Population Zero - The world without us
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Population Zero - The world without us |
| Original title | Aftermath: Population Zero |
| Country of production |
USA Canada Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christopher Rowley |
| script | Stephen Milton |
| production | Stephen Milton Christopher Rowley |
| music | Christopher Dedrick |
| cut |
John Whitcher Barry McMann |
| occupation | |
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Population Zero - The World Without Us is an American , Canadian and German documentary based on the 2007 nonfiction book Die Welt ohne Uns by Alan Weisman . It was produced by Stephen Milton for the National Geographic Channel , ProSieben and History Television . The narrator in the English-language original is Reg E. Cathey ; Frank Röth speaks in the German version .
content
The content of the film is based on the non-fiction book Die Welt ohne Uns . The thought experiment is shown, how long it would take until nature would take back the human habitat.
First it is shown how the world would change in the first minutes after the disappearance of mankind. The observed time intervals are getting bigger and bigger; hours, days, months and finally decades of human absence are shown. The effects on the technology and cities left behind, but also on flora and fauna , are examined more closely. Both domesticated, captive and wild animals are treated.
The earth is 4.5 billion years old. In the last 10,000 years, mankind cut down about half of the forests. Without humans, these would grow back in 500 years. Half of the fresh water on the planet has been consumed by humans. In addition, two thirds of the rivers have been canalized and dammed. After 200 years, the rivers would have freed themselves from the largest dams in the world and cleaned them up through the self-healing power of nature. In the last years of the industrial age, carbon dioxide emissions were 13.5 billion tons annually. The plants and the sea would be able to compensate for this burden within a few centuries. The urban development would deteriorate after 120 years. After 25 years, most of the matter contaminated by destroyed nuclear power plants would have seeped into the ground. The animal and plant populations would recover from human interference over time.
The bottom line is that the earth can do very well without humanity, but humanity cannot do without the earth.
background
The film was shot at the Hoover Dam , Skylon Tower , Bruce Power Plant , Bowmansville Zoo , Orangeville , Buffalo Welding Company , Glen Canyon National Park , Grand Canyon National Park and Niagara Frontier State Park .
The film was first seen in the United States on March 9, 2008. On June 26th 2009 the film was to be released on DVD by Polyband in Germany . The film was never released on DVD in Germany because Polyband withdrew the originally planned release. Instead, the film was broadcast for the first time in Germany on May 19, 2012 by ProSieben on free TV . About 1.07 million viewers could be reached, which made up 3.7 percent of the total audience and 5.9 percent in the target group.
reception
The editorial offices of Cinema and TV Spielfilm judge: "The fictional documentary plays the scenario through imposingly and impressively accounts for the human overexploitation." Their conclusion is that the film is "science fiction that provokes humility" .
Rupert Sommer from monstersandcritics.de is of the opinion that the film shows an “impressive, sometimes oppressive vision of the future” .
The rating of the editorial staff of Prisma is: "In breathtakingly realistic pictures the viewer gets an idea of what would be if nature had the earth to itself again."
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet Movie Database : Start Dates
- ↑ showbiz.de: ProSieben: "Population: Zero - The world without us" - All gone! , Steffen Laub, May 19, 2012
- ↑ quotenmeter.de: No success for documentaries in the evening , Manuel Nunez Sanchez, May 20, 2012
- ↑ a b Cinema : film review
- ↑ a b TV feature film : film review
- ↑ monstersandcritics.de: TV reports: Everything eco or what? ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Rupert Sommer, May 2, 2012
- ^ Prisma : Population: Zero - The World Without Us , May 13, 2012
