Ridley Scott might have executive produced this film, but someone named Kevin Macdonald, who previously won an Oscar for his work on the documentary One Day In September, actually directed it. That's all the text I got for this movie, which was apparently streamed on the site once or twice, and made a small premiere in a limited run in theaters, but which is now apparently free to stream on Youtube, hopefully permanently. Since Youtube has made a point of getting it subtitled in 25 different languages, hopefully this isn't one of those Youtube links that isn't available overseas. Here's hoping!
A kind of time capsule, Life In A Day was created by soliciting anyone with a camera to record their life on July 24th, 2010; all of those video streams were compiled by Macdonald (after a small army of production interns no doubt whittled the footage down and categorized it) into a single 95-minute film. I haven't watched the whole thing, but the spots I've looked at seem pretty interesting!
I was interested in this concept - good to see it freely available now since it was compiled from random internet peoples.
I just went to the video on YouTube and people were talking about a part where you see a cow be killed. I don't think I needed to see that at all. I really wish I never knew how they did it.
Reminds me quite a bit of Man With A Movie Camera, god knows how he/they edited so much footage
this was my most anticipated movie for third quarter 2011. i am totally gonna see this. could be the best movie of the year.
So I guess we'll go down in history as the generation where everyone deemed their life unique enough to be worth documenting.
@Hawkeye said:
We do have a weird obsession with self-documentation...
And nostalgia trips.
@CrimsonAvenger said:
It's just another aspect of life, though. In a society as meat-hungry as ours, I think it's good to see where that food actually comes from to get to our fast food joints.
Life in a Day is a very well-edited documentary. I caught it for the youtube premier earlier this year, and managed to see it again in theaters recently, enjoyed it a lot both times.
The shooting wasn't limited to people with cameras, they actually sent out cheap handhelds to a bunch of smaller countries to try and reach as far and wide as possible. I think they ended up with footage from like 180 different countries or something crazy.
@Hawkeye said:
I'm pretty sure it's more that we're just one of the first to have something like that be possible.
And actually this thing is pretty cool! I dunno, some interesting moments!
@ThatFrood: Yeah, I guess I sort of jumped straight to conclusions before actually watching it. Cause, you know, that's what this generation is also known to do.
Rather sophomoric idea; and antiquated in the face of YouTube as a whole. /cynical pedant
I enjoyed watching that.
The film was okay, but I think the idea of archived footage from 2010 that can be seen by people (hopefully) fifty or one hundred years from now is very exciting.
"SOMEONE" named Kevin MacDonald? You mean, the guy that directed The Last King of Scotland?
Okay, maybe I'm partial because I worked on the pages for Kevin MacDonald and Life In A Day, but seriously? LOL
Also, I really enjoyed the film the first time I saw it. I'll probably give it another view when I get the free time available. Very beautiful idea and film.
@xatmos said:
You must be fun to be around.
I'm really looking forward to watching this!