[transition_wolverton:292] Manufactured Landscapes Sunday 25th April 7pm Scout Hall, Wolverton
nicola dobiecka
Hello everyone,
I hope some of you can make it to this film tomorow night, it's a collaboration between Vagabond Cinema and the Transition Wolverton group.
I sent the info out earlier in the week but unfortunately not to the correct email address!
So here it is and hopefully in time! And if anyone has a bit of time spare to lend a hand it would be gratefully appreciated too ;o)
Cheers
Nic
Vagabond Cinema
Manufactured Landscapes (u) 90 minutes
Wolverton 1st Scout Hall, Furze Way, Wolverton
Sunday 25th April 7pm
£4/ £2
Please call 01908 225600 for more info.
Tickets available on the door from 6.30pm or from Wolverton Un Limited office 9- 3pm daily
From its stunning eight-minute opening shot of a massive factory where a
small army of workers assiduously go about their assigned tasks, to the
remarkable documentation of China's
Three Gorges Dam, Manufactured Landscapes is an impressive experience. That's
partly due to the size and space of the landscapes, but mostly because of the
beauty of the images of industrial landscapes.
Director Jennifer Baichwal follows celebrated Canadian photographer and artist
Edward Burtynsky on a tour of Asia. Burtynsky
takes large-format stills of industrial landscapes: factory workers lined up to
infinity, giant ships eviscerated, massive recycling dumps, expansive strip
mines. His goal is to portray humanity's relationship to nature as we pursue
progress. His images are striking and picturesque, leaving viewers on their own
to comprehend the negative global ramifications.
Many of Burtynsky's photographs reveal human beings dwarfed by the
massive industrialized landscape that surrounds them. The film sheds light on
the tedium and monotony suffered by workers who are assigned small components
of huge manufacturing processes, and must endure the repetitive work that it
entails.
This award winning film doesn’t just document the monumental changes brought about by industrialization and modernization, but attempts to spotlight the artist’s chronicle of these events through his photos which offer a sense of the immense cost this current industrial revolution is having on the natural world.
Its surface is beautiful, its implications frightening, Manufactured Landscapes powerfully shifts our consciousness about environmental change without judgment or resolution. It captures a brave new world that manages to be both luscious and repellent, often simultaneously.
The New Electric Picture Palace
An independent cinema project for Milton Keynes devoted to promoting access to film and film culture.
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David Kind
Sorry can t make it as I m up in Leicester. Haven t seen the film before.
Hope it goes well.
Best wishes,
David.
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:35 BST nicola dobiecka wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I hope some of you can make it to this film tomorow night, it's a
>collaboration between Vagabond Cinema and the Transition Wolverton group.
>
>I sent the info out earlier in the week but unfortunately not to the correct
>email address!
>
>So here it is and hopefully in time! And if anyone has a bit of time spare
>to lend a hand it would be gratefully appreciated too ;o)
>
>Cheers
>
>Nic
>
>
>
>Vagabond Cinema
>*Manufactured Landscapes* (u) 90 minutes
>
>* *
>
>*Wolverton 1st Scout Hall, Furze Way, Wolverton*
>
>*Sunday 25th April 7pm*
>
>*£4/ £2 *
>
>*Please call 01908 225600 for more info.*
>
>*Tickets available on the door from 6.30pm or from Wolverton Un Limited
>office 9- 3pm daily*
>
>*An independent cinema project for Milton Keynes devoted to promoting access
>to film and film culture.*
>
>*To join the facebook group:** *
>
>*The New Electric Picture Palace, Wolverton, Milton Keynes **
>http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=49949764456*
