Manufactured Landscapes (2006)

Director:

Jennifer Baichwal

Release Date:

13 June 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Photographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.

Plot Keywords:

China | Photograph | Electronics | Photographer | Ship

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Edward Burtynsky

...

Himself

Directed by
Jennifer Baichwal

Produced by
Jennifer Baichwal	....	producer
Shana Collier	....	associate producer: Foundry Films
Richard Hughes	....	assistant producer
Richard Hughes	....	field producer
Daniel Iron	....	producer
Lucas Lackner	....	associate producer
Nick de Pencier	....	producer
Jeff Powis	....	associate producer
Paul Scherzer	....	line producer
Noah Weinzweig	....	line producer: China

Original Music by
Dan Driscoll

Cinematography by
Peter Mettler

Film Editing by
Roland Schlimme

Production Management
Noura Kevorkian	....	production manager: Los Angeles
Marcus Schubert	....	production manager

Sound Department
Dan Driscoll	....	sound
Steve Hammond	....	foley artist
Mandy Ley	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Sanjay Mehta	....	location sound recordist
Peter Mettler	....	sound
David Rose	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Rose	....	supervising sound editor
Roland Schlimme	....	sound
Lou Solakofski	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jane Tattersall	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
John Price	....	assistant camera
Noah Weinzweig	....	cinematographer: aerial footage

Editorial Department
Cort Bremner	....	dailies assistant editor
Louis Casado	....	film timer
Chanda Chevannes	....	post-production coordinator
Ross Cole	....	telecine transferer
Joseph Doane	....	dailies assistant editor
Ed Ham	....	on-line editor
Avril Jacobson	....	assistant editor
Colin Moore	....	colorist
Brian Reid	....	on-line editor
Trevor Risbridger	....	on-line editor

Other crew
Jeannie Baxter	....	general manager: Edward Buetynsky
Malcolm Brown	....	title designer
Sarah Christie	....	production coordinator
Kerryn Ciracovitch	....	daily production coordinator
Stephanie Dudley	....	motion designer
Brooke Hanson	....	production assistant
Christine Hobson	....	office manager: Mercury Films
Ted Hobson	....	production assistant
Luo Li	....	translator
Karen Machtinger	....	arts administrator
Jennifer Maund	....	bookkeeper: Mercury Films
Chelsea McMullan	....	research assistant
Ryan J. Noth	....	production assistant
Stephen Paniccia	....	production accountant
Maggie Tang	....	production coordinator (as Xiaobin Tang)
Longyu Tong	....	translator
Catherine Xiaowen Xu	....	translator
Lanny Dong Zhi Ying	....	translator

Thanks
Sebastian Cluer	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Foundry Films
• National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Distributors

• Cinemien (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• E.D. Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Zeitgeist Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gaia Films (2006) (Spain) (all media)
• Homescreen (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Mongrel Media (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• Mongrel Media (2012) (Canada) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sundance Channel (2008) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Tattersall Sound  sound post-production
• Tattersall Sound  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Runtime:

80 min | Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | Cantonese | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Netherlands:AL | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Shanghai, China

Company:

Foundry Films

Movie Connections:

Referenced in One Week (2008/I)

"Apocalypse Now" without fiction

Mesmerizing, breathtaking and horrifying, this hauntingly beautiful film is the "Apocalypse Now" without fiction. Slow in pace, quiet in mood, it gives good glimpses of the poisoned patches of Earth that may well be signs of an inevitable doom.

There is no doubt in my mind -- the nature is plagued and we are the disease. Greed, the very essence of humanity that drives evolution and progress, has turned us into something like cancer, on its way to consume the host and die with it...

Manufactured Landscapes is quite an unforgettable viewing experience - at least I'll never regard my toaster and iron the same way again.