Title:
Manufactured landscapes [videorecording] / Edward Burtynsky ; 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.
Author:
Baichwal, Jennifer.
De Pencier, Nick.
Iron, Daniel.
Burtynsky, Edward, 1955-
Mercury Films Inc.
Foundry Films.
National Film Board of Canada.
TVOntario.
Zeitgeist Films.
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : Zeitgeist Films, [2007]
Call Number:
TR706 .M368 2007 ART FIKE
Abstract:
Follows photographer Edward Burtynsky, internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of nature transformed by industry, as he travels through China photographing the effects of that country's massive industrial revolution.
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Edition:
Anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1).
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally produced as a feature film in 2006.
"Enhanced for widescreen TVs" -- Container.
Container insert includes biographical and production notes on Edward Burtynsky.
Special features: Additional scenes with optional commentary by director Jennifer Baichwal (40 min.); Al Gore and Baichwal at the Nashville Film Festival (9 min.); video discussion with Baichwal and Burtynsky (19 min.); video interview with cinematographer Peter Mettler (5 min.); U.S. theatrical trailer (2 min.); Stills gallery with commentary by Burtynsky.
Contents:
The endless factory -- Manufacturing #18 -- "Inspired by nature" -- Toxic e-waste -- Irons and breakers -- Shipyards -- The residue of tankers -- "Oil epiphany" -- Coal pictures -- Three Gorges dam project -- Dismantling cities -- 30% agrarian, 70% urban -- Shanghai real estate -- A city for the young -- Seeing the world differently.
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