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| | Microcosmos | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Miramax | | Release Date : | | 2005-05-03 | | Store Price : | | $19.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $15.49 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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 Unbelievably beautiful!!!!
Submitted on: 2009-09-03 |
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I have only bought 5 DVD's in my life. But this was a must for me.
For children as well as adults - it is a trip into a world we never see otherwise.
- Just Beautiful!!!!!!!! Actually - breathtaking!!!!!!!!!!
Nirak |
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I found it!!
Submitted on: 2009-08-17 |
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| Several years ago I caught the last hour of this wonderful movie on an independant movie network. I had no idea what it was until I stumbled across it on one of my Amazon wanderings. Nature-lovers of all ages (seriously) should be enthralled with this unique film. With just natural sounds and some beautiful music, a captivating mood is created around the life of insects. Fascinating and beautiful, I highly recommend a viewing! |
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Magnificent film for the bug-lover in all of us
Submitted on: 2009-07-21 |
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"Microcosmos" may just be the perfect cure for arachnophobia. Never have bugs (at least the non-Pixar bugs) ever been so fascinating and adorable.
And this comes from someone who has had a life-long case of the heeby-jeebies when it comes to bugs, thanks to a demented older brother and a gallon-jug full of carpenter ants.
"Microcosmos" brings bugs into your home in the most enjoyable manner possible - in lush widescreen. The filmmakers take great care to emphasize the beauty and variety of the bug world, although they show us plenty of bugs we have seen in our own back yard. Sure, we'd be shocked at what you might find in Costa Rica or Madagascar, but this film reveals the glories that can be found etched in the wings of an everyday moth, the engineering genius of an underwater spider, and the defenseless innocence of an ant colony facing a hungry pheasant.
The filmmakers are smart, however, to keep most of the "violence" in the film relatively tame. No trapdoor spiders leaping out to snag friendly ladybugs, no preying mantises devouring mates. Instead we see stag beetles going buggo-a-buggo, to little effect. This is a movie that revels in the beauty that is the insect world, not its horrors. No tarantulas - hooray!
This is one of the great family movies - the kids will love it, and the adults will be fascinating by it. Like BBC's "Planet Earth" or the heavenly "Winged Migration," this is required viewing if you have ever been fascinated or disgusted by a bug. |
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 An Unseen World In Your Backyard
Submitted on: 2009-06-09 |
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Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou created one of the most arresting nature films of the year in 1996 with their Microcosmos which won the Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The film depicts in stunning close up the lives of the insects in a meadow in Aveyron, France. We see ants and bees as they go about the business of pollination, we have the mating ritual of snails, the battle of horned beetles and perhaps most stunning the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly and the birth of a mosquito.
The photography is stunning and carries the film. The dialogue by Kristen Scott Thomas is minimal. The idea here is to show that mother nature is the greatest special effects creator of all. The music by Bruno Coulais fits the mood perfectly. This is a great film for the entire family and comes highly recommended. The disc contains no special features but viewing the film is all one really needs.
Excellent
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The secret life of insects
Submitted on: 2009-05-26 |
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This is a great video. Really brings you down to the insect level to see how they live.
I enjoyed the photography and the beautiful pictures.
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