Home (2009 film)

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House is a French documentary 2009 by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely made up of airborne shooting from various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humans threaten the ecological balance of the planet. The English version is read by Glenn Close. The Spanish version is read by Salma Hayek. Arabic versions read by Mahmood Said. The film has its first festival in the world at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival in 2012. Before the inaugural festival, was released simultaneously on June 5, 2009, in theaters worldwide, on DVD, Blu-ray, television, and on YouTube, opening in 181 countries. The film is financed by Dry, a French multinational parent company that specializes in retail stores and luxury brands, as part of their public relations strategy.

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Produksi

Home was filmed at various stages because of the landscape depicted. Takes over eighteen months to complete the film, director Yann Arthus-Bertrand and a camera man, a camera engineer and a pilot flying in small helicopters through different regions in over fifty countries. Filming is performed using a high definition "Cineflex" high-definition camera hung from a giro-stabilized ball from the rails at the base of the helicopter. These cameras, originally manufactured for army shooting equipment, reduced the vibration of helping to capture the subtle images, which looked as though they had been filmed from a crane arm or a doll. After almost every flight, the recording is immediately checked to make sure they can be used. After the filming is over, Besson and his crew have more than 488 hours of recording to edit.

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Distribution and promotion

To promote an online documentary, a YouTube channel known as "Home Project" has been created. Uploaded to these are a variety of short film clips that occur in different parts of the world including Arctic Circle, Africa, and the major cities shown.

On March 9, 2009, a press conference was held in Paris, France, where Yann Arthus-Bertrand and various producers spoke to the media about the issues raised in the film, confirming that House would be the first film released together in cinemas, on television, on DVD and on the Internet on five continents.

On May 5, 2009, a second press conference was held again in Paris, where the same crew members announced that the movie release date would be June 5, 2009, World Environment Day. Here, they also announced that Home would be 100% free for everyone to see, because "The benefits of this movie can not be counted in dollars, but in the number of viewers." They also revealed that PPR will sponsor the film to facilitate unavoidable costs.

The movie, available for free release until June 14, has been broadcast in 14 languages. The Blu-ray Edition was released by 20th Century Fox and features both English and French versions. It is expected to sell over 100,000 copies. When production costs are met, all proceeds will go to Good Planet Company.

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Copyright and redistribution

Yann Arthus-Bertrand said in a TED talk that the film is not copyrighted: "The film has [ sic ] without copyright.On June 5, the environmental day, everyone can download movies on the Internet The film is being distributed for free by distributors to TV and the theater to show it on June 5. "However, copyright notices appear in the last credit.

Some high-resolution editions of the movie are available for download. ClearBits, the online digital media community, provides torrent versions of 93 minutes in high definition mp4 format, and Archive.org and Vimeo also offer high-resolution editions.

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Public response

The film received a great response after it was released, receiving over 400,000 combined views within the first 24 hours on YouTube. In June 2012, French, English, German, Spanish, Russian and Arabic versions of YouTube recorded a total of over 32 million views. It was shown to rank high on channels worldwide including the international network of National Geographic Channel. France 2 dà © Å © buted the film for more than 8.3 million viewers in France itself. In India, Home is displayed exclusively through STAR World's cable network.

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Critical response

Generally, the film was praised for its visual but received criticism about the narrative and contradictory attitude between its message and the sponsor's legacy.

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times criticized the film's narrative and Glenn Close, the English version of the narrator, both about content and style: "We've heard it all before, if not in schoolmarmish tones from Glenn Close, narration who degraded [...] made the film seem almost throughout the life of his subject. "In addition, he denounced the film's accusations against the destructive modern" lifestyle "that was necessary to produce something excessive - the allegation that the film bankrollers, led by the company behind luxury brands like Balenciaga and Gucci, probably familiar with... "

Jean-Michel Frodon, a French film critic, expressed the opinion that " ' Home ' has many audiences but does not have much echo" because of personality, activities, and innovative concepts at no cost. Arthus-Bertrand has attracted more attention than the movie itself.

Jason Buchanan, a film critic for the AllMovie Guide, expressed the view that "we are given a unique opportunity to witness our changing environment from an entirely new standpoint," and that the film was "produced to inspire action and encourage a wise debate. "

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See also

• Planet Earth - BBC natural documentary series
• Qatsi trilogy - a series of three films by Godfrey Reggio
• Chronos - a movie by Ron Fricke exploring the passage of time
• Baraka
• Inconvenient Truth
• List of environmental films

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References

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External links

• Official website (requires Adobe Flash)
• Home on IMDb
• Good Planet
• UNEP Champions of the Earth Profile: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, press release from the United Nations Environment Program
• Home is available for free download on the Internet Archive
• 'HomeProject' YouTube channel, where movies can be watched for free overall
• Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures a fragile Earth in a wide angle on TED

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