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September 10th 2007 00:00
The White Planet (Le Planete Blanche)
John Doe freelancers for the Australian movie magazine Filmink and this review appears in the latest issue and has just been published online at filmink.com.au. Hope you enjoy it.
Original French Poster
Time: 86 Minutes
Country: France
Director: Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida and Thierry Ragobert
Cast: Jean-Louise Etienne
Distributor: Madman Cinema
Worth: $8.00
Released: September 6th
In this era of increasing environmental awareness many documentaries like An Inconvenient Truth and A Crude Awakening make there point with cold facts and frightening statistical probabilities.
The White Planet is a new documentary about the eco-cycle of the Arctic Circle which instead opts to make its plea for help through intimate images of the native wildlife and splendid landscapes of ice and snow.
In a traditional Attenborough style we track migrations, feeding habits and the rituals taken by individual species in order to survive in the harsh and unforgiving terrain.
The stars of the show are the Polar bears whose habitat is dwindling at a startling rate. Astounding footage of a mother nursing her new born cubs while sheltered beneath the ice is a highlight.
The daring camera work also captures up close and personal shots that observe the other land dwellers including massive herds of Elk on the move, lone Wolves hunting and Buffalo vying for dominance.
Unique footage of the elusive creatures existing in the freezing oceans beneath the glaciers conjures a sense of wonder. Walrus, seals and whales frolic in a sea littered with a myriad of glowing, abnormally shaped companions and food sources.
The cinematography is of a typically high standard for this type of venture, the pictures communicate the majority of the information. The narration providing the just enough detail to compliment what we are witnessing onscreen.
Documentaries like this are an essential window into the geographically isolated and desolate parts of Earth that few of us will ever see first hand. Refreshing in its lack of agenda, The White Planet highlights the importance of preserving this critical component of our world.
A clip from the film The White Planet
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