A Year in a Field

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Kathy M Beautiful, thought invoking, full of wonder at all we overlook as we rush through our short time on this earth Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/14/23 Full Review Rhys In P this is about Christopher Morris who spent a year in a Field recounting the events of the year and talking about our relationship with the environment, giving a very personal take on his worries and hopes for the future. I really enjoyed this documentary and appreciated Chris' choice to focus on the Longstone in the centre of this beautiful landscape, a stone that has stood for 4000 years. He presents this stone as a landmark for change and suggests if we want to sustain the beauty that surrounds it, we must strive for change in the way we treat the environment, using the shadows of the stone to represent the doomsday clock as the film ticks round to the end of the year. Chris says himself he has never really been an activist but this film bring our attention to the beauty of the world around us and what we are currently destroying it acts as a call to everyone in the world for change as Chris says himself "The overarching theme that emerged is my own inability to grapple with the climate crisis" suggesting that it's a group effort and is impossible to grapple the climate crisis alone requiring us to work collectively as a planet to protect our existence from ourselves. Although his film isn't anything bombastic like tying himself to a tree or going on a protest march I found this to be more provocative as an honest concern for our future and made me think of what I could do better to help against the climate crisis so I can protect the beautiful environment which is shown in this film through the Lense of just a simple iPhone camera, which I find quite inspiring. This film has so many beautiful shots that it lingers on for quite some time like shots of a yellow sky with sunrays beaming through the clouds on to the field and closeup shots that linger on insects showing the life around us. This gives us time allowing us to take in the beauty around us, time that is now rapidly dwindling because of our government insistence on ignoring the crisis that is happening right in front of their eyes. I loved this documentary, in my opinion, Chris delivered his vision perfectly showing us the beauty of a Cornish field giving us a very visual reason for change. I also find it incredibly impressive how the whole documentary was just filmed with an iPhone and a bipod. I also find the music choice for this film to be perfect, having an almost natural and desperate sound to it which just adds to the awe aspiring tone of this film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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