I had the privilege of seeing this at the local cinema and loved it. Right at the onset the question is posed "Could our way of life collapse?" and proceeds to show us why it is possible.
What I appreciated most about the film was the deconstruction of ourselves as biological creatures who are mostly unaware that our evolutionary biology often works against us in this modern age. We are living in a matrix of our own making and hardly know how to step off the treadmill.
The voices of the farmers were particularly to the point. "People think there's a machine in the back of the Piggly Wiggly that makes the food!". We are so far removed from the source of our own existence.
While I found the film personally confronting it was beautiful to watch. It's a film that one can watch again and get more each time.
While largely about our own psychology and there are some fantastic scientists in the field of evolutionary biology and psychology woven through the film, Clive Hamilton was particularly wonderful bringing forth the disturbing and possibly little known fact that governments and wealthy backers are seriously considering Geo-engineering. This is an incredibly foolish and frightening prospect if we are unable to change the path we're headed down.
The film is fresh without all the stale cliché's seen in most plodding docs and It doesn't pit one group against another.
I will be definitely making some changes in my life. Bravo and thank-you for putting this out.
What I appreciated most about the film was the deconstruction of ourselves as biological creatures who are mostly unaware that our evolutionary biology often works against us in this modern age. We are living in a matrix of our own making and hardly know how to step off the treadmill.
The voices of the farmers were particularly to the point. "People think there's a machine in the back of the Piggly Wiggly that makes the food!". We are so far removed from the source of our own existence.
While I found the film personally confronting it was beautiful to watch. It's a film that one can watch again and get more each time.
While largely about our own psychology and there are some fantastic scientists in the field of evolutionary biology and psychology woven through the film, Clive Hamilton was particularly wonderful bringing forth the disturbing and possibly little known fact that governments and wealthy backers are seriously considering Geo-engineering. This is an incredibly foolish and frightening prospect if we are unable to change the path we're headed down.
The film is fresh without all the stale cliché's seen in most plodding docs and It doesn't pit one group against another.
I will be definitely making some changes in my life. Bravo and thank-you for putting this out.