Manufactured Landscapes - Burtynsky

[The Gardener]

I just saw a program on BRAVO yesterday that completely blew my mind. It was a photo documentary highlighting the work of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, who specializes in turning large scale images of some of the ugliest environmental impacts of man into works of art. This film really highlights the Chinese industrial revolution, as well as a quick jaunt into the shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh. The visuals in this film are breathtaking, the scale is unimaginable. And the images, both still photos as well as moving video, are interspersed with the artists commentary, which is NOT preachy or overdone, but a very minimilast commentary of how these impacts show the trajectory of humanity. I came away from this part depressed from the foreboding vision that us humans are creating for ourselves, and part enthralled with the scale of our mastery of the planet's resources. Its quite a fascinating contrast.

http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/Introduc ... capes.html

Anyways, I was wondering if any of you have ever seen this flick, because after watching it there is a LOT to talk about.

If you haven't seen it, I HIGHLY recommend it. It is NOT a "tree hugger-ish" work. It is more a statement about the scales of the hidden underlying systems and their impacts that we take for granted from our day to day perspectives.

Film reviews:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/manufac ... andscapes/

 

[Bryan]

I came away from this part depressed from the foreboding vision that us humans are creating for ourselves...

"...that us humans are creating..."?? Jesus Christ -- such grammar! :nono:

Us need to watch more carefully the things that us post on the Internet!

 

[decro435]

Byran,

We all know that you are intelligent, but come on...