 The world has been affected by a mysterious occurrance known as the Violent Unknown Event or VUE. It has caused immortality and disability. Sufferers have learned new and peculiar languages. Some firmly believe in the responsibility of birds. In this 3-hour long film, 92 biographies are presented of sufferers whose surnames begin with the letters FALL. Presented in the mock documentary style of  Water Wrackets  and  Dear Phone , this is the culmination of the first period of Greenaway s work. It refers back to shorts such as  A Walk Through H  and  Vertical Features Remake , and forwards to the likes of  Drowning by Numbers  (there is reference to the three generations of Cissie Colpitts). Michael Nyman s soundtrack is memorable; he later remade the  Bird List Song  (which features in a variety of forms), as  Hands 2 Take  with arty British band the Flying Lizards (best known for their minimal version of  Money (that s what I want) .