Best movie of this year hands down!

Expected more

Admirable film.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill was one of those most amazing films I have seen at the Nuart in Los Angeles. I saw this film with my father. who has had parrots for as long as i can remember. I may be partial to this film because of my bringing up. it just reminded me of visiting my family. It had everything i needed. I felt a strong connection with the entirety of this film. i absolutely loved the personal story telling. The connection to the parrots and the house. And it did not hurt to see it end in a love story. All in all i just really want to live in a secluded house with wild parrots all around. I would and i do suggest this movie to my friends even to film profressor's at SMC.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is the best DVD I have purchased so far! A generous bohemian named Mark Bittner befriends and offers sunflower seeds to a flock of Wild Parrots. Many of the parrots become tamer and respond to his generosity and to the care he provides when they become ill. At those times he nurses them back to health in his small home in San Francisco.The DVD docudrama has moments of joy, comedy and wonder. There are also times of sadness. In general it embraces the lives of a flock of wild cherry-headed conures where the stars are the flock of parrots and those who care about them.

Good 80-minute movie!! In many ways reminds me of "Pale Male", the similar documentary of birds settling in residence in Manhattan, including the mating and fledging habits. Here we have Mark Bittner, a virtually jobless and homeless musician who never quite made it in San Francisco, and now is essentially a squatter with permission from the property owners. There has been a colony of wild parrots in San Francisco for some time, and Bittner began feeding and attending to them near Telegraph Hill, a prominent feature of the area. When a bird became ill, he took it in and nursed it back to health until it could survive on its own again. He had names for most of them.Bittner is a kind and scruffy looking fellow, with a very long ponytail hanging down. When asked about his long hair, he said he made a promise to himself that he wouldn't cut it until he found a girlfriend. That answered a key question! There are many theories where the wild parrots came from. The movie included 4 or 5 locals telling their versions, all of which are different. But no one really knows. However, they thrive and their numbers continue to increase. Eventually Bittner had to leave his apartment because the owners were making major repairs, so he went to stay with some friends in a different part of the area, forcing him to say a teary eyed goodbye.SPOILERS, in case anyone really is sensitive. Bittner did cut his hair, we see it, because he found a girlfriend, in the person of Judy Irving, the director of this film. Undoubtedly a perfect match.

"Parrot" is a quiet, objective account of one man's relationship with a flock of wild parrots, developed from a chance encounter. While this can be a catalyst for different audiences to reflect upon different things, from nature, environment, bonding with animals, all the way to the purpose of life, the movie remains low-key, generally unsentimental (except for one or two touching moments) and free from selling of any philosophy on life.Opening with a few unhurried establishing shots of the location (San Francisco) and the subject matter (the parrots), the movie sets the stage with passers by asking Mark Bittner questions about the parrots he is feeding. Clearly emphasized is the fact that these are not his pets, but wild parrots he just happen to be caring for. We are then introduced to the life story of Bittner, who came from Seattle to San Francisco to pursue a career of rock music, but ended up being a drifter, although he does not identify himself with the Hippies who are too "airy". Soft spoken, sensitive, level-headed, intelligent, Bittner found that twenty-five years went by without his finding the purpose of life.There are different legends on how these parrots came to Telegraph Hill (from escaping from a cargo ship to being set free by the original owner before dying) as told by several neighbours in cameo appearances. Bittner knows them by name – for example Mingus the shy introvert, or Connor the blue-crown who badly needs a companion after the existing one died.Through the unhurried, absorbing story telling of director Judy Irving, we develop an empathy with Bitter and his parrots to the extent of feeling like they are part of family. Towards the end of the movie, the benevolent property owners who have let Bittner stay in an unused house on their property rent-free for three years have to ask him to move out to make way for a complete overhaul of the property. I wouldn't go into how the movie ends, but would just mentions that it's on a stoic and positive (it's possible to be both) rather than sentimental note.This movie brings the audience into a different but very real world that they have not experienced. It may bring them to a quiet reflection of what life is all about or, if not that, open their minds a little or at least give them a wonderfully refreshing experience.