This film was shot "with special cameras going where only the mind can enter" said in his review "Thinker1691" (I read them all) and I literally borrow it to open my own review because it encloses the very essence of this documentary.
I saw it many years ago and since then it always stayed in my mind with such an impact that watching it again yesterday night was equally impressive. Funny how memories can play a trick on us, in my mind the photography was of such pristine quality as to be mind boggling, nowadays it looks a bit "out of focus" compare with the latest technology.
But what they filmed in the real interacting of insects --daily life, wars, struggles, escapades, etc.-- even today it's flawless, breathtaking and extremely impressive. What was TRULY impressive was the music created for the soundtrack of this film by that IMMENSE musician, Lalo Schifrin, a music that was, maybe, the main factor next to the insects behavior to keep, for so many years, this magnificent film in my mind.
I saw it many years ago and since then it always stayed in my mind with such an impact that watching it again yesterday night was equally impressive. Funny how memories can play a trick on us, in my mind the photography was of such pristine quality as to be mind boggling, nowadays it looks a bit "out of focus" compare with the latest technology.
But what they filmed in the real interacting of insects --daily life, wars, struggles, escapades, etc.-- even today it's flawless, breathtaking and extremely impressive. What was TRULY impressive was the music created for the soundtrack of this film by that IMMENSE musician, Lalo Schifrin, a music that was, maybe, the main factor next to the insects behavior to keep, for so many years, this magnificent film in my mind.