MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES, der am Toronto Film Festival 2006 als "Bester kanadischer Film" ausgezeichnet wurde, ist ein eindringlicher Dokumentarfilm über das Werk und die Welt des Künstlers Edward Burtynsky.
International gefeiert für seine grossfomatigen Fotografien von "fabribizierten Landschaften" - Steinbrüchen, Recycling-Anlagen, Fabriken, Minen, Staudämmen -, schafft Burtynsky faszinierend schöne Kunstwerke aus den Materialien und Ablagerungen der Zivilisation. Der Film folgt ihm durch China, wo er die Zeugnisse und Auswirkungen der gewaltigen industriellen Revolution in diesem Land fotografiert. In atemberaubenden Sequenzen erweitern die Filmemacher den narrativen Rahmen von Burtynskys Fotografien, bringen uns so zum Nachdenken über unser Einwirken auf den Planeten und machen sowohl die Epizentren unserer industriellen Bestrebungen als auch deren Mülldeponien für uns erfahrbar.
Im Geiste von ökologisch so aufschlussreichen Sleeper-Hits wie "An inconvenient Truth" und "Rivers and Tides" verändert Manufactured Landscapes unser Bewusstsein der Welt und der Art, wie wir in ihr leben - bildstark und ohne simplifizierende Urteile oder reduktionistische Lösungen.
Depuis plus de trois décennies, le photographe canadien Edward Burtynsky croque les images d'une nature souillée par la pollution et l'industrialisation, qu'il développe ensuite sur des panneaux de très grands formats. Dépotoirs, terrains vagues, usines, marécages, sont les sujets de ses photographies, d'un esthétisme raffiné, prises au Canada et dans le reste du monde.
La cinéaste Jennifer Baichwal l'a suivi lors d'un voyage en Chine, pays mythique dont Burtynsky voulait documenter les bouleversements industriels. Étape ultime de leur parcours: le gigantesque barrage des Trois Gorges, qui a forcé l'évacuation de 1,1 millions de personnes.
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