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On the nuisance and disgust scale, the common housefly probably ranks quite a bit lower than the cockroach, the rat, and perhaps even the ant. But, as Housefly: An Everyday Monster proves, it's no less deserving of its own documentary. Clocking in at an eminently digestible 45 minutes, this Austrian-made, British-narrated film is an excellent primer on flies, their origins, their habits, and their predators. Using crisp macrophotography of the sort employed to spectacular effect on the 1996 film Microcosmos, director Kurt Mündl brings us up close and personal with what indeed looks like a monster. Like all good nature documentaries, Housefly entertains while it educates, balancing every dose of delightful creepiness (squirming maggots in cow dung!) with informative tidbits about a creature with which we've coexisted for thousands of years. For instance, did you know that many flies tend to get a fungus in autumn that slowly kills them? Apparently, in one of nature's more comforting examples of poetic justice, even parasites get parasites. --Steve Landau
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ASIN: B000056MMY Release Date: 2001-02-13 |
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On the nuisance and disgust scale, the common housefly probably ranks quite a bit lower than the cockroach, the rat, and perhaps even the ant. But, as Housefly: An Everyday Monster proves, it's no less deserving of its own documentary. Clocking in at an eminently digestible 45 minutes, this Austrian-made, British-narrated film is an excellent primer on flies, their origins, their habits, and their predators. Using crisp macrophotography of the sort employed to spectacular effect on the 1996 film Microcosmos, director Kurt Mündl brings us up close and personal with what indeed looks like a monster. Like all good nature documentaries, Housefly entertains while it educates, balancing every dose of delightful creepiness (squirming maggots in cow dung!) with informative tidbits about a creature with which we've coexisted for thousands of years. For instance, did you know that many flies tend to get a fungus in autumn that slowly kills them? Apparently, in one of nature's more comforting examples of poetic justice, even parasites get parasites. --Steve LandauCustomer Reviews:
So much about the housefly.......2003-09-06
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