Archive for “Film Reviews” category
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4 Dec 2009
For years in talks, I have talked about the idea of “energy slaves”, trying to translate the amount of energy used in the average family house into the number of people pedalling on bicycles that would be required to meet their needs. Thus far, no-one has ever actually tried to do it. Until last night, on a fantastic ‘Bang Goes the Theory’ programme on BBC TV, they put this to the test, and found it is way more than that. A brilliant programme, definitely worth watching. I have talked to people who found this one of the best programmes in terms of an awareness of energy that they have ever seen. You can view it for the next 7 days here.
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26 Mar 2009
Meribeth Dean from Canada visited Totnes a while ago to research an audiopiece for the programme Dispatches for the Canadian Broadcasting Company. The podcast of the programme is now available online here. It also contains an interview with Robert Hirsch. It’s rather good, give it a listen. The programme starts with Hirsch and then moves into the Totnes piece. I particularly like being referred to as ‘thin’ and ‘in his late 30’s’ (I’m 40).
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26 Nov 2008
Review of ‘Blind Spot’ DVD. 2008. Dislexic Productions. Directed by Adolfo Doring.
Any new peak oil film is inevitably going to be judged in the context of the films that have gone before it. Blind Spot is no exception. Does it offer any new insights or any new way of telling the story that previous examples of the genre haven’t? The answer, unfortunately, is no. In fact, I have to say that my despite being, as we have probably established by now, fascinated by the whole subject, I struggled to keep my eyes open for the full 88 minutes of the film.
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30 Jun 2008
So, ‘Sex and the City’ wasn’t the only film I saw this week, as it turns out (amazing how many comments that piece generated!). I also had the pleasure to see the excellent new film ‘Garbage Warrior’ which focuses on the life and work of Michael Reynolds, who developed the concept of the Earthship, homes built using waste materials, most famously old car tyres. Here is the film’s trailer;
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For years in talks, I have talked about the idea of “energy slaves”, trying to translate the amount of energy used in the average family house into the number of people pedalling on bicycles that would be required to meet their needs. Thus far, no-one has ever actually tried to do it. Until last night, on a fantastic ‘Bang Goes the Theory’ programme on BBC TV, they put this to the test, and found it is way more than that. A brilliant programme, definitely worth watching. I have talked to people who found this one of the best programmes in terms of an awareness of energy that they have ever seen. You can view it for the next 7 days here.
