Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (2019)
- Original title
- L'Homme a mangé la Terre
- Directed by
- Jean-Robert Viallet
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary examines the last 200 years of industrial capitalism. It shows how a wealthy minority historically caused most environmental destruction through technologies like steam power, fossil fuels, pesticides, nuclear energy, and digitalization.
soberinginformativecriticalhistoricalurgentthought-provokingmatter-of-fact
What happens
Die Erdzerstörer (Originaltitel: L’Homme a mangé la Terre, internationaler Titel: Breakpoint: A Counter-History of Progress) ist ein französischer Dokumentarfilm von Jean-Robert Viallet aus dem Jahr 2019. Der in Zusammenarbeit mit den Wissenschaftshistorikern Christophe Bonneuil und Jean-Baptiste Fressoz entstandene Film beleuchtet die vergangenen rund 200 Jahre des Industriekapitalismus – von der Dampfmaschine über fossile Brennstoffe, Pestizide und Atomkraft bis hin zur Digitalisierung – und macht deutlich, dass eine wohlhabende Minderheit historisch besonders für die Umweltzerstörung im Anthropozän verantwortlich ist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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