Though it's a short, Ramin Bahrani's Plastic Bag is many, many things. You might call it an adaptation of that bit from American Beauty. It's a ecological fable starring a plastic bag, brought to life as if by Pixar, though all done practically. It's a story of loss and longing, romantic in its way. It's a postapocalyptic sci-fi story, with amazing and efficient world building. It's a spoof of nature documentaries. It's an existential piece meditation on immortality. And it's a beautiful tone poem with gorgeous visuals and a perfect voice-over by Werner Herzog as the Bag. Filled with magic and dark ironies, Plastic Bag is a stellar work that can be approached and understand through a variety of filters, and so the film is somehow recyclable where its subject matter is not. It holds many surprises. I love it. I'm kind of imagining it on the same bill as The Red Balloon, and only need to figure out what feature would follow these two wonderful shorts without seeming a let down.
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xianjiro
the ultimate cinematic anthropomorphization - a thinking, feeling plastic bag goes on a great journey, narrated by Werner HerzogPigsthreedifferentones
American Beauty 2wowwee123
Shopping bag lives, matter!raphaelbracquart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqyjxRmW30 in 480p qualityhttps://vimeo.com/144928861
in 720p quality
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Though it's a short, Ramin Bahrani's Plastic Bag is many, many things. You might call it an adaptation of that bit from American Beauty. It's a ecological fable starring a plastic bag, brought to life as if by Pixar, though all done practically. It's a story of loss and longing, romantic in its way. It's a postapocalyptic sci-fi story, with amazing and efficient world building. It's a spoof of nature documentaries. It's an existential piece meditation on immortality. And it's a beautiful tone poem with gorgeous visuals and a perfect voice-over by Werner Herzog as the Bag. Filled with magic and dark ironies, Plastic Bag is a stellar work that can be approached and understand through a variety of filters, and so the film is somehow recyclable where its subject matter is not. It holds many surprises. I love it. I'm kind of imagining it on the same bill as The Red Balloon, and only need to figure out what feature would follow these two wonderful shorts without seeming a let down.