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      A Year in a Field

      2023 1h 26m Documentary List
      100% 5 Reviews Tomatometer An ancient monolith stands in a Cornish field for millennia. A Year In a Field is a record of our brief interaction. I have never glued my hand to a road, marched en masse or been arrested. Equally, I've never simply stopped to watch and listen to the immediate piece of the earth on my doorstep. So my response to climate change is a quiet, unnoticed, one-man vigil. A small direct-action of stillness -- twelve reflective months filming in a field with my phone. Read More Read Less

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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 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 out of 5 stars 11/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Cath Clarke Guardian [A] thoughtful, meditative documentary... Rated: 3/5 Sep 21, 2023 Full Review Anton Bitel Projected Figures Christopher Morris’ static yet activist film essay positions a Cornish standing stone as marker of the anthropocene’s beginning and end Oct 23, 2023 Full Review Victoria Luxford City AM For all the majesty of big budget nature documentaries, spending A Year In A Field has yielded wonders for this modest but moving documentary that makes its point without slapping you round the face with messages. Rated: 4/5 Sep 22, 2023 Full Review Graham Fuller The Arts Desk Not the least of the documentary’s strengths is the realisation that such a world is as sustainable as an unnamed insect, fragility personified, getting its fill on a leaf. Rated: 4/5 Sep 21, 2023 Full Review Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) He doesn’t always avoid platitudes... Yet there is humour here, too, along with tranquil beauty. Rated: 3/5 Sep 21, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis An ancient monolith stands in a Cornish field for millennia. A Year In a Field is a record of our brief interaction. I have never glued my hand to a road, marched en masse or been arrested. Equally, I've never simply stopped to watch and listen to the immediate piece of the earth on my doorstep. So my response to climate change is a quiet, unnoticed, one-man vigil. A small direct-action of stillness -- twelve reflective months filming in a field with my phone.
      Director
      Christopher Morris
      Screenwriter
      Christopher Morris
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 26m