Directed by Jonathan Schmidt and Amy Bergman
Music:
Soundgarden
Superunknown
My Wave
Enya
Shepherd Moons
Before I go ahead with reviewing this film, let me just say a few things about the host site, www.inetfilm.com. Boy, I really love this website’s interface. It looks lovely and it certainly serves Internet movies like a fast food chain—stream on demand. Unlike most Internet movies servers, this one does not require prior account registration or membership to watch a movie. It’s just a click away!
And so when you’re trapped in the office with no breaktime to spare, you can still watch an Internet Movie without your company’s system administrator ringing the alarm bells, provided of course, that you have Quicktime Player pre-installed. I can’t overemphasize the need to watch your back in corporate situations, what with all these stories buzzing about that you can get fired for looking up the wrong things on the Internet. Luckily, they’re not that strict where I work, yet I still play careful.
While the company thinks that I can surf the Net anytime I want, I also know that Big Brother may still be watching. Not that I am paranoid or anything. For the fact is, just because a company is lenient doesn’t mean that its antenna is off! In the company where I work, Management kind of thinks that giving us the privilege of using the Net even to the extent of chatting freely with our officemates is one sure way to relieve job stress. And you know what? It works! Unfortunately, not too many companies trust their employees enough.
So what is Consumption? As you already know, it’s a short film (just a few minutes) about what we’re doing with our planet. It poses the question, are we really bleeding it to death? Of course, I’m not quick to give away the answer; otherwise, you won’t be watching the film, right?
You might think, how many times has the National Geographic posed this question? A stale issue, I might say, but the film is only a few minutes so it’s still worth your while, plus it diverts your attention from the pile of work on your desk—momentarily.
The footages look good. To me, they’re like a simple slide show. Inetfilm labels it animation, but it truly isn’t. Watch it to see what I mean. If you’re a movie critic, you will naturally raise your eyebrows (or is it your eardrums) with the usage of mood-setting, manipulative music, Enya included. Everybody loves her these days. Another thing I didn’t want was the dramatic use of shooting a building from the bottoms up. I really think this technique should only have been used once for maximum effect—but then again it takes maturity to do that?
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