Insectia (4pc)

Starring:Georges Brossard
Director: German Gutierrez
Studio: Repnet
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Director: German Gutierrez
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Let's be reasonable
Horrified
Spell-binding, fascinating, professionally done
Dissapointment
Disappointing

Insectia (4pc)
Starring: Georges Brossard
Director: German Gutierrez
Manufacturer: Repnet
ProductGroup: DVD
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The Life of Birds
The Life of Mammals
Natural History: Insects And Arachnids (2-DVD Set)
Beetles & Spiders
Microcosmos

ASIN: B000065LHO
Release Date: 2002-04-17

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Let's be reasonable.......2007-02-13

Some here have dinged this series for its presentation of traditional practices which may be seen as barbaric. Others have dinged it for its lack of scientific information. The fact remains however that there is little material available which presents the phylum Insecta in a favorable or at least non-terrifying light. What "Insectia" lacks in scientific detail it certainly makes up for in abundance of high quality footage. The narrator is passionate and affable.

What has been described as the depiction of "cruel practices" by certain other reviewers is simply the objective presentation of the role that insects play in various cultures around the world. To deny their importance in these respects is to discard their importance to us historically, mythologically, and culturally.

In the end, this series might disappoint serious entomologists, but they'll certainly delight their children. The series is overflowing with footage I've never seen elsewhere, presented in a captivating manner that I can't wait to force upon my nieces and nephews (and eventually my own children). No one should be horrified by insects, and if anything, this series will ensure that.

Horrified.......2005-10-12

Zero stars. This is NOT a nature video. My daughters and I were disgusted. The commentator gives us a tour of cruel practices, including the use of beautiful dead insects for jewelry (and living beetles with glued rhinestones on their backs chained to safety pins). Instead of the wonder of the life of insects, we are taken to examine the harvested dried insects in the jars of a Chinese herbalist.

The insects are not respected in this film.

We see the narrator eat lemon ants. He captures a horned beetle in one scene and kills it and places it in a white box. All the while he has a disgusting conspiratorial look on his face.

The box IS beautiful. We threw away the DVDs.

Spell-binding, fascinating, professionally done.......2003-11-20

My husband and I have enjoyed several of these episodes. The sound and lighting are always professonally done. The transition from insect to insect is smooth and keeps it from getting tedious. Georges Brossard as the narrator is always intense, but sometimes quiet and sometimes loud. Every episode has kept our complete attention. I can't take my eyes off the screen.

Georges Brossard left his job as an attorney to travel around the world and pursue his interest in insects. He was responsible for the creation of the Montreal Insectarium and has been mandated by the Audobon Organization to create an insectarium in New Orleans. (The Insectia web page has more information.) His vision is to make insects interesting to everyday people, including children. I think he is succeeding.

Dissapointment.......2003-07-11

THis is not a documentary about insects. It is a collection of amature caliber location shots starring the commentator - sparingly peppered with stock footage of bugs purchased from WGBH and others. The only thing that is good about this set is the packaging that it comes in - which is what led me to purchase it. It is, however, quite deceptive as to what the content of the DVD's actually is. I cannot emphasize enough - If you want a box set about the "Crocodile Hunter" of the insect world shot with a cheap video camera - this is your DVD. If you were looking for information and footage of insects (as I was) you will be totally dissapointed.

Disappointing.......2002-10-01

When I purchased this DVD I was expecting to watch a documentary the level of BBC or National Geographic. Unfortunately the scientific informations provided by this video scarcely fill one disc and the remaining topics in other 3 discs are only about curiosities, popular beliefs, ancient legends and bugs being used as medicine and food. Differently from David Attenborough's serious documentaries where his interference is minimun and necessary, the presence of Georges Brossard (a mixture of actor, clown and ontologist) is annoying. He wishes to be the star of the show more than the insects. Unbelievably, even the scientfic informations provided by him are limited and not new: The only insects' way-of-life he focus in detail are ants and termites but all of these informations can be found in documentaries not specialized in insects such as BBC's The Life of Plants and Trials of Life. The two stars go to some beautiful closes on insects and that's all.

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Insectia / Insectia 2 (2 Pack)

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Insectia
Starring: Georges Brossard
Director: German Gutierrez
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Insectia
Starring: Georges Brossard
Director: German Gutierrez
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Genesis (Original French ONLY Version)
Director: Claude Nuridsany
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Insectia 2

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Life in the Undergrowth
The Life of Birds

ASIN: B000BXTONA

Product Description

Following the TREMENDOUS INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS of the INSECTIA documentary series, Pixcom and Imavision are proud to present this box set collection, which includes 13 new episodes on 4 DVDs. Our guide is fascinating entomologist, Georges Brossard, president and founder of the Montreal Insectarium. He shares with us his latest adventures around the world. The first three episodes are dedicated to the incredible insects that live in Madagascar. In the next two episodes, the expedition continues to Morocco, where George disguises himself as a Bedouin travelling by camel. He then visits the tropical jungles of Peru, and goes on to Quebec to research stinging insects and water insects. We learn about the "outlaw" insects that dwell in Costa Rica, and the prehistoric insects found in the Dominican Republic.

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