![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s footage of him getting down and dirty with plant life in European forests. Yeah, we see Wohlleben addressing audiences of eager ecologists and leading woodland tours. Perhaps in keeping with the woo-woo sensibilities of the source material, Jorg Adolph and Jan Haft’s film steers clear of the usual dry scientific pontificating. Wohlleben’s ecological theories have been embraced by laymen and ridiculed by forest professionals - which is not to say that they lack merit. It is based, of course, on German forester Peter Wohlleben’s runaway best seller about, well, the stuff trees are up to right under our noses.Īmong other things Wohlleben asserts that trees will band together to “feed” the stumps of their fallen fellows, that our leafy buds can communicate with one another, and that the best forest management is basically to leave the trees alone to do their thing. ![]() More New Age navel gazing than rigorous scientific exploration, “The Hidden Life of Trees” is an art film posing as a documentary. ![]()
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