Review of What a Way to Go DVD

"What a Way to Go - Life at the End of Empire"

Here is the full comment from Murray:

The film was clearly very much in accord with the focus of social ecology and the work of NSF. Interesting to see people I had not seen in person before such as Thomas Berry, Chellis Glendinning, Daniel Quinn, and William Catton. I have seen Richard Heinberg previously and his comments are incisive. The film's main purpose I think is to wake people up to the fact that if we do not get off the "progress train" soon, we could soon experience the consequences of a major derailment. In a more positive sense, it encourages us to once more re-engage with nature, rather than destroy it. Its use of a kaleidoscope of images does this very well, backed up by the interviews. If I have a criticism, it is that it could have achieved the same task in less time, as about three quarters of the way through, it kind of produced a dragged out result for me. Then the final part "Walkabout" came back to provide more direction, energy and inspiration. Should be required viewing for all Federal MPs and Senators, as well as Paul Lennon in Tasmania.

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