Home – A Film By Yann Arthus Bertrand
Karl Woll | June 9, 2009 9:02 am
Ok Ok, this isn’t an ‘outdoor’ kind of post, you got me. But as mentioned previously I have a strong personal interest in environmental sustainability and do the odd posting about interesting things in that area.
On June 5 a new documentary 5 years in the making was debuted simultaneously on Youtube and in theaters (a first). It is simply titled, Home. I downloaded the movie from torrent and watched it last night. I can say that guilt free because the movie has no copyright. It’s free. Gratis. Seriously. Its free to play in schools, free for theaters, free for you and me to watch on the net. Anyways… I watched the movie last night and was blown away. Its a cross between Planet Earth and An Inconvenient Truth. The footage is absolutely amazing, and the story is intensely compelling (after all, its our story). Even if you don’t believe in man-made climate change, you can put the narration on mute and just watch it while you listen to the radio, the cinematography is that good (mostly wide angle aerial shots). The only bad thing about this movie is that at points it is down-right depressing when you realize what terrible shape our planet is in, although this is not the aim of the film.
You can watch the trailer below, but really next time you’re in the mood for a movie watch Home. I’m not sure if any theaters in Vancouver are showing it, but you can always download and burn it to DVD (again, no one will bust in to your house while you sleep, all copyrights are waived on this film ). You can always watch the high-def Youtube version as well.
