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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.
Industry Reviews
"...A surprisingly entertaining, visually stunning treat....A remarkably rich, ultra-colorful tableau..."
Variety - Brendan Kelly (05/20/1996)
"...Brilliant....The film is a spectacle and a celebration of life, in all its phases..."
Los Angeles Times - Jack Mathews (10/11/1996)
"...MICROCOSMOS is an amazing film that allows us to peer deeply into the insect world and marvel at creatures we casually condemn to squishing..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (01/10/1997)
5 stars out of 5 -- "A bewitching masterpiece of wildlife photography..."
Uncut - Andrew Mueller (04/01/2008)
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he time invested pays off. MICROCOSMOS' cast is a scuttling symphony of small matter."
Total Film - Kevin Harley (05/01/2008)
"Exotic life forms fight, struggle and die in garden-of-Eden lighting that only accentuates the spectacle's solemnity."
Wall Street Journal (04/24/2009)
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