![]() Originally, we were going to shoot for two years but we were lucky to be able to shoot for three full seasons. I hope we found a balance that represents the beauty, the grandeur, the intimacy and the elegant nature of this place, all woven together with the stories of the fiercely independent First Nations cultures, who have been protecting it for thousands of years. I wanted to show how it all begins with the life in the ocean, and how there is this unique interface here between ocean and rainforest. ![]() But what was most important to me was inspiring people about this place. Trying to put my 30 years of experience in the Great Bear Rainforest into 41 minutes sometimes felt impossible to me. Q: Given how incredibly vast and bio-diverse the rainforest is, how did you even begin to choose what to focus on? We just kept pushing the technology to the max and while it was a big learning curve for everyone, we ultimately achieved our goal of representing some of the most intimate wildlife sequences both above and below the water that would have been impossible with the technology of just a few short years ago. It’s super exciting that digital technology has finally caught up with the need to move quietly and with flexibility in order to capture rarely documented wildlife behavior. The noise and size of the IMAX technology at that time were just too incompatible with the natural rhythms of life in the rainforest. I actually first brought an IMAX director up to the rainforest about 20 years ago. Making a giant screen film about this area has been on my mind for a long time. ![]() I was fortunate to be first introduced to the Great Bear Rainforest about 30 years ago, when what I thought was going to be a one-week exploratory trip turned into a 30-year journey. What led you to start thinking about making a big-screen film about this very special place? Q: The Great Bear Rainforest is your home and a place that you clearly love and have passionately advocated for and also have documented in so many different ways, from photography to writing. Celebration Grand Rapids North IMAX Theater ![]()
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