But Mr. Makhmalbaf ultimately decided to combine stunning footage of the countryside with the the story of an elderly couple who review their lives.
Discover more stunning footage of the Great Barrier Reef.
As for the Hajj itself, this has been described as "stunning footage".
Over the course of a month, 150 hours of stunning daytime footage were shot from the window of a Trans-Siberian train - covering some 5,600 miles of track and passing through seven time zones, 12 regions and 87 towns and cities.
Film buffs of a certain age recall Dr. Hellstrom as the manic narrator of "The Hellstrom Chronicle," a 1971 picture that featured stunning footage of insects - insects fighting, insects mating, and everywhere, insects eating.
The video is basically an animal-rights and environmental rant, but contains some stunning footage of pristine glacial areas in Alaska and a few poignant scenes shot at aquariums nationwide, including the Mystic Aquarium Institute for Exploration.
It includes stunning footage of a season at Mavericks, the legendary big wave break point 60 miles up the coast and a mile from land.
It contains stunning footage of pristine glacial areas in Alaska and a few blissful scenes shot at aquariums nationwide, including the Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration.
The movie captures the arrests with stunning footage showing officers dressed in full riot gear, accompanied by police dogs, dragging the non violent protestors out of the building.
How an RC airplane buzzed the Statue of Liberty, with no arrests: A remote-controlled aircraft with two cameras takes a tour of New York City landmarks, with truly stunning footage to show for it.