Microcosmos
Composer:
Bruno CoulaisPlots(1)
This film provides a fascinating, up-close view of the world of insects, snails, and other tiny invertebrates as they work, eat, fight and procreate. This acclaimed French documentary was filmed with special microscopic cameras and high-resolution microphones, which bring the viewer into the subjects' figurative living room. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (2)
A unique documentary with a pleasant insight and perfect technical aspect about an ordinary day in the grass behind our houses. Personally, from this team, I still like The Travelling Birds a little bit more.
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Fascinating. And it almost managed without spoken word, thank goodness. Scenes with snails in love, fighting stag beetle or wasp larvae are among the best naturalistic moments I have ever seen. I also really liked the approach of the filmmakers, who obviously didn't lack insight, and thus the sequence with the rain reminds me of a war film, the dung beetle gives a performance comparable to the most famous die-hards (I personally thought of Robert de Niro in The Mission) and the final "mosquito uprising" is as if it were cut from a horror movie. Of course, Bruno Coulais is also "responsible" for the great experience, but the breathtaking nature of our planet still plays the main role.__P.S. I could have done without the spiders, but the sea snake building an underwater house out of air bubbles really took my breath away.
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