Waste Land (film)

Waste Land

A poster with the film title showing a portrait of a man reclining in a bathtub inspired by Jacques-Louis David's 1793 painting Death of Marat, composed entirely of recyclable material

Promotional film poster
Directed by Lucy Walker
João Jardim
Karen Harley
Produced by Angus Aynsley
Hank Levine
Peter Martin
Fernando Meirelles
Starring Vik Muniz
Music by Moby
Edited by Pedro Kos
Production
company
O2 Filmes
Intelligent Media
Almega Projects
Distributed by Midas Filmes
Release dates
  • January 24, 2010 (2010-01-24) (Sundance)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country UK, Brazil
Language Portuguese, English

Waste Land is a 2010 British-Brazilian documentary film directed by Lucy Walker. The film chronicles artist Vik Muniz, who travels to the world's largest landfill, Jardim Gramacho outside Rio de Janeiro, to collaborate with a lively group of catadores of recyclable materials, who find a way to the most prestigious auction house in London via the surprising transformation of refuse into contemporary art. The catadores work in a co-operative founded and led by Sebastião Carlos Dos Santos, the ACAMJG, or Association of Pickers of Jardim Gramacho, who dreamed of improving life for his community. The money created by the selling of the artworks was given back to the catadores and the ACAMJG, as well as the prize money from the film awards, in order to help the catadores and their community.

The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, as well as win over 50 other film awards including the International Documentary Association's Best Documentary Award, which was handed to director Lucy Walker inside a garbage bag.[1][2]

The documentary was produced by Angus Aynsley and Hank Levine, executive produced by Fernando Meirelles, co-directed by João Jardim and Karen Harley, co-produced by Peter Martin, and photographed by Dudu Miranda. The music was created by Moby, who is a friend and frequent collaborator of Walker.[3]

The film was distributed by Arthouse Films in the USA, Entertainment One in Canada, Hopscotch Films in Australia and New Zealand, and Midas Filmes in its native Portugal.

Reception

Waste Land received unanimously positive reviews as "an uplifting portrait of the power of art and the dignity of the human spirit."[4]

On the Rotten Tomatoes aggregator site, 100% of critics gave the film positive ("certified fresh") reviews, based on 68 reviews, earning the film a Golden Tomato Award for the best-reviewed film of the year, and the only documentary to be 100% positively rated for that year.[5]

This film was invited to screen at festivals and special events around the world, and received over 50 awards.[6]

International titles

The Portuguese-language title is Lixo Extraordinário literally meaning "extraordinary garbage", which is a pun referring to the labels on Brazilian sanitation trucks containing special waste.[7] The Spanish-language title is El Reino de la Basura, literally "the kingdom of garbage".[8] The French distributors Eurozoom chose to keep the English title "Waste Land" in France with the subtitle "de la Poubelle au Musée" (From the Trash to the Museum).[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Nigel M. (5 December 2010). "Honor Roll 2010 - “Waste Land” Director Lucy Walker". IndieWire.com
  2. ↑ McNary, Dave (3 December 2010) "IDA honors 'Waste Land'". Variety.
  3. ↑ Jacques, Adam (8 May 2011) "How We Met: Moby & Lucy Walker" "The Independent"
  4. ↑ "Waste Land – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ "2010 Golden Tomato Awards". Rotten Tomatoes. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  6. ↑ Cook, Cindi. "'Waste Land' shows at Soho House". LadyLux. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  7. ↑ Programado por Ivan Silva Lemos. "Lixo Extraordinário | Home". Lixoextraordinario.net. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  8. ↑ "AMBULANTE 2011 | Documental | REINO DE BASURA". 2011.ambulante.com.mx. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  9. ↑ "Waste Land • Un Film De Lucy Walker, Co-Realisateurs João Jardim Et Karen Harley - Accueil". Eurozoom.fr. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
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