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Safari
Synopsis: 'Safari' is an evolutionary melodrama. Here the cockroach emerges from the primordial sea, crawling on land for the first time. Then, navigating the lush, verdant jungle alongside Chalmers' ground-hugging camera, the cockroach encounters over-sized insects, amphibians, and reptiles. When two gigantic rhinoceros beetles lock horns in aggressive combat, it is like 1950s sci-fi movies in which irradiated insects rule the earth. Yet this intimate vantage point also magnifies the striking physical beauty of these tiny creatures, inviting an appreciative reappraisal of numerous species we typically overlook or devalue as mere pests. (Source: SXSW.com)
The audience seemed to believe that none of the animal were real, but filmmaker Catherine Chalmers said she raised each one over the course of two and a half years.
She said she thought of each scene as a painting, which is clear in the vibrant color of each animal.
In order to make the film, she handled the animals with her left hand and ran the camera with her right. She continues to raise the animals.
Memorable image: A praying mantis eating the brains of a fly.
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