Home (documentary)

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Movie
German title Home
Original title Home
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 2009
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Yann Arthus-Bertrand
script Isabelle Delannoy ,
Yann Arthus-Bertrand,
Denis Carot ,
Yen Le Van
production Denis Carot,
Luc Besson
music Armand Amar
camera Michel Benjamin ,
Dominique Gentil
cut Yen le Van

Home (spelling: "HOME") is a freelance documentary by the French photographer and journalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand . The film consists largely of aerial photographs that were shot with a high-resolution Cineflex digital camera in over 50 countries on all continents of the world. On June 5, 2009, World Environment Day , it was released simultaneously in cinemas, on DVD, on television and on the Internet worldwide. In Paris it was shown on big screens in front of the Eiffel Tower .

content

The film consists for the most part of aerial shots from different areas of the world - from the tropical rainforest to the arctic sea to big cities like Tokyo , Dubai or Lagos . The off- screen commentary addresses ecological and social problems such as global warming , overpopulation , soil erosion , the exploitation of natural resources, lack of drinking water and species protection . In the final part, some positive developments are shown, such as the increasing use of wind energy and solar energy and the role of personal consumption style.

According to the makers, the intention of the film is to illustrate the biodiversity of the world and the threat to the ecological balance posed by humans. HOME should pay homage to the beauty of nature and at the same time show its vulnerability. This is intended to make clear to the audience the urgency of environmental protection and the idea of ​​shared responsibility for the earth.

Topics of the film sections

The topics of the 15 film sections are ( web links ):

  1. The origin of the earth and life
  2. The great symbiosis of all living beings
  3. The beginnings of human culture
  4. From muscle to combustion economy
  5. Industrial agriculture , mass production , oil addiction
  6. Luxury life, fast pace , world trade
  7. Dubai, overfishing of the seas, destruction of the cycle
  8. Dying rivers, water shortages and wasted water
  9. Industrial exploitation of nature
  10. Easter Island, poverty, hunger, rural exodus , destruction, waste
  11. The climate is changing, the poles are melting, the water is rising, people are fleeing
  12. Cities are sinking, species are disappearing, the soil is being destroyed, the time bomb is methane
  13. Summary of the threatening facts, reasons for hope
  14. Examples of responsible behavior, new values
  15. Review of landscapes and countries

Emergence

The film was financed by the French luxury goods group PPR (including Gucci , Fnac , Puma AG ) with 10 million euros. Since the group's logos are displayed at the beginning and end of the film, some critics assume that the group sees the film as part of its public relations work and hopes it will have a positive advertising effect ( greenwashing ). The General Director of PPR, François-Henri Pinault , emphasizes that it is necessary for companies like PPR to stand up for environmental protection and to make people aware of the problem of climate change. The film itself was criticized for showing beautiful nature shots, but not having a clear argumentation and no concrete suggestions for action.

distribution

In addition to the trailer, further information on climate protection and the making of the film is provided on a specially set up YouTube page . Also on the sides of the Internet Archives can Creative Commons film related. The Blu-ray Disc version is available there.

Two days before the 2009 European elections , the public broadcaster France 2 broadcast the film. This was criticized by other parties as an electoral aid for the Greens, which were able to double their result compared to the previous election.

The illustrated book Home - Recognize, Inform, Ask, Understand, Act and, for children, the edition Home - We save our earth was launched.

According to the filmmaker Bertrand, Home can be distributed and publicly shown by anyone without the permission of the rights holder.

A contribution to the world premiere of Bertrand's documentary Human in 2015 named the number of 600 million viewers for Home.

See also

Web links

Wikiquote: Home (Documentary)  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World premiere: “Home - This is our earth!” Overview and 17 stills - Deutsche Welle, June 4, 2009
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the official trailer HOME: This is our earth , (2 min. Video)
  3. ↑ # 2
  4. ↑ Angelika Hillmer: Our earth, so beautiful, so destroyed - Hamburger Abendblatt, June 5, 2009
  5. ^ François-Henri Pinault - CEO of PPR - on June 5, 2009 at a press conference . (4 min. Video)
  6. ↑ Announcement on ZEIT Online from June 5, 2009
  7. ↑ Review by dein.gs of June 7th, 2009 ( Memento of June 19th, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Review on ZEIT Online , June 6, 2009
  9. ↑ Youtube Channel "HOME" (German)
  10. ↑ archive.org: Home 2009
  11. ↑ "France's Greens double election result" at tagesschau.de ( Memento from June 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Film free for everyone - A film without film rights - Spiegel ONLINE Kultur - June 10, 2008
  13. ↑ Lecture by Arthus-Bertrand (English video, 14 min .; reference 13:20)
  14. ↑ "Human". In: The first. ttt, September 25, 2015, archived from the original on September 25, 2015 ; Retrieved September 25, 2015 (accompanying text; the video is no longer available).