Apr 28, 2010

VIDEO SATIRE Capitalism in 13 minutes -- Isle of Flowers

 "An acid and entertaining portrait of the mechanics of the consumer society. Following the trajectory of a simple tomato, from planting to be thrown out, the short throw wide the process of generating wealth and inequalities that arise in the middle of the road.'
Documentary Jorge Furtado
Source You Tube TV

Tip: Kasama. 


Isle of Flowers (Portuguese: Ilha das Flores) is a 1989 Brazilianshort film by Jorge Furtado. It tracks the path of a tomato from garden to dump with the help of a monotone voiceover and a collection of bizarre images. While a very humorous film, the message it delivers about how human beings treat each other is anything but such. The director himself has stated that the film was inspired by the works of Kurt Vonnegut and Alain Resnais, among others.
The film has been denounced as "materialistic" because one of its early credits displays the phrase "God doesn't exist". Nevertheless, critic Jean-Claude Bernardet defined Isle of Flowers "a religious film", and the Brazilian National Bishop Confederation awarded the film with the Margarida de Prata (Silver Daisy), calling it "the best Brazilian film of the year" in 1990. In 1995, Isle of Flowers was chosen by the European critics as one of the 100 most important short films of the century.