Microcosmos [DVD]

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On an ordinary summer's day, biologists Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou guide the viewer through a miniature world of bugs and creepy-crawlies. Using extreme close up and sensitive sound recording instruments, the viewer gets to see the world from the bugs eye view.

• Directors: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou
• Format: PAL
• Language: French
• Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Classification: 
• Studio: PATHE
• DVD Release Date: 30 Jun. 2003
• Run Time: 72 minutes

I bought this DVD because of the reviews on this page; it is not disappointing, but it may not be quite as extraordinary to some people as the reviews imply. This is because TV nature documentaries are of such a high standard now (15 years after this film was made) that you may feel you have seen similar footage of the insect world many times before.
Nonetheless this is a lovely and relaxing film which has much to recommend it.
I would have liked to have seen more of the bigger insects you might find in a French meadow, for there are no big bees, hornets or cockchafers in the movie, and not much of dragonflies.
But it is still a visual feast.
Insect photography is a somewhat arcane branch of nature filming which relies to some extent on carefully set-up pieces filmed in a studio, and there are some of those here, however they are all very well taken and seamlessly mixed into the action. There is some music to emphasize various points, which is unintrusive.
There is no plot as such, for this is the 'ambient' story of a single day in a meadow somewhere deep in France.
I will not be watching this a lot; but it is the sort of thing you go to very occasionally when you want to be soothed and gently entertained. Suitable for all ages.

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