Microcosmos
by Claude Nuridsany, Marie P?rennou
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Actor: Jacques Perrin, Kristin Scott ThomasDirector: Claude Nuridsany, Marie P?rennou
Producer: Jacques Perrin
Cinematographer: Claude Nuridsany
Writer: Claude Nuridsany
Cinematographer: Hugues Ryffel
Cinematographer: Marie P?rennou
Writer: Marie P?rennou
Cinematographer: Thierry Machado
Editor: Florence Ricard
Editor: Marie-Jos?phe Yoyotte
Producer: Andr? Lazare
Producer: Christophe Barratier
Producer: Jean-Marc Henchoz
Producer: Michel Faur?
Producer: Patrick Lancelot
Producer: Philippe Gautier
Producer: Yvette Mallet
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-03
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Miramax
DVD Reviews of Microcosmos
DVD Review: MAGNIFICANT!
Summary: 5 Stars
Never seen something like this before, I can watch this 100 times and still get the same awe factor. just a great dvd.DVD Review: Up Close And Personal - With Insects!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a French-made nature film that features a lot of closeup photography. Much of that footage is amazing stuff. How they got closeups that sharp on these insects is a tribute to the camera lenses available today and the expertise and patience of the photographers.
Some of the shots are so close that, at first, you don't know what insect you're seeing. Other insects are not familiar ones you'd recognize, anyway. Some are really strange-looking.
The colors, the wild shapes and actions of these creatures all make a for a fascinating movie in parts, one that literally all ages should enjoy, as the clich? goes. I found, however, that with no dialog, it was tough to watch more than 30 minutes at one time. You might want to break this up into two or three segments. There is sound, however: the sound these insects make. With the camera-work, it makes you feel as if you, too, were a small object on the ground listening to these strange sounds.
Obviously, this is a unique film.
DVD Review: Microcosmos
Summary: 5 Stars
Suberb!
We LOVE insects and regularly feature them in our artwork [viewable at OlioStudios.Blogspot.com], along with other wildlife.
Microcosmos is truly a work of art with an excellent soundtrack, coupled with micro sound effects from creatures therein. There is much to explore in the animal kingdom. Also view "Insectia" by Georges Brossard, whom found an Insectarium in Montreal, Canada.
Best,
Lee
OlioStudios.com
DVD Review: a must see
Summary: 5 Stars
soo beautiful and amazing, a must see for kids or adults,as good or better then any baby einstein or any background video, with or without sound...splendid colors,and clairaty.. a must for any collectionDVD Review: Poor movie structure and content, but with shiny, pretty images
Summary: 1 Stars
If you are looking for a Nature documentary and would like to learn more about invertebrate biology, then look elsewhere. This movie is a bit like a silent-era movie, but played by small, incognito alien creatures. In Microcosmos, no effort is made to explain or describe, the scenes that are presented. Though or perhaps because the images are gorgeous, the movie feels even more vacuous and futile.
Now, if instead you are moderately- to well-versed in biology and want some stock footage, say, to illustrate a lecture on invertebrate behavior, then this movie is perfect. The bland and sometimes almost vacant soundtrack is not intrusive for a voice-over during lecture. However, you will need to know your invertebrates, for Microcosmos does not mention anything about the rich life it depicts.
Description of Microcosmos
MICROCOSMOS captures the fun and adventure of a spectacular hidden universe revealed in a breathtaking, close-up view unlike anything you've ever seen! Your family will marvel at a pair of stag beetles dueling like titans. The kids will stare bug-eyed as a magnificent army of worker ants race to stock their larder ... while tyring to avoid becoming a feisty pheasant's dinner. And you'll have a front-row seat to witness an amazing transformation from caterpillar to butterfly, the remarkable birth of a mosquito, and several other minute miracles of life. With its tiny cast of thousands, MICROCOSMOS leaves no doubt that "Mother Nature remains the greatest special effects wizard of all" (New York Times).Using revolutionary cameras, the directors of this French film (with minimal English-language narration) have made an amazing chronicle of the insect world. There are at least a dozen fascinating, memorable images, and the carnage is held to a minimum. Some favorites include a caterpillar traffic jam, a frog's bout with a rain storm, and a bird that turns into Godzilla for a bunch of ants. Then there's the snail mating scene that must be seen to be believed. Great for families. --Doug Thomas
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