Product Details

• Directors: Tony Helsloot
• Producers: Tony Helsloot, Liz Jones
• Format: NTSC, Widescreen, Color
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Isis Visuals
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 9089700056
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #138,013 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Flowers of Provence, from cinematographer Tony Helsloot, was filmed amongst the wonderfully aromatic lavender fields of Provence and in the surrounding regions of South-West France. The DVD has 3 relaxing films: Lavender, Poppies and Sunflowers, set to the calming and inspiring music of Simon Daum. Four further tracks use the natural sounds: Three Natural Decoration tracks show a lavender landscape, a field of lavender, and a bright field of sunflowers, and a track of Soothing Scenes offers a flowery mix of slowly changing shots. Choose a track and it will play continuously or use the Play All function to play each in turn. Please note: Non-profit public screenings of this DVD for small companies, for instance in Health Spas, Doctor and Dentist Waiting Rooms, Restaurants and Bars, are allowed at one location, free of charge, on up to 4 TV screens.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A feast for the eyes and respite for the soul!, May 6, 2008

By	M. Schadt (SF, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the first ambient DVD I have ordered from this group but it will not be the last. This is a quality production that works perfectly for me.

There are three themes as the description notes: 1-fields of lavender, 2-red poppies and 3-sunflowers. Of the three the poppies may be the weakest but even it is mesmerizing in that way you would like it to be - guiding your mind to a stressless relaxed place. The lavender segment was my favorite and I felt the most beautiful of the three. (Ok, I'm partial to light purple). I noticed within minutes that I was fully absorbed in the colors and movement of the scene and far distant from the work-day world I had just left. The sunflowers are the happiest and you will be hard-pressed to keep a smile off of your face while you watch it.

The primary segments of each theme have a light slow piano accompaniment which I was a little leery of but turned out to be a very nice addition. Each theme also has a silent segment labelled Relaxation, so you could play your own background and then there is a final with a montage of the three themes.

This DVD would work beautifully as a background to a small social gathering and I especially like having my big flat-screen tv do something other than sit there and look like a big black hole in my livingroom when I have guests. I don't have an HD DVD player but still found the video quality to be quite good. If you have an HD player it will be even better.

The evening I watched this turned out to be some of the best programming I have seen on my LCD tv since I got it last year. After I watched everything once, I restarted it and notice some periodic hesitation, which may be due to my older DVD player. I think this DVD will be on my shopping list for friends and family this coming Christmas. This was exactly what I was looking for and overall exceeded my expectations. Enjoy!