In this large-format 3-D documentary about bugs, specifically the life cycles of a butterfly
Papilio Memnon) and a mantis (
hierodula membranacea), super-sized critters worthy of a 1950s horror movie roam the Southeast Asian rainforest. Cheekily narrated by Dame Judi Dench and slicked up with genre-style music — cue the
noirish jazz when Dench alludes to "these green streets" — this otherwise sober film's high
ick factor is clearly designed to convince restless students that entomology is extremely cool. The butterfly is hatched, alone and defenseless, on a citrus leaf and gradually eats its way from hungry, hungry caterpillar to ...
Released:
2003
Rated:
G
Length:
40 mins