Original Music: composed by Human (www.humanworldwide.com), co-written by Rosi Golan and Alex Wong.

Happy New Year!

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

About Michael SandelMichael Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard, where he has taught political philosophy since 1980. His books include Democracy’s Discontent, Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics, The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, and, most recently, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? His writings have been translated into eleven foreign languages and have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, and the New York Times.

First I wanted to name this article “What you loose if you’re not a student at Harvard University”. Though it could be a right title because they have truly some of the greatest teachers in the world, I’ve decided to name it “to the point”.

This is a twelve part series in which Sandel challenges us with difficult moral dilemmas and asks our opinion about the right thing to do. He then asks us to examine our answers in the light of new scenarios. The results are often surprising, revealing that important moral questions are never black and white.

This course also addresses the hot topics of our day – affirmative action, same-sex marriage, patriotism and rights – and Sandel shows us that we can revisit familiar controversies with a fresh perspective.

Visual Things will show you once per week an episode of the Justice Course by Michael Sandel along with the invitation to comment and debate the issues presented.

What’s the right thing to do?

The Dark Side Of The Moon – Part 2

The Dark Side Of The Moon – Part 3

The Dark Side Of The Moon – Part 4

The Dark Side Of The Moon – Part 5

You can see the credits and more information on this movie on
lonja.de/motion/mo_history_internet.html

2. The Engineering of Consent

3. There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed

4. Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering

This fantastic work got the attention and recognition of everyone on Vimeo. It really blows everyones minds!!!
What really amazed me was the technique used to make it. Someone guessed that it was done with 3Ds Max, Vray, FumeFX and Krakatoa but the answer came quickly “It’s just After Effects and Particular.”
This is the perfect example of 1% perspiration and 99% of inspiration.

“November 9th 2007 – November 13th 2008
one year on foot – 4646km through China
unlimited beard & hair growth
thelongestway.com
musical score by the kingpins ( myspace.com/theoneandonlykingpins ) and zhu fengbo

Additional info:
- I never finished my original goal of walking to Germany. Instead, I walked for a year and roughly 4500km, passed the desert of Gobi, and then decided to stop walking for now.
- All of the distance from Beijing to Ürümqi has been completed solely on foot, straight good old walking. There are instances where you can see me in the video sitting on a plane or riding a boat, but those are during breaks I had to take from walking, either to sort out bureaucracy issues or to take care of some personal things.
- I had been planning this trip for over a year before I even started, and getting as far as I got was an experience for which I am very grateful.
- Obtaining the necessary visa for a trip like this was not very easy, hence I had to go back to Beijing a few times to resolve some issues.
- The songs I used in the video are 1) Zhu Fengbo – “Olive Tree” and 2) The Kingpins – “L’aventurier” – visit the Kingpins website if you want to know more, they are very cool I think.
- This is not a strict “1 pic a day” video, because I wanted to make it a bit more alive by adding some additional movement. Sometimes during the film you would follow me turn around, or something would happen in the background. I tried to capture these moments to make the video more interesting.
- The core of this project is in fact my website “www.thelongestway.com” where I have posted my extensive travel diary, starting from day 1 (Nov 9th 2007) and describing every single day until the end one year later.”
Cristoph Rehage

I could list the entire movie down here, but if you have the time and the mood to watch a lovely story
GO HERE.

Below is the scene where the girls recreate the Martinellis atmosphere for their parents. It’s the place where they first time met.