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Utilizing special macroscopic photographic techniques, filmmakers Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou created this fascinating and visually spectacular look at the hidden worlds in the life cycle of an ordinary meadow in France. When seen through the lens of Nuridsany and Perennou's cameras, insects become gigantic beasts, blades of grass turn into towering monuments, and raindrops form puddles that resemble vast oceans. The filmmakers find humor, drama, and beauty in the lives of these tiny flora and fauna as ...
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Utilizing special macroscopic photographic techniques, filmmakers Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou created this fascinating and visually spectacular look at the hidden worlds in the life cycle of an ordinary meadow in France. When seen through the lens of Nuridsany and Perennou's cameras, insects become gigantic beasts, blades of grass turn into towering monuments, and raindrops form puddles that resemble vast oceans. The filmmakers find humor, drama, and beauty in the lives of these tiny flora and fauna as caterpillars transform themselves into butterflies, beetles struggle with their day's foraging, and snails reproduce their species. Microcosmos was a multiple prize winner at the 1996 French Academy of Cinema Awards; the American release version features narration by actress Kristin Scott Thomas.
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Microcosmos is light years beyond mere insect documentary, envisioning the daily existence of these tiny creatures as the stuff of full-blown opera. The unprecedented close-ups transform the mundane into the epic; the audience practically cheers after a scarab beetle succeeds at pushing his ball of dung up a hill, and swoons watching two snails entwined in a loving embrace. The augmentation of sounds also has visceral impact, as a pheasant picks off ants with the repetitive boom of a staple gun striking the earth. Intensifying this visual and aural odyssey is a gripping score, as well as narration (by Kristin Scott Thomas in the English version) that's both refreshingly scant and elegantly poetic. Because they mean this as breathtaking visual stimulus rather than teaching tool, directors Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou don't need to clog up the wonder with needless exposition. That raindrops are like traumatic bomb strikes to these tiny creatures is obvious; no disembodied egghead needs to spell things out. The viewer will simply gape at the grand dramas that unfold, prompting them to wonder just how many hours of footage the directors shot before mounting this compilation of elegiac moments. It's a truly groundbreaking technical achievement. Since it doesn't take much to get them interested in creepy-crawlies to begin with, children should love Microcosmos, even if its ambitions are artsier than they can comprehend.
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  • Release Date: 9/2/1997
  • UPC: 786936033458
  • Original Release: 1996

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  • Source: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
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Performance Credits
Claude Nuridsany
Marie Perennou
Florence Ricard
Kristin Scott Thomas Voice Only
Marie-Josephe Yoyotte
Technical Credits
Claude Nuridsany Director, Camera Operator
Marie Perennou Director, Camera Operator
Philippe Barbeau Sound/Sound Designer
Christophe Barratier Producer
Bruno Coulais Score Composer, Songwriter
Michel Faure Executive Producer
Philippe Gautier Executive Producer
Jean-Marc Henchoz Co-producer
Patrick Lancelot Executive Producer
Andre Lazare Executive Producer
Thierry Machado Cinematographer
Yvette Mallet Producer
Jacques Perrin Producer
Laurent Quaglio Sound/Sound Designer
Florence Ricard Editor
Bernard Le Roux Sound/Sound Designer
Hugues Ryffel Cinematographer
Marie-Josephe Yoyotte Editor
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    My big kid loves this movie

    My husband watches this movie over and over again. Fascinated by the bug world. He cant wait for the dvd.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 15, 2003

    Not Just for Kids

    The U.S. distributor of this movie has foolishly decided to market it as a kid's entertainment, in the apparent belief that no reasonable number of adults could possibly be interested, much less spellbound, by a beautifully written and narrated and vividly shot documentary about a fascinating and overlooked segment of the natural world. In concept, content, and delivery, this title is heads and shoulders above the day-to-day fare regularly offered, and consumed by adults, on the cable television channels dedicated to nature programming. Accordingly, I would heartily recommend this movie to anyone interested in being fascinated by the beauty and complexity of nature. The technical achievement in bringing this world to life is eclipsed only by the satisfaction provided by the finished product. This movie is not just for kids and being marketed as such does it an enormous disservice.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 2, 2002

    Now I'm really scared

    The other reviewer said her two year old watches it for hours. I'm in my 50's and it is fabulous. I will admit to watch bugs you have to be in the right mood.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 24, 2001

    My Kid Loves It!

    Great film about bugs. My 2 year old will sit and watch it over and over. Great quality, wonderful music, and very educational. Two Thumbs up!

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