Film

Recipes for Disaster

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This painfully funny film pokes at our mistakes and the insignificant things we do without noticing that they have created and are exacerbating the ecologic crisis. Can we live without using petroleum derivatives or increasing CO2 emissions? Director, his wife and two children show us how: without abandoning the habits of a normal Finnish family, we can do without a car or products sold in plastic containers. A difficult road to travel but told with irony and intelligence, showing that our dependence on petroleum derivatives is one of the most significant problems of our times. Just for the record: the annual world consumption of oil equals the amount of water that flows over Niagara Falls in 25 days. Impressive, isn't it. The film was one of the most popular documentaries seen in Finland.

Il regista / The Director

John Webster (b. 1967) has worked as indie documentary film director since 1990. Films to his credit include Suckers (1993), Don't Tell Daddy (1995), Different Trains (1996), Losing It (1999) Rooms of Shadow and Light (2001) and What Comes Around-See Everything, Feel Everything (2004).

Edizione 2009
Concorso Internazionale Documentari - Panorama: Focus Energia - Ecokids

Documentario
Finlandia/Finland, 2008, 85'

REGIA/DIRECTOR
John Webster

TAGS:
Energia e fonti energetiche/Energy and energy sources, Cambiamenti climatici/Climatic change, Buone pratiche/Good practises