Cinematic background from Fantastic Fungi 2019 - A vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit— the mushroom. A story that begins 3.5 billion years ago, fungi makes the soil that supports life, connecting vast systems of roots from plants and trees all over the planet, like an underground Internet.  Through the eyes of renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, professor of forest ecology Suzanne Simard, best selling author Michael Pollan, food naturalist Eugenia Bone and others, we experience the power, beauty and complexity of the fungi kingdom.
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A group of yellow and white mushrooms sitting on top of a rock; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A dog laying on top of a bed with a pair of headphones; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A group of mushrooms growing on a rock; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A man standing on a stage in front of an audience; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man is standing in front of a group of statues; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A man in a black shirt is standing in front of a building; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A group of yellow and white umbrellas sitting on top of a rock formation; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An aerial view of a tractor pulling a trailer in a field; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A crowd of people in the water at the beach; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A person wearing a suit and beard; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A group of women walking down a street; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A cloud with a purple light shining on it; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A group of trees in a forest with sunlight coming through the trees; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A humming bird hovering over a flower; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A night sky with stars and a rock formation in the foreground; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An old time magazine cover of a man with a white beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table with papers; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An image of an alien landscape with trees and plants; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A black and white photo of a hospital ward; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An old man with a beard and glasses in a forest; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An old man with a long white beard; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A water droplet with a flower on it's side; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A view of the earth from outer space with the sun in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A body of water surrounded by trees and rocks; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – The night sky is lit up by the stars and the milky way; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An image of an explosion in the middle of the night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A painting of a man in a boat in the water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An image of an alien landscape in the middle of the night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A man standing in front of a laptop computer on top of a desk; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A view of a lake and mountains in the distance; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An aerial view of a plant that looks like a tree; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A rainbow is seen in the sky over a lake; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A view of a snowy landscape from a plane window; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An old photo of a woman holding a baby; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older woman sitting in front of a bunch of flowers; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A group of mushrooms sitting on top of a log; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A view of a mountain range with dark clouds in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A man standing in the middle of a forest; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A person in a forest with a backpack; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man sitting in front of a wall clock; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A group of people standing in the grass near a tree; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A bunch of mushrooms on a table; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A bunch of mushrooms in the woods; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – View of a bunch of pink mushrooms; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An oil spill in the middle of the ocean with black smoke billowing from it; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A group of people marching down a street; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An adult and a baby orangutan in a forest; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – View of a bunch of mushrooms; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A man wearing a hat standing in front of a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A view of the ocean from a rocky shore; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A mushroom with a black background; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A bunch of mushrooms that are sitting in the water; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A man with a beard is standing in the woods; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An image of a man that is standing in the grass; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An aerial view of a wooded area in the mountains; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A little girl walking across a bridge over a river; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A building that is lit up at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A view of the golden gate bridge from a helicopter; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man sitting in front of a large tree; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A man standing in the middle of a forest with his arms crossed; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man wearing a hat is holding a camera; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An image of a skull in the middle of the desert; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man holding a banana in his hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man wearing a hat and a suit; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man wearing a hat and glasses; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A man standing in front of a ted logo; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man sitting in front of a television; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A view of a cloudy sky at sunset; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man with a beard wearing glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A night sky filled with stars over a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – An older man is walking down a long hallway; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A bearded man holding a jar full of seeds; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – Two people in a kitchen preparing a meal; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – View of a bunch of mushrooms; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Fantastic Fungi” (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg – A view of a mountain range in the middle of the day; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle