(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <p>Melvin (voiced by H.D. Quinn) has made it his mission to photograph every species of woodpecker in existence - and to that end, he has made over 9,000 expeditions to wherever woodpeckers may be found - and nowadays he has them all in his vast gallery, all but one, the Mustard Billed Wood-Pecking Belly Wiggler, a species that's so difficult to photograph because the bird's a loner and is shy, especially towards humans, much like Melvin himself. It's not the prettiest of the woodpeckers by a longshot, but Melvin feels so drawn to it that he's prepared to suffer any kind of indignity to get it on film ...<p> <p>Now <b>Melvin the Birder</b> is a bit of a wonder of a movie: It's made in a rather primitive fashion, using cut-out puppets and backgrounds to tell its story, and it doesn't even have that much of a story to tell - and it's just wonderful, as thanks to a very empathetic directorial effort that gets the most out of what's on display and has an eye for detail, this actually feels like a very rich little short that's very well worth a look. <p>  <p>By the way, you can check out the whole <b><i>Handmade Puppet Dreams</i></b>-series here: <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/v/handmadepuppetdreams" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/v/handmadepuppetdreams</a></b> - and for the UK it's <b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/v/handmadepuppetdreams" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/v/handmadepuppetdreams</a></b> <p> </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2020"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>