大水來臨前：吐瓦魯 Before the Flood: Tuvalu
英國 England & 法國 France / 2004 / 59 min / 導演 Director：Paul LINDSAY
台北市立圖書館 北投分館 11/7,09:00
吐瓦魯是一個南太平洋島國，曾經是地球上第三貧窮、人口第二稀少的國家。
它之所以世界聞名，其一是高價出租它的網域代碼「.tv」給美國網路公司以維持國家經濟；其二是氣候暖化、海平面上升，吐瓦魯的即將沉沒成為全球關注的焦點，更因而成為觀光勝地。
然而，除了向聯合國請求賠償、申請海外移民，吐瓦魯人面對世紀末即將滅國的危機，其實束手無策……
The British-French co-production Before the Flood: Tuvalu tells about the Pacific island of Tuvalu that will sink below the sea in a few decades, due to climate change. Once the third-poorest country on earth, in the 1990’s Tuvalu sold its Internet domain “.tv“, thus earning its approx. 10,000 inhabitants an enormous improvement in their standard of living. With the money, the American Way of Life and its accompanying resource wastage is now making inroads. In an ironic and yet melancholy tone, the film describes the efficacy of the modern western lifestyle, and shows at the same time how difficult it is to refrain from short-term consumption for the sake of long-term quality of life. Even when the negative effects are literally right in front of one’s doorstep.
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