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革命前的垃圾日記 Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home     [台灣首映]

美國 USA & 加拿大 Canada / 2007 / 76 min / 導演 Director：Andrew NISKER

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 導演的小兒子剛出生，想要知道孩子長大即將面對什麼樣的未來，他大膽提議一個實驗：讓一個家庭累積三個月不丟垃圾。

導演說服一個五人所組成的中產階級家庭參與計畫，從塑膠袋到礦泉水瓶，從廚餘到聖誕節燈飾，在漫長的三個月後，他們將有驚人的發現！

三個月的時間裡可以累積多少垃圾？這些垃圾又會對我們的生活與這個地球產生什麼樣的影響？

This is a feature documentary about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time. Concerned for the future of his new baby boy Sebastian, writer director Andrew NISKER takes an average urban family, the MCDONALDS, and asks them to keep every scrap of garbage that they create for three months. He then takes them on a journey to find out where it all goes and what it’s doing to the world.

 From organic waste to the stuff they flush down the potty, the plastic bags they use to the water they drink out of bottles, the air pollution they create when transporting the kids around, to using lights at Christmas, the MCDONALDS discover that for every action there is a reaction that affects them and the entire planet. Everyday life under a microscope has never been so revealing. By the end of this trashy odyssey, you are truly inspired to revolutionize your lifestyle for the sake of future generations.

 Andrew NISKER skillfully and succinctly puts all of the information in one place – shifting the movement from melting glaciers and oil slicks to our neighborhoods and into our homes, so that average people can connect the dots between their actions and the environment and be inspired to change their polluting ways.