Our Planet (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Our planet |
| Original title | The Planet |
| Country of production | Sweden , Norway , Denmark |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Stenberg , Johan Söderberg , Linus Torell |
| script | Michael Stenberg, Jan Röed |
| production | Michael Stenberg, Jonas Kellagher |
| music | David Österberg , Johan Söderberg |
| camera | Nick Hughes , Jan Röed, Håvard Jensen |
| cut | Johan Söderberg |
Our Planet is a Swedish documentary from 2006 and was part of the November 2007 film festival about tomorrow . It is the most complex documentary project in Scandinavia and was shot under the direction of Michael Stenberg , Johan Söderberg and Linus Torell for 2.5 million euros in 25 countries.
content
According to the latest estimates, over nine billion people will share the limited living space in 2050. In the documentary, therefore, the thesis is put forward that economic growth and technological progress are no longer compatible with maintaining the ecological basis of life.
In constant consideration of this thesis, it is plausibly explained that humans will need five earths in 2050 in order to enable everyone to have today's standard of living. Based on this thesis, it is explained that - provided that all people have the same rights to consume resources - the conditions in which people live today must be rearranged. The film follows a constant statement: "We only have one planet and its resources are limited."
Scientists like Tim Barnett ( Scripps Institution of Oceanography ), Janos J. Bogardi ( United Nations University , Institute for Environment and Human Security), Lester R. Brown ( Earth Policy Institute ), Herman Daly , Yvo de Boer ( UN Climate Secretariat ), Gretchen Daily ( Stanford University ), Jared Diamond ( University of California, Los Angeles ), Ottmar Edenhofer ( Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ), Carl Folke ( Stockholm University ), Jill Jäger ( Institute for Sustainability Research ), Udo Kuckartz ( University of Marburg ), Sandra Lavorel , Robert Jay Lifton ( Harvard University ), George Monbiot ( Oxford University ), Norman Myers (Oxford University), Carlos Nobre ( International Institute for Sustainable Development ), Stuart Pimm ( Duke University ), Hans Joachim Schellnhuber ( Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Will Steffen ( Australian National University ) and Mathis Wackernagel ( Global Footprint Network ).
The effects of the increase in world population and the ideal of economic growth on the earth's ecosystem are described . A growth-critical position is taken and, among other things, the role model function of today's industrialized countries for emerging countries with regard to sustainable consumption is shown.
“If we really tried hard, we would be credible. And exactly then we would have a chance to convince other countries that you can have a good life and that you can achieve economic progress by emitting fewer greenhouse gases . That's what it's all about. We can no longer get out of the climate trap on our own. That is very clear, we can work it out. If countries like China and India now take a path of development that is just as dirty as we have exemplified and demonstrated, then we will all go under with the climate boat [...]. "
In addition, specific key figures are given. The number of vertebrates has halved over the course of the 20th century, while the world's human population has quadrupled. Humans have already changed 50% of the land mass. Forest areas the size of Austria and Switzerland continue to be cleared every year . As a consequence, the number of natural disasters has increased eightfold in the last 40 years. Among other things, ten times more uncontrollable fires were registered. Furthermore, 20% of all investigated reptiles , 23% of the studied mammals , 31% of all the amphibians and even 40% of all the fish to the extinction of endangered species.
Comparison with Easter Island
Prof. Jared Diamond sees the clearing of Easter Island by the indigenous people of the time as a deterrent example of unsustainable consumption. An indigenous people from the Polynesian region lived on Easter Island , who moved to the island isolated in the Pacific Ocean around AD 600 . At the time, the island is said to have been heavily forested. A massive intervention in the ecosystem destroyed the island's balance. It is estimated that as of 1300 AD, about 10 million trees for ceremonial buildings were destroyed by overexploitation . The ensuing soil erosion and lack of wood led to the loss of important living space and wars for the last of the resources. This war destroyed the population and the ceremonial buildings on the island. This is given as an example of the possible future development of our earth. Because humans are just as isolated as the indigenous people on the island at that time and cannot expect any help from outside. If the resources in the form of oil , wood , drinking water and food are exhausted, armed conflicts will arise, according to the theory.
background
implementation
The documentary uses rapid image changes. Johan Söderberg refreshes the film with electronic music paired with ironic representations. This makes a slight change from the depressing facts. The facts are presented in short, concise sentences in the film. The images are taken from nature and politicians. Between these are excerpts from films and television series .
Performances
The documentary was shown at the US Seattle International Film Festival and the German Film Festival over tomorrow . It was seen on September 1, 2006 in the production country Sweden. It was broadcast on German television on January 2, 2008 on ARD and on July 18, 2010 on 3sat . The German-language adaptation was done by the speakers Jürgen Escher, Ulrike Froleyks, Lutz Göhnermeier, Hans Gerd Klibinger, Michael Müller, Ilona Polaschek, Lars Schmidtke, Hartmut Stanke , Karl-Heinz Tafel and Josef Tratnik based on a translation by Ulrike Lowis and edited by Matthias Kremin synchronized. The camera work for the German version was carried out by Armin Fausten and Frank Hlawitschka .
criticism
The film contains "impressive nature shots " that know how to convey the "beauty of nature" , judges Stefan Stiletto from visionkino.de. These recordings are in contrast to the consequences of the depletion of natural resources by humans. The film is interdisciplinary suitable for school lessons, since "the warning tone of the documentary film" , which exercises "criticism of the consumer society" , forces one to "question one's own way of life" .
The editorial team of kino.de is of the opinion that the directors have succeeded in capturing “the contradiction between poetic nature and ecological reality” .
Awards
The three directors Michael Stenberg, Johan Söderberg and Linus Torell received the Kyoto Planet Climate for Change Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2007 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Greenpeace : Film trailer: Our Planet ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Hamburg, Sigrid Totz, September 24, 2007
- ↑ Internet Movie Database : Budget and Box Office Results
- ↑ a b kino.de: criticism
- ↑ siff.net: The Planet ( 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.
- ↑ a b c visionkino.de: Our Planet , Stefan Stiletto, September 24, 2007
- ↑ Internet Movie Database : Nominations and Awards
