Trashed

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  • Opened December 14, 2012 
  • 1 hr 37 min

  • Trashed - If you think waste is someone else's problem...think again. Jeremy Irons looks at the risks to the food chain and the environment through pollution of our air, land and sea by waste. The film reveals surprising truths about very immediate and potent dangers to our health. it is a global conversation from Iceland to Indonesia between the film star Jeremy Irons and scientists, politicians and ordinary individuals whose health and livelihoods have been fundamentally affected by waste pollution. Visually and emotionally the film is both horrific and beautiful: an interplay of human interest and political wake-up call. But it ends on a message of hope: showing how the risks to our survival can easily be averted through sustainable approaches that provide far more employment than the current 'waste industry'. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Jeremy Irons
  • Director: Candida Brady
  • Genres: Documentary

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New York Daily News
| Joe Neumaier

Crucial viewing for realists and alarmists both. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
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Fortunately this necessary infotainment pill boasts a highly effective sugar-coating thanks to the narration and on-camera presence of moonlighting co-producer Jeremy Irons. Read full review

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Village Voice
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The form is straightforward, if a little meandering, as is the message: We have to fix this. Read full review

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The New York Times
| Jeannette Catsoulis

If we must talk trash, Mr. Irons - assisted by a scientist or two and Vangelis's doomy score - is an inspired choice of guide. Soothing and sensitive, his liquid gaze alighting on oozing landfills and belching incinerators, he moves through the film with a tragic dignity that belies his whimsical neckwear and jaunty hats. Read full review

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