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Daily Rec: Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s Home

While nothing beats the big screen, you have to admire a documentary film that respected its own carbon footprint and isn’t profit-driven, as is the case when the Yann Arthus-Bertrand directed Home – the first simultaneous online and offline film debut that pulled in some impressive numbers via its YouTube channel.

Eric Lavallée

Published on June 8, 2009

While nothing beats the big screen, you have to admire a documentary film that respected its own carbon footprint and isn’t profit-driven, as is the case when the Yann Arthus-Bertrand directed Home – the first simultaneous online and offline film debut that pulled in some impressive numbers via its YouTube channel. Click here to view.

The doc film’s aerial photography is impressive even on a laptop screen and the ‘mother earth’ narration offers informative bits (did you know that Costa Rica said screw the army, put that money towards its natural resources instead?) and not a complete downer as a reality check doc film. I’ll admit to skimming thru this one (will watch the rest in portions this coming week) but its strength is in taking the numbers and making concrete prognostications – if Americans are worried about Mexicans crossing the border wait until “climate refugees” are trying to make it into JFK airport.

Produced by EuropaCorp’s Luc Besson project was launched last Friday on World Environmental Day 2009 and will play for free until the 14th.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).