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Earth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Erde<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

DIRECTOR(S): <\/strong>Nikolaus Geyrhalter\u00a0\u00a0 COUNTRY: <\/strong>Austria\u00a0\u00a0 YEAR: <\/strong>2019\u00a0\u00a0 LANGUAGE(S): <\/strong>German, Italian, English, Hungarian, Spanish\u00a0\u00a0 SUBTITLES: <\/strong>German\u00a0\u00a0 RUNNING TIME: <\/strong>115 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECTION: <\/strong>Open Eyes 2019<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A portrait of the Earth in the Anthropocene \u2013 at seven locations that humans have transformed on a grand scale: Entire mountains being moved in California, a tunnel being sliced through rock at the Brenner Pass, an open-cast mine in Hungary, a marble quarry in Italy, a copper mine in Spain, the salt mine used to store radioactive waste in Wolfenb\u00fcttel and a tar sands landscape in Canada.
Initially shown from above as abstract paintings, these terrains are subsequently explored on the ground: The film weaves together observational footage of machines in operation with conversations with the workers. Alongside statements on work processes, environmental damage and technological change, Erde<\/span><\/em> makes this constructed world visible in unique fashion by subtly paring it down: the piles of grey matter, hills and mountains. The blackness and the cracks. The sandy landscapes, criss-crossed by an array of mechanical devices that scuttle about like caterpillars or worms. The dimensions are gigantic, the proportions out of control; the world has slipped from humanity\u2019s grasp. \u201cThere is always a bigger machine, a bigger engine and when all fails there is dynamite. <\/span>We always win.\u201d Or do we? (Berlinale)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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