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THE day before our phone interview, Sir David Attenborough (who turned 85 in May) was filming in London’s Kew Gardens for a new 3D project about plants yet to be officially named. The day before that, he was watching rough cuts of wildlife footage taken in Southern Georgia earlier in the year, for another one-off 3D film. …
What we see, thanks to a camera in the helicopter alongside, is Sir David in the front seat of the glider, talking to us about the flying monsters, and, thanks to CGI, the quetzalcoatlus flying above it – in 3D.
In that single shot, today’s sky merges with the heavens of millions of years ago, in intricate, fully animated detail. …
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