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      Dan Jardine Slant Magazine Bahrani confirms his position as master poet of the ordinary. Rated: 91/100 Jun 14, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBtCb61Sd4 Plot from Wikipedia: ''In a not too distant future, a Plastic Bag (voice of Werner Herzog) goes on an epic journey in search of its lost Maker, wondering if there is any point to life without her. The Bag encounters strange creatures, brief love in the sky, a colony of prophetic torn bags on a fence and the unknown. To be with its own kind, the Bag goes deep under the oceans into 500 nautical miles (930 km) of spinning garbage known as the North Pacific Trash Vortex.'' From director Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop, Man Push Cart, Goodbye Solo), and as previously mentioned, narrated by Werner Herzog. Great camerawork and cinematography. Better than a lot of full-length films out there :P Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review sarfaraz a This short film by talented American director Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop, Man Push Cart, Goodbye Solo) narrated by German auteur Werner Herzog, traces the epic, existential journey of a plastic bag searching for its lost maker, the woman who took it home from the store and eventually discarded it. Along the way, it encounters strange creatures; experiencing love in the sky, grieves the loss of its beloved maker, and tries to grasp its purpose in the world. Plastic Bag is embodied with stunning cinematography, cheerful music-score (Kjartan Sveinsson of the band Sigur Rós). Bahrani fills life lifeless object, and then defines the sad plight of bag drifting through shabby as well as beautiful/aesthetic areas. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This can be found as a bonus featurette on the Bluray of "My Son, My son, What Have Ye Done", and it's way better then the feature. It's a short narrated by Herzog, about the life of a plastic bag and told in the first person. It starts of precious and way to arty, but it's so well done and beautifully photographed it's hard not to love. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A film that takes existentialism to its most banal, though a film whose courage is without question and whose craft is no less intriguing than director Ramin Bahrani's brilliant feature-length work. In its own elementary way, it's a fun little adventure; but Short of the Year? Perhaps not. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member I will never think about plastic bags the same way again. Beautifully shot, lovely narrating! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member <a href="http://www.jaredmobarak.com/2010/03/29/plastic-bag/">click for review</a> Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Ramin Bahrani