Veteran film-maker Parry hangs out with a tribe of hunter-gatherers and seeks wisdom with Indian gurus in a well-meaning but woolly documentary
‘Our desire for goods is at the heart of this’: Why Bruce Parry wants us all to live more sustainably
British film-maker Bruce Parry worked for many years making ethnographic documentaries for the BBC (Tribe, Amazon, Arctic) about extreme environments and the indigenous people who lived in them. Now having struck on his own, he’s made this well-meaning but rather woolly doc, co-directed by Mark Ellam, about Parry’s quest to understand … well, it’s not really clear.
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‘Our desire for goods is at the heart of this’: Why Bruce Parry wants us all to live more sustainably
British film-maker Bruce Parry worked for many years making ethnographic documentaries for the BBC (Tribe, Amazon, Arctic) about extreme environments and the indigenous people who lived in them. Now having struck on his own, he’s made this well-meaning but rather woolly doc, co-directed by Mark Ellam, about Parry’s quest to understand … well, it’s not really clear.
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- 9/29/2017
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Four-letter Gill
"Wonky cock documentary" is AA Gill's term for Channel 4 shows like Embarrassing Bodies, Monkey discovered during the Sunday Times TV critic's interview with BBC's Storyville editor Nick Fraser at the Sheffield Doc/Fest. But when media journalist (and Guardian contributor) Kate Bulkley tried to defend the broadcaster for what she believed was legitimate public service broadcasting he proved a more-than-succinct debater. "Fuck off," was his only response. Monkey wasn't quite sure how Bulkley felt about this. Or indeed how this tallied with Gill's later assertion that television "at the moment is in the process of being very abusive to its audience. It used to be quizshows where people were respectable and say thank you and give them a cuddly toy. Now it's much more abusive." Unlike, say ... conference sessions chaired by Gill.
Not digging Giles
Gill wasn't a big fan of his friend Giles Coren's BBC...
"Wonky cock documentary" is AA Gill's term for Channel 4 shows like Embarrassing Bodies, Monkey discovered during the Sunday Times TV critic's interview with BBC's Storyville editor Nick Fraser at the Sheffield Doc/Fest. But when media journalist (and Guardian contributor) Kate Bulkley tried to defend the broadcaster for what she believed was legitimate public service broadcasting he proved a more-than-succinct debater. "Fuck off," was his only response. Monkey wasn't quite sure how Bulkley felt about this. Or indeed how this tallied with Gill's later assertion that television "at the moment is in the process of being very abusive to its audience. It used to be quizshows where people were respectable and say thank you and give them a cuddly toy. Now it's much more abusive." Unlike, say ... conference sessions chaired by Gill.
Not digging Giles
Gill wasn't a big fan of his friend Giles Coren's BBC...
- 6/13/2011
- by Monkey
- The Guardian - Film News
Rapper will.i.am is scheduled to team up with Scottish singer KT Tunstall and Guy Berryman of Coldplay in order to record a fund-raising album as a tribute to surviving indigenous people. Other musicians to contribute in the effort include Jason Mraz, Hot Chip, and English multi-instrumentalist musician Mike Oldfield.
Furthermore, in an attempt to support the album, the Coldplay bassists and a-ha have formed a new band called Apparatjik. Commenting on their offshoot new band, Guy says, "Everyone asks what inspired us, what we've been trying to steal and what we listened to as we were growing up. The first band I loved was a-ha."
Instead of listed in a single CD, the songs, that the big stars currently work on, will appear in two different CDs and both will be released on October 6. The first one is titled "Amazon" and it will feature songs inspired by Bruce Parry...
Furthermore, in an attempt to support the album, the Coldplay bassists and a-ha have formed a new band called Apparatjik. Commenting on their offshoot new band, Guy says, "Everyone asks what inspired us, what we've been trying to steal and what we listened to as we were growing up. The first band I loved was a-ha."
Instead of listed in a single CD, the songs, that the big stars currently work on, will appear in two different CDs and both will be released on October 6. The first one is titled "Amazon" and it will feature songs inspired by Bruce Parry...
- 9/18/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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