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Plastic Planet is that rare call-to-action documentary that might rouse viewers to do something more than nod their heads in agreement. A methodically researched yet engaging examination of the environmental and health problems associated with plastic, this wide-ranging warning cry uses an intelligent investigative style along with animation and vintage footage to drive home its message. --Jay Weissberg, Variety
Every bit as unshakable as An Inconvenient Truth. --James Snyder, Time Out New York
Fascinating and ultimately alarming. --Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
Every bit as unshakable as An Inconvenient Truth. --James Snyder, Time Out New York
Fascinating and ultimately alarming. --Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
Every bit as unshakable as An Inconvenient Truth. --James Snyder, Time Out New York
Fascinating and ultimately alarming. --Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
Every bit as unshakable as An Inconvenient Truth. --James Snyder, Time Out New York
Fascinating and ultimately alarming. --Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
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We live in the Age of Plastic. It's cheap, it's practical, and it's everywhere - from the highest mountains to the hottest deserts, from the North Pole to the South Pole. It's even part of us - inside our blood.
Should we be worried?
In the tradition of Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock, this feisty yet informative documentary takes us on a journey around the globe - from the Moroccan Sahara to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, from a factory in China to the highest peaks of the Alps - to reveal the far-flung reach of plastic. Interviews with the world's foremost experts in biology, pharmacology, and genetics shed light on the perils of plastic to our environment and expose the truth of how plastic affects our bodies...and the health of future generations.
In English, German, Italian & Dutch w/English subtitles
Packaged in a 100% Certified Green Forestry Practices DVD Wallet
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A truly scary (but revealing) film about how the plastic we encounter every day is killing us!
April 11, 2011
Format:DVD
Somewhere between any of Michael Moore's investigative documentaries and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, lies German documentarian Werner Boote's film Plastic Planet.
If there is one prime message to be gathered from watching this 99-minute film (packed in an environmentally-friendly cardboard package) it is that "PLASTIC KILLS!"
Boote travels the world from China - where toys exported to the world are made from unsafe plastic - to the US to meet with scientists who are learning that using too much plastic in your house can actually cause infertility in both men in women. In all, he gathers 700 studies showing the dangers of the chemicals in plastic (which was first discovered in 1907 and is an integral part of our lives.). While some environmentalists are discussing the issue of recycling plastic bottles to save the environment, Boote's main cause is to show the effects on our health.
Like Gore (and Moore too), Boote uses animation and colorful graphics to make his point easier to understand. And, like Moore, he goes in search of the President of Plastics Europe, at a major trade show, to confront him with the results of the 700 studies he has collected. (And, like Moore, he is rejected in his efforts.). But there is a lot of technical jargon used by the interviewees, and Boote is not as "humorous" as Moore so the film drags in spots. Another issue is with the subtitles. Because Boote is meeting with international experts who don't speak English, subtitles are used often. These are in while lettering which makes them often difficult to read when the background contains white. I only wish that more filmmakers would use the bright GREEN or YELLOW that French filmmakers often use.
The bonus features include five brief outtakes that are interesting to watch plus a DVD-ROM "Press Kit and Resource Center" which I did not have time to investigate. Some of the advertising says that there is an Interview with the Director but - unless it is in the DVD-ROM features - I did not see it.
This is an important film - about an essential subject that is rarely discussed. I learned a lot from it. And so will you. The next time you heat up a plastic baby bottle or buy that toy made in China, you'll probably pause for a moment and thank the efforts of Boote to make this film.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
If there is one prime message to be gathered from watching this 99-minute film (packed in an environmentally-friendly cardboard package) it is that "PLASTIC KILLS!"
Boote travels the world from China - where toys exported to the world are made from unsafe plastic - to the US to meet with scientists who are learning that using too much plastic in your house can actually cause infertility in both men in women. In all, he gathers 700 studies showing the dangers of the chemicals in plastic (which was first discovered in 1907 and is an integral part of our lives.). While some environmentalists are discussing the issue of recycling plastic bottles to save the environment, Boote's main cause is to show the effects on our health.
Like Gore (and Moore too), Boote uses animation and colorful graphics to make his point easier to understand. And, like Moore, he goes in search of the President of Plastics Europe, at a major trade show, to confront him with the results of the 700 studies he has collected. (And, like Moore, he is rejected in his efforts.). But there is a lot of technical jargon used by the interviewees, and Boote is not as "humorous" as Moore so the film drags in spots. Another issue is with the subtitles. Because Boote is meeting with international experts who don't speak English, subtitles are used often. These are in while lettering which makes them often difficult to read when the background contains white. I only wish that more filmmakers would use the bright GREEN or YELLOW that French filmmakers often use.
The bonus features include five brief outtakes that are interesting to watch plus a DVD-ROM "Press Kit and Resource Center" which I did not have time to investigate. Some of the advertising says that there is an Interview with the Director but - unless it is in the DVD-ROM features - I did not see it.
This is an important film - about an essential subject that is rarely discussed. I learned a lot from it. And so will you. The next time you heat up a plastic baby bottle or buy that toy made in China, you'll probably pause for a moment and thank the efforts of Boote to make this film.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By W. Chen
Format:DVD
Plastic is one of those materials that is so common and in so many forms we seldom, if ever, stop to think about it. This documentary shines a light on just how pervasive plastic has become and the side effects - from rich to poor households. The plastic industry is like many other big businesses / industries - looking out for itself - without regard to downstream effects.
Werner Boote has a unique perspective as his grandfather was a prominent figure in the early plastics industry. His voyage is thorough - marketing (Plastics Europe / Austria / early Tupperware ads), cosmetic uses / plastic surgery (USA), human health effects (Italy, UK, USA), manufacturing (China), landfills (India), and ocean/coastal (Japan) contamination / pollution. The story is sobering.
A visit to the creator of the Body Worlds plastic corpses creator (Germany) is another highlight. Another highlight is having families bring out all the plastic in their homes (USA, India, Japan) - which reminds me of a book called MATERIAL WORLD - which did it for stuff people own in different countries. Also discussed is plastic off-gassing in automobiles, bioplastics, law creation in the EU, and a human study with infertile couples and phthalate levels.
Other documentaries and videos I have seen have talked about various aspects of our plastic world -- such as plastic bags, BpA in plastic bottles, plastic food packaging, flame retardants, and plastics in our oceans, - but no other documentary has so completely put it all together. Bravo!
If you want more detail check out -- BLUE VINYL (2002) to learn more about PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) health effects, also filmed in Italy. Vice TV has a documentary online about the plastic in our oceans. Also TAPPED to learn more about plastics and water bottles. NatGeo Strange Days on Planet Earth also has some bigger picture related episodes that might be of interest.
As a visitor to many industrial sites myself, I enjoyed the visits to manufacturing related sites in Plastic Planet. A bit shocking that this is only the 2nd review for this documentary....
The only thing I would add to this documentary is the following observation - the word PLUMBing comes from the word for LEAD. Water pipes used to contain lead. Some historians would argue that a significant factor in the downfall of the Roman Empire (And others?) was due to lead poisoning in the water. Today --> Many water pipes are now made of PVC....plastic poisoning. Tip: Use a reverse osmosis filter with re-mineralization cartridge to remove and create alkaline water)
Someday (soon) we will realize how plastic (And notably how it affects the hormonal balance in our body - which affects how we think, aka "plastic makes you gay"), as one of the cornerstones of our modern world - lead us to our destruction (before rebirth - check my profile). That along with the hidden dangers in modern technology and EMF (Electromagnetic fields), lighting products, and water itself.
...in the end the solution to the plastic problem (PRO-BLAME) is not more laws or oversight, or new formulations of plastic - but to know ourSELVes. And that lesson is coming soon (2012+). For when we know WATER and LIGHT makes YOU and ME, we won't need ANY of the plastic stuff that we use today... but that is another story.
Werner Boote has a unique perspective as his grandfather was a prominent figure in the early plastics industry. His voyage is thorough - marketing (Plastics Europe / Austria / early Tupperware ads), cosmetic uses / plastic surgery (USA), human health effects (Italy, UK, USA), manufacturing (China), landfills (India), and ocean/coastal (Japan) contamination / pollution. The story is sobering.
A visit to the creator of the Body Worlds plastic corpses creator (Germany) is another highlight. Another highlight is having families bring out all the plastic in their homes (USA, India, Japan) - which reminds me of a book called MATERIAL WORLD - which did it for stuff people own in different countries. Also discussed is plastic off-gassing in automobiles, bioplastics, law creation in the EU, and a human study with infertile couples and phthalate levels.
Other documentaries and videos I have seen have talked about various aspects of our plastic world -- such as plastic bags, BpA in plastic bottles, plastic food packaging, flame retardants, and plastics in our oceans, - but no other documentary has so completely put it all together. Bravo!
If you want more detail check out -- BLUE VINYL (2002) to learn more about PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) health effects, also filmed in Italy. Vice TV has a documentary online about the plastic in our oceans. Also TAPPED to learn more about plastics and water bottles. NatGeo Strange Days on Planet Earth also has some bigger picture related episodes that might be of interest.
As a visitor to many industrial sites myself, I enjoyed the visits to manufacturing related sites in Plastic Planet. A bit shocking that this is only the 2nd review for this documentary....
The only thing I would add to this documentary is the following observation - the word PLUMBing comes from the word for LEAD. Water pipes used to contain lead. Some historians would argue that a significant factor in the downfall of the Roman Empire (And others?) was due to lead poisoning in the water. Today --> Many water pipes are now made of PVC....plastic poisoning. Tip: Use a reverse osmosis filter with re-mineralization cartridge to remove and create alkaline water)
Someday (soon) we will realize how plastic (And notably how it affects the hormonal balance in our body - which affects how we think, aka "plastic makes you gay"), as one of the cornerstones of our modern world - lead us to our destruction (before rebirth - check my profile). That along with the hidden dangers in modern technology and EMF (Electromagnetic fields), lighting products, and water itself.
...in the end the solution to the plastic problem (PRO-BLAME) is not more laws or oversight, or new formulations of plastic - but to know ourSELVes. And that lesson is coming soon (2012+). For when we know WATER and LIGHT makes YOU and ME, we won't need ANY of the plastic stuff that we use today... but that is another story.
By .fgd
Format:DVD
This film spends alot of time trying to convince that plastics are the main culprit. True -there are low-levels of toxins in plastics than are continually and , in the long term, leaching out and bombarding the body. This effects the endocrine system, cancer, fertility, the brain. However there are many chemicals per se other than plastics that are are more aggressive or just as bad : food additives/ pesticides/ preservatives, cleaning materials, air pollution. asthma causing etc....
It is a shame this film trie to over-convince that plastics are at the top of the list It made the film seem like it was crying wolf.
What is useful about this film is to make clear that when plastics were invented, they were not made to be bio-degradeable. For example,in the early 1990s there were 6-1 particles in the ocean- nowadays 60-1. The world will be negatively impacted, inceasingly so. Meanwhile corporations will fight tooth and nail because switching to bio-plastics will cost them or put them out of buisness. Change will happen because it's unsustainable and it goes for every area our new technology has impacted for greed and profit.
Meanwhile I'm getting sick and tierd of hearing how big corporations have too much polical and legal muscle to be regulated just like anything else.
It is a shame this film trie to over-convince that plastics are at the top of the list It made the film seem like it was crying wolf.
What is useful about this film is to make clear that when plastics were invented, they were not made to be bio-degradeable. For example,in the early 1990s there were 6-1 particles in the ocean- nowadays 60-1. The world will be negatively impacted, inceasingly so. Meanwhile corporations will fight tooth and nail because switching to bio-plastics will cost them or put them out of buisness. Change will happen because it's unsustainable and it goes for every area our new technology has impacted for greed and profit.
Meanwhile I'm getting sick and tierd of hearing how big corporations have too much polical and legal muscle to be regulated just like anything else.
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