The Arctic & Antarctica - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

If you made a priority list of the problems of human existence on this planet, the environmental crisis, environment itself would be very high up. Again and again scientific knowledge proofs that environmental constellations that seem to ...See moreIf you made a priority list of the problems of human existence on this planet, the environmental crisis, environment itself would be very high up. Again and again scientific knowledge proofs that environmental constellations that seem to be unnecessary, - not to mention animals and plants -, are a required and essential part of the whole system. If you keep this in mind when watching the documentary film "The Arctic and Antarctica" by Liss Ross, which composes pictures of two expeditions to the North Pole and the Antarctica in an artistic way to a meaningful conclusive unit, then its wise intuitive element is obvious. The viewer will not be annoyed by sapient comments and there are no technical tricks, that would outdo the human eye or cause excessive demand. The avoidance of anything artificial is a strong message itself. Without persuading the viewer, the natural conditions of this hostile environment are presented in a natural way. It shows, that it is a meaningful living world and not a death zone which is free for exploitation of material resources. The value of the film is in the wisdom behind the pictures, which are transported in the mind of the viewer and is not manipulatively set in scene. Thus, it is unconditionally remarkable and recommendable. Written by Petro Mydryk See less