"The Living Desert" is an Oscar-winning Disney film about animals living in a huge desert portion of the United States...roughly inland in California into the Midwest. As I watched the nice animations and film footage in the film, I couldn't help but becoming annoyed by much of the narration. Some is helpful but too much of it inane and unscientific...meant more to entertain than educate. A few annoying comments would include referring to rival bugs as 'boyfriends', calling one creature a 'confirmed practical joker' as well as showing scorpions mating and playing square dance music as the narrator calls out the dance! It's really awful...and something even many of the newer Disney documentaries continue to do. I know there must be a proper balance between education and entertainment...but not this! And, the shame of it all is that the cinematography is great in this documentary...truly exceptional...especially for the 1950s.
Incidentally, if you are deathly afraid of snakes, then perhaps you might want to consider another film. Yes, it has quite a few snakes and the ophidiophobic individual is warned to stay clear.
Incidentally, if you are deathly afraid of snakes, then perhaps you might want to consider another film. Yes, it has quite a few snakes and the ophidiophobic individual is warned to stay clear.