If these are some of the nitty-gritty factoids behind the project, then, it’s safe to say The Hidden Life of Trees is generally a laidback experience. Trees also have a sense of time, shedding their leaves in a very precise rhythm and giving us the seasonal changes we now accept as second nature. Here bugs and fungi both help, acting as the terrestrial plankton, aiding in this large-scale recycling process. The dead remains of some trees feed their children in a never-ending cycle. They team up with fungi, which transfer signals from tree to tree (ie.
It takes the passage of time (or high-speed cameras).Īn infestation of marauding bugs triggers mechanisms and a cry for help. They help each other in these very tangible ways even if we don’t see them instantaneously with the naked eye. It takes some getting used to as the film continues to refer to them in almost anthropomorphic terms. The old take care of the young and vice versa, almost like human beings…Īnd like humans, trees are considered here as social beings though we probably rarely think of them in such terms. They undertake vast amounts of nutrient exchanges helping neighbors in need seems to be the rule, not the exception, with forests acting as superorganisms. United We Stand, Divided We Fallįar from simply existing as a few more cogs in the survival of the fittest or being a matter of commensalism or parasitic behaviors, trees rely on a great deal of interdependence. Moment by moment, through time-lapse and explanations put in layman’s terms, the documentary endeavors to pull back the veil so we might appreciate these living creatures in a new light. Speeding along as we do in modern civilization, we often miss just how phenomenal they really are. However, this documentary makes it very clear that trees are very much alive, active and working at their own pace. He’s less of a forester and more of a modern-day Lorax – educating the general public and speaking for the trees – because as you already know, the worlds of Tolkien and Lewis notwithstanding, trees cannot speak for themselves. We rarely get a full explanation into his various forays and yet we see him globetrotting the world to any number of forests, book signings, and environmentalist events.
He’s the film’s conservationist rock star: knowledgeable from lifelong research but equally personable, communicating his findings to adults and children alike.
Guardians of the Forest: The Vital Role of Sumatran Orangutans in Regeneration and Conservation EffortsĪlthough The Hidden Life of Trees has its own version of an omnipresent narrator, it is the world-renowned Peter Wohlleben who becomes the crucial figure in defining the film’s ethos.
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