The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

If you're living on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill with a lot of spare time on your hands, how well can you get to know a flock of wild parrots? The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, which I saw this weekend, answers this question. The film goes far into parrot psyche--so much so that many scenes consist of nothing more than shots of individual parrots synchronized with parrot man Mark Bittner's descriptions of their personalities. Given the subject matter, I'm amazed I was as fascinated with the film as I was. How did director Judy Irving make this film so interesting?