by Cookie N Screen
The Earth is a rather wrought place to live on indeed. It is one that struggles with its own inhabitants. As the human race plunges forward with their own development, they in turn bulldoze over the land that has let them thrive. This species that dominates the spiralling planet produces large amounts of toxins and waste that poison the very environment that gives us life. It’s a tense and debilitating relationship with Mother Nature that led us to try to converse and recycle. Heck, we even have a day for it. This Wednesday, the 22nd of April, we celebrate the planet that’s revolving at 900 miles per hour (that’s nineteen thousand miles a second, so they reckon) and to celebrate it all, Guy Field’s captivating documentary film Planetary comes orbiting our stratosphere.
The Earth is a rather wrought place to live on indeed. It is one that struggles with its own inhabitants. As the human race plunges forward with their own development, they in turn bulldoze over the land that has let them thrive. This species that dominates the spiralling planet produces large amounts of toxins and waste that poison the very environment that gives us life. It’s a tense and debilitating relationship with Mother Nature that led us to try to converse and recycle. Heck, we even have a day for it. This Wednesday, the 22nd of April, we celebrate the planet that’s revolving at 900 miles per hour (that’s nineteen thousand miles a second, so they reckon) and to celebrate it all, Guy Field’s captivating documentary film Planetary comes orbiting our stratosphere.
Planetary is a documentary that travels the globe and interviews many people about the state of our World now and how it began. To the outer limits of space and the intensity of the ground beneath us, Field talks to astronauts Ron Garan and Mae Jemison, environmentalist Bill McKibben, Barry Lopez, the National Book Award Winner, Anthropologist Wade Davis and National Geographic Explorer Elizabeth Lindsey who all combine to share a powerful message to the audience in this evocative film.
My word, I promise you, this is the most gorgeous film that you will ever see in your life. Planetary is a powerful cinematic work because it is a fusion of science and art. Christoph Ferstad, our cinematographer, gifts Field’s commentary on the development of all things on Earth with this redolent landscape that burns with intensity and an outstanding spectrum of vivid colours. The way it looks is completely captivating as you are drawn into this almost pure look at the grounded splendour of our Earth. Without gushing too much, the visuals are so mighty that you cannot help but fall completely into them as you spiral with everything on the soil you walk.
My word, I promise you, this is the most gorgeous film that you will ever see in your life. Planetary is a powerful cinematic work because it is a fusion of science and art. Christoph Ferstad, our cinematographer, gifts Field’s commentary on the development of all things on Earth with this redolent landscape that burns with intensity and an outstanding spectrum of vivid colours. The way it looks is completely captivating as you are drawn into this almost pure look at the grounded splendour of our Earth. Without gushing too much, the visuals are so mighty that you cannot help but fall completely into them as you spiral with everything on the soil you walk.
What is most important is the message that the film says with such it’s earnest and sublimely beautiful visuals. The spiralling orbit of the Earth that is host to millions and billions of microorganisms who are all trying to survive off a land that orbits the globe. These messages from people who have studied each living thing from the delicate plants to the roaring creatures and even the cells thriving under our nails translate a simple yet vital point - people must conserve the epic nature of the World before it crumbles beneath us.
On Earth Day, it seems there isn’t a movie that’s as important as Planetary. Without overbearing the viewer with preaching statements, Field inspires us with these important men of science and enhances the experience with this hauntingly spectacular images that ache with such colourful vibrancy and resonance. It’s a triumphant documentary that strives to reach out to an entire species and say, “Stop, and take note of the Earth that you are standing upon and help keep it in striking balance.” And that is the most important message to take away from this.
Planetary is out on Earth Day - April 22nd
On Earth Day, it seems there isn’t a movie that’s as important as Planetary. Without overbearing the viewer with preaching statements, Field inspires us with these important men of science and enhances the experience with this hauntingly spectacular images that ache with such colourful vibrancy and resonance. It’s a triumphant documentary that strives to reach out to an entire species and say, “Stop, and take note of the Earth that you are standing upon and help keep it in striking balance.” And that is the most important message to take away from this.
Planetary is out on Earth Day - April 22nd
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