i have hear this film be a study of a landscape photographer art by present the beauty in man deconstruct the natural landscape . it certainly show the laborious activity to find location and setup shot and and capture stark image whose final destination be art studio worldwide . put together in move picture it be truly a horror show . this film ooze by you supplant the shock of ghastly image with gentle wave of a wonderful industrial soundtrack that guide you like on slow move river . each sequence stand on it own and but in combination you get deep and deeply into the feeling of overwhelming inevitability . there be few word and this allow the grandeur in what be show to preach in it own way . an awful and massive factory fill with human automaton who live in hopelessly lifeless dormitory . individual die early while rummage for recyclable scrap in mountain of our e waste . the birthing of gigantic ship and their destruction by hand in giant graveyard . the construction of the three gorge dam and the large industrial project in human history and likely for all time . the time lapse a a city dy and be simultaneously reborn into a replica of modernity that purposefully destroy all relic of the culture that be . the most terrifying image for me be a dam engineer explain that the most important function of the dam be flood control . the shot shift to the orchard behind the spokesperson where you witness the level of the last flood by the toxic water have eat the bark from the tree and demonstrate that nothing but the most hideous vermin could be live in the water . the obvious not be state be far more powerful than your normal preachy save the earth documentary . the artist edward burtynsky explain the method wonderfully . by not say what you should see many people today sit in an uncomfortable spot where you do not necessarily want to give up what we have but we realize what be do be create problem that run deep . it be not a simple right or wrong . it need a whole new way of thinking . the subtlety of this descend into an either or or proposition and but the film image scream that the decision have very much be make in favor of the dark side . though never state directly in any way and a the wave of what you witness wash away from your awareness and you contemplate and there be only one conclusion possible we be doom . the progress of mankind that be inexorable from our nature leave behind carnage that this artist find terrify beauty in . what he be actually capture be the track of we the lemming rush unconsciously toward our own demise . unlike most film with environmental theme and this one end with no call to arm . it argue basically what the point and but make certain you place the blame properly on all of u equally .