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Title Manufactured Landscapes / Mercury Films, Foundry Films present ; in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada ; and in association with TVOntario ; director, Jennifer Baichwal ; produced by Nick de Pencier, Daniel Iron, Jennifer Baichwal.

Imprint [New York, NY] : Distributed by Zeitgeist Films, [2007]

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  NONFICTION DVD 779 MAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction DVD  DVD 779 MANUFACTURED    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  DVD 709.04 MANUFACTURED    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet ([6] pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Playing Time 013000
Physical Medium DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda
Description digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 rda
digital optical stereo rda
widescreen rda
DVD video NTSC rda
video file DVD video Region 1 rda
Motion picture.
Note Originally produced as a Canadian documentary film in 2006.
System Details DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo sound; widescreen presentation preserving the theatrical aspect ratio, 1.85:1, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
Language In English and Chinese, with optional subtitles in English for the hearing impaired.
Performer Edward Burtynsky, commentator.
Credits Director of photography + creative consultant, Peter Mettler ; editor, Roland Schlimme ; original music, Dan Driscoll.
Summary This is a striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of "manufactured landscapes"--Quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams -- Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization's materials and debris. He argues that we have reached past the point now where we are at the mercy of the environment -- our planet now lives and dies at our mercy. This is not meant to be a frightening concept, though many of the images are sobering, in this chilling but ultimately beautiful documentary on what industrialization is doing to man and the world as we know it. Or used to know it. Manufactured Landscapes tells the story of these images, and how Burtynsky came to be so fascinated with the concept of human design. The film follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country's massive industrial revolution, showing us a glimpse of what it's like behind the scenes for a famous photographer in action. With breathtaking sequences, such as the opening tracking shot through an almost endless factory, the filmmakers also extend the narratives of Burtynsky's photographs, allowing us to meditate on our impact on the planet and witness both the epicenters of industrial endeavor and the dumping grounds of its waste.
Contents Endless factory -- Manufacturing #18 -- "Inspired by nature" -- Toxic e-waste -- Irons and breakers -- Shipyards -- Residue of tankers -- "Oil epiphany" -- Coal pictures -- Three Gorges dam project -- Dismantling cities -- 30% agrarian, 70% urban -- Shanghai real estate -- City for the young -- Seeing the world differently -- End credits.
Note Special features: Additional scenes [featurette with optional director's commentary] (40 min.); Al Gore - Nashville Film Festival 2007 [featurette] (9 min.); Discussion with the director [Baichwal] and Edward Burtynsky [featurette] (19 min.); Mini-interview with cinematographer/collaborator [Peter Mettler] [featurette] (5 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Stills gallery with commentary by Burtynsky [slide show].
Awards Winner, 2007 Genie Award [Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Awards] for Best Documentary: Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron, Peter Starr.
Subject Burtynsky, Edward, 1955-
Photographers -- Canada -- Interviews.
Photography, Artistic.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Nature and civilization.
Photography, Industrial.
Fragmented landscapes -- Pictorial works.
Waste lands -- Pictorial works.
Energy industries -- Pictorial works.
Mineral industries -- Pictorial works.
Quarries and quarrying -- Pictorial works.
Factory and trade waste -- Pictorial works.
Photography, Industrial -- China.
Industrialization -- China.
Industrial sites -- Pictorial works.
Industrialization -- Environmental aspects -- China.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- China -- Pictorial works.
Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- Pictorial works.
Electronic waste -- China -- Pictorial works.
Ships -- Scrapping -- Bangladesh -- Pictorial works.
Dams -- Environmental aspects -- China.
San Xia Reservoir (China) -- Pictorial works.
Extinct cities -- China -- Pictorial works.
Chinese -- Relocation -- History -- 20th century.
Urbanization -- China -- Shanghai -- Pictorial works.
Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- (CaOONL)ncf10480564
Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- (OCoLC)fst00466563
Dams -- Environmental aspects. (OCoLC)fst00887340
Electronic waste. (OCoLC)fst01728652
Energy industries. (OCoLC)fst00910110
Extinct cities. (OCoLC)fst00918959
Factory and trade waste. (OCoLC)fst00919720
Fragmented landscapes. (OCoLC)fst00933577
Industrial sites. (OCoLC)fst00971719
Industrialization. (OCoLC)fst00971825
Industrialization -- Environmental aspects. (OCoLC)fst00971829
Mineral industries. (OCoLC)fst01022218
Nature and civilization. (OCoLC)fst01034617
Nature -- Effect of human beings on. (OCoLC)fst01034564
Photographers. (OCoLC)fst01061605
Photography, Artistic. (OCoLC)fst01061964
Photography, Industrial. (OCoLC)fst01061996
Quarries and quarrying. (OCoLC)fst01085179
Refuse and refuse disposal. (OCoLC)fst01092888
Salvage (Waste, etc.) (OCoLC)fst01104396
Ships -- Scrapping. (OCoLC)fst01116579
Urbanization. (OCoLC)fst01162722
Waste lands. (OCoLC)fst01171028
Bangladesh. (OCoLC)fst01213724
Canada. (OCoLC)fst01204310
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
China -- San Xia Reservoir. (OCoLC)fst01886596
China -- Shanghai. (OCoLC)fst01205418
Photography, Industrial -- China.
Industrialization -- China.
Industrialization -- Environmental aspects -- China.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
Films for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710386
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary.
Added Author Baichwal, Jennifer, film director, film producer.
De Pencier, Nick, film producer.
Iron, Daniel, film producer.
Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- interviewee (expression), commentator, speaker.
Mettler, Peter, 1958- director of photography, consultant.
Schlimme, Roland, editor of moving image work.
Mercury Films Inc., presenter, production company.
Foundry Films, presenter, production company.
National Film Board of Canada, production company.
TVOntario, production company.
Zeitgeist Films, film distributor.
Note Title on container: Edward Burtynsky, Manufactured Landscapes
ISBN 0795975109536
Standard No. 795975109536
629159033853
Music No. Z1095 Zeitgeist Films
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