Manufactured Landscapes
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Manufactured Landscapes - a feature documentary by Jennifer Baichwal(Uploaded for post at urbancartography.com)MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is a feature length documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky makes large-scale photographs of 'manufactured landscapes' -- quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines, dams. He photographs civilization's materials and debris, but in a way people describe as "stunning" or "beautiful," and so raises all kinds of questions about ethics and aesthetics without trying to easily answer them.The film follows Burtynsky to China as he travels the country photographing the evidence and effects of that country's massive industrial revolution. Sites such as the Three Gorges Dam, which is bigger by 50% than any other dam in the world and displaced over a million people, factory floors over a kilometre long, and the breathtaking scale of Shanghai's urban renewal are subjects for his lens and our motion picture camera.Shot in Super-16mm film, Manufactured Landscapes extends the narrative streams of Burtynsky's photographs, allowing us to meditate on our profound impact on the planet and witness both the epicentres of industrial endeavour and the dumping grounds of its waste. What makes the photographs so powerful is his refusal in them to be didactic. We are all implicated here, they tell us: there are no easy answers. The film continues this approach of presenting complexity, without trying to reach simplistic judgements or reductive resolutions. In the process, it tries to shift our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it.2006, Canada, 90 mins.
Canal: Howto & Style
Añadido: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Autor: discosolitaire
Duración: 02:02
Puntuación: 4.84
Reproducciones: 36250
Etiquetas: EdwardBurtynsky JenniferBaichwal ManufacturedLandscapes
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cw505 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
seriously, dude.people do not/ are not able to comprehend what the true effect of their consuption has on the earth, society, etc...
joanameu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
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jkbox (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
we saw this in our Eng. class and were made to do a group discussion on this topic...quite interesting actually..
tristanlp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
People living in rich countries and enjoying their "with born" wealth, how many of them know the world they are standing on or care about what kind of life their grandsons and granddaughters are going to have.It is one simple perspective from one country and there are a lot that we know and we should know. Let's awake from vanity fairs and face our only place to live in. Together we can make a difference.
tristanlp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I suggest every individual who possesses the senses of responsibility and morality watch this film, especially those "esteemed" business students like us. We proudly believe that we are the most talented ones who are playing around with green papers and rock the corporate systems. We don't give a shit to where our happy lives come from or who made the keyboard you are typing on. What do you know about CSR and how do you understand your current living standard how do you think about the truth.
azsingersigner (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thank you for posting this. I linked to it to give someone a reference when I told them about this film. I was definitely impressed by the movie and would highly recommend it.
amylynnmiltown (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the single most hauntingly beautiful opening shot to a film i have ever witnessed. ed burtynsky is who i aspire to be as a photographer. :)
occultdestroyer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
A very nice documentary! The world is totally fucked up
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