Netflix pick for 9/23/13 – ‘Manufactured Landscapes’

“Manufactured Landscapes” is an arty documentary about the toll human living and consumption has on the Earth and the places where live, namely, in how we just have taken everything over in this habitat, to the point that certain parts of the world have been wholly transformed into places comprised of and now existing for only human residenency and exploitation.

From my original write up on Examiner.com:

“Manufactured Landscapes is a movie that will take all attentive and thinking viewers and shake them down to their very foundations. This movie is about the dramatic effect humans and progress and technology have had on the world, focusing heavily on some of the developing nations of the world. The opening shot of the movie is harrowing in a strange way, as a camera slowly tracks along a factory, and four minutes into this eight-minute one-take shot you realize that you are looking at more people gathered under one roof using an ungodly amount of resources than you could even fathom. It is explained, in a voice over from the director, that this movie is not meant to condone or condemn, but instead it is just a record of how things are. Point the camera and observe, it is that simple. Just sit back and watch as a panning shot of a Chinese city, buildings stacked on top of other buildings, goes on and on for what seems like forever. And then ask yourself what images like this mean to you and your world and your future. You might not like the answers you come up with.”

Check out this interest documentary right here on the ole Netflix Instant.