Fantastic Fungi
2019 · 80 min · Director: Louie Schwartzberg
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June 12, 2019 From the Maui Film Festival's Celestial Cinema. Imagine an organism that feeds you, heals you, reveals secrets of the universe and could help save the planet. Fantastic Fungi is a revelatory time-lapse journey, from 2019 Maui Film Festival Visionary Award honoree and director Louie Schwartzberg, about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.
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Fantastic Fungi (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 35%, Inspiration 30%, Curiosity 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Awe35%
- Inspiration30%
- Curiosity20%
- Joy15%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Inspiration, Curiosity. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Inspiration and Curiosity. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.
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Emotional journey
- Hope
- Curiosity
- Empathy
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Awe
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Hope | Curiosity | Empathy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Curiosity | 55 % | 27 % | 60 % | 5 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 6′ | Curiosity | 53 % | 28 % | 61 % | 4 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 10′ | Curiosity | 51 % | 33 % | 59 % | 10 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Curiosity | 52 % | 30 % | 54 % | 18 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Awe | 57 % | 28 % | 53 % | 13 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Hope | 58 % | 29 % | 55 % | 10 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Curiosity | 60 % | 25 % | 57 % | 20 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Tension | 62 % | 30 % | 53 % | 31 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Hope | 56 % | 44 % | 51 % | 27 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Hope | 53 % | 53 % | 56 % | 16 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Hope | 53 % | 53 % | 58 % | 13 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Curiosity | 51 % | 44 % | 57 % | 13 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Curiosity | 52 % | 38 % | 53 % | 23 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Empathy | 60 % | 45 % | 43 % | 46 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Awe | 70 % | 57 % | 38 % | 61 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Awe | 75 % | 65 % | 35 % | 66 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Empathy | 74 % | 68 % | 36 % | 61 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Hope | 67 % | 68 % | 46 % | 36 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Hope | 63 % | 68 % | 44 % | 18 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Hope | 63 % | 67 % | 30 % | 15 % |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Details
- Directed by
- Louie Schwartzberg
- Written by
- Mark Monroe
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2019
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Country
- United States
- Genres
- Documentary
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Awe
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