The Sky of Gene: 【分享】地球很美有賴你

HOME是一部2009年上映，由法國電影導演盧貝松（Luc Besson）監製，和著名自然攝影集《從空中看地球》（Earth from Above）作者恩亞祖貝特杭（Yann Arthus-Bertrand）導演的環保記錄片。雖然盧貝松僅是監製之一，HOME的台灣中文片名《盧貝松之搶救地球》是因為在台灣他是最著名的法國導演吧，HOME的港版中名譯名為《地球很美有賴你》。

HOME應該是有史以來拍得最美的環保記錄片吧，就像「從空中看地球」的影片版加上對人類行為的深刻反思。影片中要傳達的訊息清晰但不煽動，用對比強烈的影像讓觀眾深刻體會地球之美，以及人類究竟對她做了甚麼。

Yann Arthus-Bertrand早年曾在法國中部主持一座自然保留地，卅歲時遷居肯亞研究獅群生態，一生以自然保育工作為職志，歷年攝影作品散見於《國家地理雜誌》、《地理》、《生活》等國際刊物，並已出版廿本以上空中攝影專書。

《從空中看地球》系列係由聯合國教科文組織贊助，從人文與生態角度提出他的關切與證言，作品並從2000年起於全世界許多城市展出，諸如巴黎、倫敦、東京、紐約、米蘭、聖保羅等，參觀人數達八百萬人以上，未來也將持續巡迴其他城市展出。2004年初，「從空中看地球」的系列攝影曾在中正紀念堂展出，非常精彩。

HOME全數由地球各處地方所拍攝的空中照片而成。它展示地球上的生物多樣性以至人類的活動如何危害地球上的生態平衡。HOME在2009年6月5日於全球同步發行，包括於戲院上映、以DVD型式發行及上載於短片網站YouTube - HomeProject's Channel。法國精品集團PPR贊助HOME的拍攝。HOME於同一日內在五十個國家發行，其數量在電影史上創下世界紀錄。HOME為免費放送，而在戲院上映或日後播放時將以非牟利形式進行。

HOME記述現今地球的狀況，它的氣候以至作為支配地球生物的人類對地球將來的長期反思。整個紀錄片所表達的主題是關於「相連」；所有生物以及地球互相處於一個「敏感但重要」的平衡，以至所有生物如何無法自足。

由巨大的火山地型鏡頭開始，HOME解釋火山溫泉邊緣的單細胞藻類生物的演化化源頭。從展示有關藻類生物的在光學作用進化過程中的必要角色，HOME同時顯示所有龐大植物品種皆是源自這個單細胞形式生物。

這套紀錄片講解了很多人為本範圍的事件，介紹了農業革命其影響；然後談論利用石油，導致火災；工業、城市和不平等的差距比以往任何時候都一樣。HOME描述了目前的困境－－就牛牧場、砍伐森林、食物和清潔的水短缺、過度採石危機和能源短缺的問題。

城市如紐約、洛杉磯、東京、印度，特別是杜拜，都是例證，顯示管理不善和浪費的能源、水和食物。經濟衰退的沼澤濕地和冰川，通過大量空中拍攝的南極、北極和非洲，而大規模移民和難民數顯示目前和預測如果環境保持不變。在這一點上，要把重點放在成為預測全球變暖和碳危機。HOME顯示冰川融化，海平面上升和氣候變化正在蹂躪的人誰也至少與氣候變化，但也快將如何影響非常稠密的地區。

Yann Arthus-Bertrand為我們帶來他走訪超過五十個國家，全由空中俯瞰所拍攝的獨特畫面，片中走訪的國家和地方包括南非、阿拉斯加、沙烏地阿拉伯、南極洲、阿根廷、北極、澳大利亞、孟加拉共和國、波紮那、巴西、加拿大、智利、海地、丹麥、中國、南韓、阿拉伯聯合大公國、哥斯大黎加、西班牙、法國、加彭、希臘、格林蘭島、模里西斯、多明尼加共和國、印度、印尼、冰島、以色列、日本、約旦、哈薩克、肯亞、馬達加斯加、馬爾地夫、摩洛哥、馬利、茅利塔尼亞、直布羅陀、尼泊爾、奈及利亞、挪威、紐西蘭、荷蘭、卡達、俄國、查德、西伯利亞、史瓦濟蘭、塞內加爾、泰國、坦尚尼亞、烏克蘭、美國、布基那法索國。

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HOME (English with subtitles)

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The most visible sign of the environmental damage caused by humans, the melting of the ice on the oceans and on land is a local and global problem. Arctic ecosystems, whose best known species is the polar bear, are under threat. Native peoples, particularly the Inuits, also see their living conditions worsen as the ice melts. The ice is a witness to the Earth's climatic evolutions and its disappearance will have consequences far beyond the polar regions. As the ice-cap melts, sea-levels will rise drastically altering coastlines all round the world.

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