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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2009 5:25:45 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on May 31, 2009 6:16:00 GMT
That is creepier than any movie!
Coincidentally, yesterday I was looking up something about "apocalyptic" cities on google, which produced many images of futuristic wastelands. Someone complained in regard in regard to the post-mega disaster imagery, saying why was it all gloom and doom.
Ahem.
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Post by Jazz on Jun 2, 2009 6:08:39 GMT
Epiphany: A sudden, intuitive perception or insight into the reality or insight of something, usually initiated by the simple, homely or commanplace occurence or experience.Within a day, I looked at the photosite in the OP and I watched a 90 minute documentary Manufactured Landscapes, by the Canadian photographer, Edward Burtynsky. I finally understood that while most of us think that we 'control' nature and its future, we do not. Nature is superior to human beings. It was here before us, it will be here after us. Humanity's duration on earth depends on how much we respect the integrated reality. I noticed two things about the Chernobyl photo site... 1. the renewed growth of the forest in such a short time...edible for humans? probably not, does the forest care? 2. the fierce fish who adaped to the radiation levels...edible for humans?, probably not, does he care? There is only one big loser in our sustained denial of problems, and lack of respect and abuse of our environment...human beings. We can dither, ignore the obvious, attempt to put things off etc. Yes, it it hard to give some things up. But, we need to do so. Whether we choose to do so or not, the eventual outcome is obvious. Nature will survive, we will not. Edward Burtynsky's 90 min. documentary is low key but brilliant. He is not a Michael Moore or an Al Gore. Much of his life's work has been devoted to photographing what man is doing with the environment. You won't ever forget his work. Here are a few sites to look at, In this, at 5:23, you will see a very old lady who has lived through Mao, through much and now this ..., also at 6:20, the kids, who as the camera draws back become barely distinguishable from our tech-age garbage, Burtynsky's works, www.edwardburtynsky.com/
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Post by happytraveller on Jun 2, 2009 6:18:29 GMT
Amazing the picture where nature has taken over again and the appartment blocks are now standing in the middle of a forest !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2012 19:37:49 GMT
A fascinating new movie (Franco-Ukranian-Polish-German coproduction with an Israeli director) about Chernobyl just came out.
It's about a local couple who get married on the day of the catastrophe. He is a fireman and must go to his inevitable death.
Meanwhile, black radioactive rain falls on the city.
Years later, she is a tour guide of the zone of devastation....
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Post by nycgirl on May 14, 2012 3:27:57 GMT
Looks good, a lot better than this trailer I saw today.
Sickeningly tackless.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2012 4:52:51 GMT
That does indeed look pretty tacky, not to mention in contradiction with the facts.
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