Follow the Rain should have fit into one of the many categories which include art category and the category of poems however, it does not do so simply. Rather it serves a deeper purpose in celebrating and appreciating a greater cause which is life itself. It is intriguing to see what one should expect from this director who is known for Wonder Crafter cinema. In a way she is encoding art and cliches of Australia’s rainforests. Simply put the whole cinematic experience feels like immersing into a cream of life or art out there.
What follows next is their experience chronicled in Stephen Axford’s lens and Barbara’s, Peters wife. Sundry or sauntered in wildness These People’s Peter Barbara Chase’s over the decades exploring with his cameras. But Peter didn’t see the fungi for its beauty, instead, He saw it for its place in life. Fungi can decompose dead organic matter and act as a lifeline to other more complex species and plants and in doing so they often form mutualistic relationships. In the end, one learns that as much as these species may seem small, they are Central figures in the play that is life.
The cinematic experience is a bonanza, including a beautiful cinematographic work, together with music, which reflects the natural interplay. Follow the Rain looks at the Earth uniquely through their lens demonstrating how sincere small components such as fungi can influence habitats completely. Zooming in and out of events over huge time frames or so-called time-lapses, fungi growing and shrinking can also be witnessed, which can be described as an existence of the creator and the destructor all together in one moment.
The documentary is noteworthy because it has not only stunning graphics but also powerful messages and has been appreciated by critics and audiences at many festivals attesting to its greatness. It never tires of reminding the viewers of the precarious existence of life on earth by throwing into the viewers eye the beautiful but sad scene of fungi and in particular the need of these structures in fighting global warming.
Follow the Rain is a more like a doe-eyed daughter as compared to the stark one that is so fondly called a cinematic masterpiece, and what in contrast stands out is the journey or the exploration that it so heartwarmingly takes you through owing to the wonders that surround you.
