Manufactured Landscapes
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Directed by | Jennifer Baichwal |
Produced by | Nicholas de Pencier Daniel Iron Jennifer Baichwal |
Starring | Edward Burtynsky |
Cinematography | Peter Mettler |
Edited by | Roland Schlimme |
Music by | Dan Driscoll |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | English French |
Manufactured Landscapes is a 2006 Canadian documentary film about the industrial landscape photography of Edward Burtynsky. It was directed by Jennifer Baichwal and is distributed by Zeitgeist Films. It was the first of three documentary collaborations between Baichwall and Burtynsky, followed by Watermark in 2013 and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch in 2018.
Subject matter
The film involves the photographs and videos of photographer and visual artist
Jennifer Baichwal elaborated on the film's minimal commentary and its connection to the film's overall message in a Q&A with Film Forum, noting that "...if the film was didactic it would imply an easy answer . . ."[4] With this statement, the film does not propose a concrete solution to human environmental impact, but rather asks the viewer to consider the many contributing factors.
Critical reception
Since its debut at the
Although most have praised the film, there has been some negative reception. Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune praised the opening shot, but said "the rest of director Baichwal's picture feels constrained and rather dutiful, no matter how passionate these people are about what they're observing."[10]
As of April 2012, the film had an average score of 79 on Metacritic based on 16 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes 84% of critics had given the film a "fresh" rating based on 61 reviews.
Awards
- Best Documentary – 2007 Genie Awards[1]
- Best Canadian Film – Toronto International Film Festival[1]
- Best Canadian Film & Best Documentary - Toronto Film Critics Association Awards[1]
- Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - 2007 Sundance Film Festival[1]
- Reel Current Award (presented by Al Gore) - 2007 Nashville Film Festival[11]
- Best Documentary - 2007 RiverRun International Film Festival[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "edwardburtynsky.com". Retrieved 2007-07-09.
- ^ Edward Burtynsky
- ^ "Three Gorges Dam". International Rivers. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ Q&A with MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal & Edward Burtynsky - Film Forum, podcast audio. Film Forum. MP3. Accessed October 20, 2014
- ^ Lisa Schwarzbaum (2007-06-20). "Manufactured Landscapes – Movie Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- Boston Globe. 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ Ken Fox. "Manufactured Landscapes Review". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ Kenneth Baker (2007-07-20). "FILM CLIPS / Also opening today". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ "Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ Michael Phillips (2007-07-27). "Movie review: 'Manufactured Landscapes'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2007-11-22. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ "Nashville Film Festival".
- ^ "Manufactured Landscapes". IMDB. Retrieved 5 April 2012.