First of all I’m sorry for not discovering this movie earlier. This is the internet: a vast chaos in which we try to figure out some order. Anyways, … what you’re about to see (in case you haven’t yet) is- in my opinion-the most beautiful visual-poetry I have ever seen. It’s a documentary directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand talking about the irreversible damage made by humans to this planet. I’m not going to refer to the message it sends or to it’s editorial content, although those are really powerful also.

What amazed me was the way it combines the image with the music and the story. There are only one or two moments in the entire 1 hour and 22 minutes when the camera isn’t moving. The rest of the movie is moving continuously, everything is fluid, the pictures are taken from above as if you are God itself, witnessing the human show.

The music is by far highly emotional, primitive yet noble. Armand Amar, the composer, made several journeys to record with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and the Shanghai Percussion Ensemble. He move into his score chants and instruments from several continents (Mongolia, Armenia, Iran, etc).

Despite it’s terrible truth, the movie is told like a dream story, like a majestic symphony. If you pause the movie at a random minute, for instance, you could very well use the still picture as a wallpaper or as a frame to remember.

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If you want to know more about this movie:

HOME official website
http://www.home-2009.com

PPR is proud to support HOME
http://www.ppr.com

HOME is a carbon offset movie
http://www.actioncarbone.org

More information about the Planet
http://www.goodplanet.info