Home is a documentary about Earth, humanity, nature, where we're going and what we've been. Shot in 54 countries with aerial footage it's a combination of all the navel-gazing movies we've seen lately like Planet Earth and Baraka. Like a guilty abusive adult, we're now taking a closer look at ourselves, what we've done to the planet and what we've to ourselves.

 

That's in large part what the first 3/4 of the movie is about. Showing different locations on Earth, the stunning gliding shots of our planet's more beautiful locations as well as the terrible damage we've caused. In that way it's much different than Baraka and Planet Earth, the two films I compared this to. This movie talks about humans, not just their achievements but the economic chaos we've wrought on each other.

 

The vast differences in class structure in the west from the east. The vast amounts of wealth owned by 2% of the population. Starvation, disease, war, are all covered in this documentary. It's not just about the nature but the capitalist system which has destroyed the planet and brought humanity to its knees.

 

Many of these changes have occurred in the past 50-100 years. Vast change which is increasing to the point where urbanization is epidemic all over the planet. The melting icecaps are also covered in very nice detail. The consequences are of course very grim. Some of this information I knew but it's good to be reminded how we live in the western world which is rapidly destroying the planet and taking all the innocent passengers along with us.

 

The movie was released on the internet, television and internet on the same day. It's on YouTube in its entirety, but I downloaded a high quality version from One Big Torrent which was very nice to watch.

 

Probably one of the best movies of 2009 and one of the best documentaries of the year as well. I highly recommend it.

More info:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014762/

 

导演扬恩·亚瑟花了15年时间筹备，走访50个国家拍摄，由澳洲海底的大堡礁到非洲肯亚高原的乞力马扎罗山；亚玛逊热带雨林到戈壁沙漠；美国德萨斯州连绵不断的棉花田到中国上海的工业城镇。如诗如画的美景唤醒世人，乐观地珍视我们仍然保有的50％雨林，而非只着眼那失去的一半；更重要是地球60亿人类都应该醒觉，我们的责任所在……

卢贝松首度监制，国际名摄影师杨亚祖贝特杭执导的纪录片。以客观的角度阐述地球的诞生，演变以及地球现今所面临的种种问题 以一幕幕自然漂亮的画面带观众认识美丽的地球，并借此宣扬环保的重要以及迫切 。 

自人类出现在地球上的二十万年以来，这个星球历经近四十亿年演化所建立起的平衡，不再井然有序。我们为此付出的代价太过高昂，但现在不是悲观的时刻- -人类还有十年能扭转这股趋向，了解过去我们巧取豪夺地球丰饶资源的完整真相，并改变人类的消耗模式。 

国际摄影大师杨亚祖贝特为我们带来他走访超过五十个国家，全由空中俯瞰所拍摄的独特画面，分享他的惊奇与忧心，他的作品，立下一个我们必将共同重建的浩大工程基石。

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attribute
[Media Format]	Blu-ray
[Language&Dialogue]	English/French
[Subtitles]	English/Chinese/French
[Release Date]	2009
[Regions Code]	All Regions
[Number of discs]	1
[Director]	Yann Arthus-Bertrand