The Age of Stupid

On Thursday we watched The Age of Stupid. A film in which Pete Postlethwaite stars as a archivist living in the devastated future world in 2055. In the film Postlesthwaite looks back at real footage of today's age of stupid. The film highlights the simple problems that could have been changed and shows that humans were aware of extinction and still didn't change how they behaved. Looking at the current climate from the point of view of five sets of characters. An entrepreneurial Indian man who is going about creating goair another of the low cost airlines. Piers, an Englishman trying to do some good by setting up some wind farms. An American savior in hurricane Katrina who seems to be contradictory in his beliefs, as he works for shell oil. A young African girl who is trying to go to university and on the receiving end of the effects of shell oil. And an Iraqi brother and sister who have been taken out of Iraq after their father was killed due to a war over oil.

Overall I think it was beneficial to this project to see the film. I think that it was worth watching as it made me more aware of the current climate. I also think it made my feelings stronger about this subject as I was angry when the wind farm got turned down. This will help my drive to create a succinct and hopefully impacting final outcome.

Age of Stupid: Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.