Rainbow bee-eater Rainbow bee-eater The rainbow bee-eater ("Merops ornatus") is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is the only species of Meropidae found in Australia. Rainbow bee-eaters are brilliantly coloured birds that grow to be 19–24 cm (max 28 cm) in length, including the elongated tail feathers. The upper back and wings are green in colour, and the lower back and under-tail coverts are bright blue. The undersides of the wings and primary flight feathers are red and tipped with black, and the tail is black to deep violet. The rainbow bee-eater's two central tail feathers are longer
Beyond the Black Rainbow he and the director "also looked at abstract paintings, photographs, and architectural design books" for inspiration. One of "Beyond the Black Rainbow"'s notable characteristics is its deliberately slow, hypnotic pace. According to Cosmatos, "Beyond the Black Rainbow" belongs to what he dubbed the "trance film" subgenre. Cosmatos mentioned Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" (1979), Alain Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" (1961) and Saul Bass's "Phase IV" (1974) as cinematographic blueprints for his debut film. Cosmatos explained the rationale behind his screen-writing, which downplays the "very concrete story at the heart of it" in favor of an "atmospheric" approach: Jeremy Schmidt,