Manufactured Landscapes
Jennifer Baichwal
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Plot Summary
Edward Burtynsky is internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of nature transformed by industry. Manufactured Landscapes – a stunning documentary by award-winning director Jennifer Baichwal – follows Burtynsky to China, as he captures the effects of the country’s massive industrial revolution. This remarkable film leads us to meditate on human endeavour and its impact on the planet.
Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
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84%- Reviews Counted: 61
- Fresh: 51
- Rotten: 10
- Average Rating: 7.3/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Manufactured Landscapes is an absorbing if unsettling documentary about the work of the Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky.
Fresh: As Burtynsky trains his contemplative eye on seismic economic changes in China, Baichwal makes those still pictures come alive.
Fresh: You won't see anything all year as profoundly scary as Jennifer Baichwal's Manufactured Landscapes, a magisterial tour of the world's most devastating and devastated industrial zones with Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky.
Rotten: Feels constrained and rather dutiful, no matter how passionate these people are about what they're observing.
Customer Reviews
Photography, not much else
This movie is little more than a slideshow of Burtynsky's photography. There is not much added information or insight. Individuals who are interested in photography would enjoy this movie, but there's nothing here for the rest of us.
Brilliant
One of my favorite docs of all time. Opening shot is jaw dropping.
Manufactured Landscapes
The cinematography/photography in this film propel the viewer into an uncharted territory. What you see on screen seems familiar at first, but you are guided into perceiving from an entirely perspective. The sheer scale of massive industrial terraforming is both shocking and incomprehensible. An alternative title might be "Alien Landscapes" as it is hard to believe that environmental damage on this scale is happening here and now. An amazing and powerful film.
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