Zeitgeist Films Movies, even documentaries, need a point. And this "documentary" trumps them all for sheer self-indulgent, self-important tripe. December 28, 2007
| And those adjectives, along with all the others I've been hurling in this review, very accurately describe the experience of this garbage documentary. Yes, that's a truly awesome trackintg shot that opens the movie but it does little to capture the scale of a factory(and I've been in buildings that large, anyway) and actually becomes a game of seeing which workers notice the camera.
By creating an account, you agree to the Her first film, LOOKING YOU IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, asked thirteen women to try to describe themselves and was first broadcast, to critical acclaim, on TVOntario's From the Heart. MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. The film itself is mainly focused on China which is in the process of transforming itself from an agrarian society to an industrial power.
This is saying a lot.
Some sort of story. It shows us the sort of places and occurances that happen within the man's photo's, but a) none of these are interesting, b) none of these are original or innovative, and c) they are filmed so ineptly, so exhaustively pedantic, so pedestrian in every level of it's making, that it lulls you completely to sleep.
Manufactured Landscapes. A worthy effort and the creation of artificial ugly landscapes is something worth viewing if not quite enjoyable.
It's painful. Whoa, Keanu May 9, 2008 It quickly develops into a meditation on the human and environmental costs of the permanent and … Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email.
I've sat through a LOT of awful movies. | And people buy into it. Minutes. Manufactured Landscapes is possibly the dullest, most painfully boring movie I've ever had to endure.
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We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. Who the fuck knows. We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.Theater box office or somewhere else MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES "....documenting the effect of industrialization on the environment, Burtynsky provokes his viewers to contemplate the world he shoots.
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The film not only captures the astonishing transformations in the landscape but also examines the social repercussions of these changes.
(The exception being the shipwreck beach in Bangladesh which itself could have been the setting for an entire documentary.)
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You watch in awe, disgust, or even pity, as nature and God exact their powers upon something so pitiful. 8.
| Rating: B+
Some sort of reason for existing.