Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe (1996)
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany
Written By: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Jacques Perrin
Genre: Documentary
Country: France, Italy, Switzerland
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Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe belongs to 25 collections
1. Female Directors (collaborative: moderated by djross - 90 stars)
2. Features under 91 minutes (collaborative: moderated by epiphany - 56 stars)
3. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 30 stars)
4. Netflix Instant (collaborative: moderated by somnivore - 29 stars)
5. Best of criticker: Documentary (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 20 stars)
6. Humanity and the Natural World (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 18 stars)
7. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
8. Nature Documentaries (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 6 stars)
9. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
10. Animal (collaborative - 3 stars)
11. Directed collaboratively (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
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13. Sound Design (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 1 star)
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| 3 | theficionado | 75 74th |
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The creatures. They eat, they fuck, they die. Water drops like bombs onto their homes, birds inflict massive casualties, and they become collateral damage in stag beetles' territorial conflicts. A dung beetle appears positively Sisyphean. But then the camera zooms out to reveal scenes of relative tranquility and the juxtaposition of the stakes (high) and the scope (small) becomes hilarious and, in its own way, incredibly depressing.
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Spunkie | 75 90th |
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Technically superior to almost anything in its genre.
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Magb | 65 30th |
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I don't remember being very interested in this when I saw it, but then again I was 10 or 11 years old. I found a clip with some footage from the movie on Youtube, and it does look pretty spectacular. I imagine it must get boring after a while, though.
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easydiff | 79 87th |
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Oh man this movie is so great. No narrative, just the adventures of bugs. Also, poor dung beetle!
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Nathan S | 4 74th |
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Besides minimal bookends of narration, the astonishing footage speaks for itself, revealing all these creepy, crawly, slimy, buzzy things to be incredibly beautiful. The most impressive achievement is how it highlights alien, ultra-detailed anatomies and focuses on idiosyncratic behaviors to evoke humane moods like romance, macabre horror, and moments of whimsy. As the title implies, the sense of scale is amazing. My favorite scene depicts a bird of Godzilla stature terrorizing a colony of ants.
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emtilt | 74 73rd |
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Outstanding photography and sound production, with the latter clearly influencing Attenborough's later documentaries. Ironic anthropomorphization is used to good effect via the score as well as through the ironic juxtaposition of large-scale scenery with small-scale insect action. Perhaps a tad too long for the concept, though, and a couple shots feel quite contrived. Great nonetheless.
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KasperL | 80 86th |
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Wow. Fascinating stuff. Gorgeous photography.
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begoniabol | 86 89th |
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I remember watching this as a kid and was absolutely fascinated by it and thought it was really beautiful. Got to rewatch this again
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Bere | 80 78th |
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A document about bugs couldn't be more interesting.
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| 1 | smwalker | 95 97th |
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Love bugs, love great cinematography
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FunkyAstro | 85 86th |
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Amazing look at the world beneath our feet.
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bakcheia | 100 98th |
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Absolutely gorgeous. I never thought these little creatures could be so beautiful, but this movie truly cements how amazing life is.
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| Average Percentile 68.52% from 575 Ratings |  |