No - I've never seen the movie The Parallax View. Why do you ask? [More inside] (hexbear.net)

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The better to see you with - motion parallax in young owls

Owls are not really able to move their eyes in their sockets*, so they have to move their entire heads in a somewhat exaggerated manner to change their field of view. This bobbing and head-swaying motion is called motion parallax, and it helps birds (not just owls) more accurately judge distances.

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*more details on this in “Bobbing for Owls”

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The Parallax View (1974)

Director: Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Warren Beatty

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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