Icarus Films will be teaming up with the KimStim
Collection on Sept. 15 for the DVD debut for globetrotting documentary filmmaker
Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s latest connect-the-dots discussion, Earth.
In the academic world there is a current debate over
the arrival, or even the existence of, the “Anthropocene Age.” Filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter is of the
opinion that such an epoch has now emerge, which argues that for roughly the
last 10,000 years man has slowly, inexorably replaced nature as the primary
influence on the planet.
Whether through population, agriculture, building or
even the arrival of the Atomic Age, Anthropocene advocates argue that man is
now in charge of the planet … for better, or for worse.
Geyrhalter’s latest film, Earth, acts
as sort of a metaphor for his observations of how humans move billions of tons
of “earth” each year globally. He took
his crew to various places on the planet to observe the fantastic machines, the
construction, the mines and quarries and massive explosions used to re-shape
the planet … he divides his observations into seven chapters.
From the San Fernando Valley in Southern California
to Gyöngyös in Hungary, from Carrara in Italy to Minas de Riotinto in Spain …
with stops in Germany, Canada and Austria, Geyrhalter visits projects where
monster machines and armies of workers go about their business in a sort of mind-boggling
ballet.
This award-winning documentary is certainly worthy
of discussion come Sept. 15 when it arrives on DVD from Icarus Films. Earth is
presented in English, German, Hungarian, Italian and Spanish, with English
subtitles where needed.
Another major distribution partner with Icarus Films
is France’s premiere film production and distribution company, Distrib Films. They will teaming up with Icarus to bring to
the domestic marketplace on Sept. 1 the DVD release of documentary filmmaker
Nanni Moretti’s Santiago, Italia.
Opening at the Torino Film Festival at the end of November
in 2018 (and playing the festival circuit for well over a year), Moretti’s Santiago,
Italia is an intimate look at the 1973 military
coup in Chile, with a special focus on a group of exiles who ended up with safe
haven in Italy after fleeing to the Italian Embassy in Santiago. He uses their experiences, some fifty-years
on as a counterpoint to current events in Chile (pre-pandemic, that is).
Many were tortured, but survived to tell of
their experiences during those turbulent times.
Moretti doesn’t leave the story there, but actually
manages to locate and interview Raul Iturriaga, one of the torturers, who is
now in prison for his crimes … the interview certainly has its moments!!!
Santiago, Italia is a
fascinating look at history … a defining event in South America from a POV that
is not often achieved in filmmaking.
Presented in Italian and Spanish, with English subtitles.
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