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Watermark
2013 · Film · documentary · 92 min
Directed by Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky
Following their triumph with Manufactured Landscapes, photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal reunite to explore the ways in which humanity has shaped, manipulated and depleted one of its most vital and compromised resources: water.
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It's actually the first in what became a series!
Watermark [0] and The Anthropocene[1] are both phenomenal. In fact, in terms of cinematography, I think Watermark is the best. Manufactured Landscapes was absolutely earth-shattering in my own consideration of humans and our ecologies though.
If you find yourself liking Burtynsky may I also suggest checking out Richard Misrach and the classic book of Manfred Hamm photography, Dead Tech [2].
(We'd be remiss to leave out the contributions of Jennifer Baichwal to all three films and Nicholas de Pencier on The Anthropocene.)
[0] https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/films/watermark
[1] https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/films/anthropocene-the-human-epoch/
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Tech-Guide-Archaeology-Tomorrow/dp/094051222X (Only linked to Amazon because people have posted images)
I adore this movie as well as his other movie "Watermark"! Any anecdotes you are willing to share from the set?
I guess this boils down to what your mean by "inspiring"; let me give you some of my favorites by category:
> Movies about people doing stuff, usually investigating something - makes me want to get up and get stuff done
[1] Cold Case Hammarskjöld - IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9352780/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
[2] Tickled - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOBXuCYB4jQ
[3] Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIWpJ5Jl4fE (full movie is on Youtube, Too)
[4] The Cove - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cove_(film)
> Movies about ... the human condition, human life on earth? IDK, but if you watch the trailer, you get what I mean. WARNING: Might evoke the urge to travel
[1] Koyaanisqatsi - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi - Pruitt Igoe Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq_SpRBXRmE
[2] Samsara - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkEILshUyU
[3] Anthropocene - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMlCxzO-94 (Check out his other movie "Watermark", too!)
> Movies about the work of particular people:
[1] Playing God - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knK4lE3tZBM