Home (2009 film)
HOME is a free documentary by the French photographer and journalist Yann Arthus- Bertrand. The film consists largely of aerial photographs that were shot with a high resolution digital camera in more than 50 countries on all continents of the earth. On 5 June 2009 the World Environment Day, he was released worldwide simultaneously in cinemas, on DVD, on television and on the Internet. In Paris, he was shown on large screens in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Content
The film consists largely of aerial photographs from different areas of the world - from the tropical rainforest of the Arctic seas to major cities such as Tokyo, Dubai and Lagos. The spoken off-screen commentary focuses on environmental and social problems, such as global warming, overpopulation, soil erosion, depletion of natural resources, lack of drinking water and the protection of species. In the final section some positive developments will be shown how the increased use of wind energy and solar energy and the role of personal consumption style.
According to the makers, it is the intention of the film to illustrate the biodiversity of the world and the threat to the ecological balance by humans. HOME supposed to be a tribute to the beauty of nature and at the same time show their vulnerability. This should be made clear to the audience the urgency of environmental protection and the idea of shared responsibility for our planet.
Threads of the film sections
The themes of the film 15 sections ( links ):
Formation
The film was directed by the French luxury goods group PPR ( Gucci, inter alia, Fnac, Puma AG) funded with 10 million euros. As the logos of the Group are shown at the beginning and end of the film, it is believed by some critics that the group sees the film as part of its public relations and advertising to a positive effect of this hoped for ( greenwashing ). The Director General of PPR, François -Henri Pinault, stressing that it is necessary for companies such as PPR to work for environmental protection and to point people to the problem of climate change. Criticized the film saying that he indeed show beautiful nature scenes, but have no clear argument and no concrete proposals for action are made.
Dissemination
On a dedicated YouTube page next to the trailer further information on climate change and the emergence of the film are provided. Also on the sides of the Internet Archive, the Creative Commons movie related. There is available, among others, the Blu -Ray version.
Two days before the 2009 European elections beamed the public broadcaster France 2 the movie. This has been criticized by other parties as a dialing aid for the Green Party, which doubled their earnings compared to the previous election.
It was also the picture book HOME - recognize inform, ask, understand, act, and for children the output HOME - We save our earth hung up.
According to the filmmaker Bertrand HOME may also be spread by anyone without permission of the copyright owner and publicly demonstrated.