When you watch this film you get very close to nature. The unexpected concealing choices for camera angles make it exciting. The sound carries you through the film. A movie for a relaxing moment!
The Ancient Woods
2017 [LITHUANIAN]
Documentary
7.8/10
624
Plot summary
A poetic and atypical nature film about the various inhabitants of an old-growth forest, on the ground, in the air and in the water. There's no commentary, only the rich, almost palpable sounds of the forest and the magical situations captured by the camera. Although we might sometimes be puzzled as to what's actually happening a mating ritual or the start of a fight? the lack of explanation leaves space for us to associate freely and simply experience the images. The film offers a close-up view of a wide range of creatures such as the insect that appears out of the melting snow, gradually begins to move and impatiently waits until all its legs are free so it can fly away. The scale of the portraits is sometimes grand and at other times modest, but always filmed with precision, whether in daylight or at night. Time doesn't seem to matter in this extraordinary piece of slow cinema.
March 10, 2024 at 03:11 PM
Director
Mindaugas Survila
Top cast
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 781.03 MB
1280*536
Lithuanian 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 25 min
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Movie Reviews
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Get yourself absorbed into nature.
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Lithuania's Wild Nature at its beauty
This movie is not just a documentary it is a celebration of photography. Beautiful transitions, lots of nature sounds. Some of them quite mysterious and even scary. As we joked it even resembles a horror movie sometimes. If you are looking for a relaxing documentary this is quite good.
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Slow nature TV (in a great way)
The documentary takes us to one of the rare patches of ancient woodland located in Lithuania.
This is for you if you are fatigued with over narrated and over storied nature documentaries. Here we get ZERO narration and long slow shots of amazing wildlife and the accompanying sounds of the forest. With no distractions you become immersed into this amazing world.
It really does not drag as it is fascinating to see what the animals and wildlife will do next. I personally learned of a number of new creatures we have in Europe that I wasn't aware of from watching this.
Highly recommended nature film.
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