Little Forest: Summer/Autumn

Farming, cooking, culture and the nature.

I like arts, but not an artist or a crazy collector. Whenever I visit art galleries or the photo exhibitions, I keep staring each one of them for a very long. Not that I'm looking for something as everybody says they do like the meaning or hidden message/contents et cetera. But I'm an observer. I observe every corner, every detail. Not just me, anybody who prefers to be left alone (private persons) would have developed such skill.

The point is what if the same art has a motion. I'm talking about this film. I've already mentioned several times for such films I've come across that they are true art, a motion art, with an audio commentary. The 110 minutes of pleasure, where man and nature connect. I did not move for a second, and at the end, I felt it was too short. But I'm not expecting the same result from anybody else who give it a try. Since from a person to person, the taste and anticipation vary.

This is not the first time I was overjoyed for a film. Despite it came a couple of years ago, I was very impressed with the recent films like 'Midnight Diner' and 'Sweet Bean' which led me to this flick. There are many other films too. I've been a film fanatic for close to two decades, I've seen many world cinemas, but it's just the Japanese who are the best at this kind. At least that's what I've seen so far. To the west, it's always the Italian food, but nothing is healthier than the Japanese food. That's a well known fact. This film is not just about the food, but also about farming and other related things. From the fresh perspective about our food. The food we make and its root.

The nature provided us food for the past 200 thousand plus years. Full of natural and nutritional. But the art of preparing our own food using those items was not that ancient. As the time passed by, we the humans discovered many new ingredients and methods to make very healthy food by removing unwanted parts. From untasty natural fo...