reflective.
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Customer Reviews
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gramt dvd
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-06-07
i so love this dvd on the australia outback i am watching it again and again my years to come
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Total disappointment
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-02-14
This is a slide show presentation of some pictures of Australia - the Outback is a misnomer as the rainforest in Queensland is included along with a number of ocean beach pictures. The Outback is the outback NOT the coast line of Australa or the tropical Rain Forest.
None of the pictures are labeled so you have absolutely no idea where they were taken and the slide show is accompanied by some ecletic music which is a further distraction.
I would give it zero stars if I could. This slide show would be much better presented in a book - not sitting in front of a TV with the camera zooming in or out on the same still picture and then going to the next one.
I have been to Australia and am familiar with the Alice Springs area and the tropical rainforst in Queensland as well as many other locations in this beautiful country. This is not the way to see Australia. There are many excellent books with photographs at least as good (if not better) than those shown here and you can turn the pages at will staying on one picture as long as you want. In a book they tell you where the picture was taken - no idea while viewing this slide show and I found nothing in the enclosed material that gave you that information.
A total and complete disappointment.
Richard
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A coffee table book set to music
Rating  (2)
Date: 2002-01-31
10 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
The photos are beautiful, but they're stills, not video footage. That gives this DVD the feel of a coffee table book set to music. The music is moving and appropriately spiritual, but the experience feels bounded by the photo frames. I didn't get a feel of the real Outback - more a glossy set of postcards. As a homesick Australian, I was disappointed.
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The Australian Outback DVD
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-09-29
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is the most beautiful video and music sequence I have ever seen. A stunning audio/video presentation. The producers should be commended for their efforts. The Australian Outback DVD is awe-inspiring. Michael Scott Lees is one of the best landscape photgraphers Australia has ever known and Rivertribe Music is breathtaking. I whole heartedly recommend this program. You will be blown away by the wonders of Australia and its diverse landscape.
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