2014 CNEX 國際華人紀錄片影展

熟男減碳日記 No Impact Man     [台灣首映]

美國 USA / 2009 / 93 min / 導演 Director：Laura GABBERT & Justin SCHEIN

2009 日舞影展 競賽片

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為了守護地球，我們在日常生活中如何節約能源、減少不必要的消費並回歸最樸實的生活？

本片主角柯林教你做做看！

柯林一家生活在世界上最繁華的紐約曼哈頓市中心，他對自己及家人的期許是：未來一年只吃曼哈頓本地生產的農畜產品、出門只能步行或以單車代步、不使用任何含有化學成分的保養品、化妝品或調味料……這不只是一部紀錄片，更是一個身體力行的行動計畫。

In November 2006, author Colin Beavan, his wife, Michelle Conlin and their two year-old daughter, Isabella began the No Impact Man project. The goal: to make as little environmental impact as possible while living on lower 5^th Avenue in Manhattan.

Before the project began, Colin and his family were SUV driving, fast food eating New Yorkers who would assuage their guilt with some good old American retail therapy. But Colin grew weary of his political convictions not lining up with his personal habits. So, in order to “walk the talk,” he decided for his next book to embrace a carbon-free, environmental friendly lifestyle and call himself “No Impact Man.” For starters, that would mean no trash, no electricity, no cars, no TV, and no buying anything new for an entire year.

The documentary presents an intimate emotional portrait of a couple struggling through a severe and protracted change in their way of life. Over the course of one year, the filmmakers documented what happens to a Colin and Michelle’s emotional life as they alter their entire lifestyle. How do they cope with the constant stress and intermittent crises of such a rigorous way of living? Or, perhaps, when life is pared down, do some things become unexpectedly better and even easier?