The documentary "Microcosm", also translated as "The Residents of the Grass", is the first of Jacques Perhan's documentary trilogy. With his unique perspective, he turns the delicate world into a magnificent spectacle before us. Below is my review of the movie "Micro World" that I compiled for you. I hope it can help you!
Chapter 1: Reflections after watching "Microcosm"
Today I suddenly learned that I had such a small mission to watch "Microcosm". I didn't know it was a movie at first, and then I went to Baidu I said for a moment that "Micro World" focuses on reflecting various situations of microorganisms in nature, magnifying the situation of the microbial world in front of people, giving people sensory experience from different angles, and revealing the mystery and meaning of life. This film cost a huge amount of money, lasted 4 years, and completed countless unimaginable filming, which is unique in the industry! Made me interested in this movie.
I am a person who is very afraid of small bugs. When I see cockroaches, they scream. When I turn on the movie and hear the sounds of various bugs, accompanied by the pictures, I feel full of fear. uncomfortable. But while I was scared, the picture that came into my eyes was the transformation process of a caterpillar. I saw the ugly caterpillar, through step-by-step persistence, transform into a cocoon and turn into a pupa, and then break through the difficulties and turn into a beautiful butterfly. It makes me feel that this ugly caterpillar is no longer so ugly.
This reminds me of the earthquake on April 20 that just passed and the Sichuan earthquake on May 12 in the past many years. Before the earthquake, they were as ordinary as caterpillars, without going through hardships. But after the earthquake, the people who survived were like transformed caterpillars. Their inner persistence in survival allowed them to transform into beautiful butterflies. No matter what difficulties they encountered, they could survive with perseverance. , becomes more beautiful.
As you continue to watch, the sound effects in the movie are very interesting, and the shapes of insects are also quite anthropomorphic. It gave me a new understanding of insects: Have you ever seen a "kissing" snail? In the film, the production team traveled across mountains and rivers to discover the love story of these two snails. When mosquitoes are mentioned, you will definitely have an expression of disgust, but the birth process of mosquitoes is so beautiful when photographed by photographers. The newborn of a mosquito struggles to break out of the shell, with such piety. , that holiness, when you witness the birth of a life, you have to admire the magic of nature. When two beetles "encountered" by chance, they brandished their huge pincers in a duel. In order to highlight the shocking effect, the production team used a band to dub their battle. You can imagine the shock. There is also such a creature in the film, which is very much like a caterpillar. They will only follow the same kind that is ahead and never open up new routes on their own. So when the first member of the queue catches up with the last one, the entire queue becomes a ring, walking in circles and stagnating. When a few of them disrupt the formation, the consequences are It’s a mess, and it seems that the natural world and the human world have similar rules. The most interesting thing in this film is the story of a dung beetle. It is said that a dung beetle is transporting his huge 'fruit' all the time, but he doesn't know that something unexpected will happen to his 'fruit'. 'He was pierced by a weird thorn on the ground. He didn't know what was going on at first. He pushed hard, but the thorn could only penetrate deeper and deeper. After a while, he seemed to know what was going on, but I saw that he first dug a small hole under the dung ball, slowly pushed the dung ball out, and continued to push it happily into the distance. If I had to add an ending to him, he must have found it. The other half of the life lived a happy life.
Therefore, what we can be sure of is that the "world under the lens" is a lively, exquisite, wonderful and natural spiritual realm created by the fusion and interpenetration of the supervisor's life sentiments and objective natural scenes, rather than a purely objective world.
Zhuangzi once said: "The great beauty of heaven and earth is not mentioned, the four seasons have clear laws but not discussed, and the principles of all things are not explained." The great beauty of heaven and earth is a kind of harmonious beauty with no difference between right and wrong, which can be understood as a broad range of beauty. The beauty in the film is just a choice made by the director based on his own aesthetic consciousness. Affected by factors such as time and culture, the beauty we discover is only part of the beauty of heaven and earth. It can be said that it is our selective acceptance of the beauty of heaven and earth, which then leads to beauty.
"Micro World" gives us the feeling and inspiration of natural beauty. The sounds of nature and the beauty of heaven and earth all require us to get closer and appreciate them.