The Unforeseen
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Manufacturer: New Yorker Films Video / Cinema Guild
Starring: Willie Nelson, Robert Redford, Ann Richards, Henry Fistar Brooks, Gary Bradley
Directed By: Laura Dunn
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0717119114848
Format: Anamorphic
Label: New Yorker Films Video / Cinema Guild
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Yorker Films Video / Cinema Guild
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-09-30
Running Time: 93
Studio: New Yorker Films Video / Cinema Guild
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Summary: The Unforeseen
Comment: This film should be viewed by all, especially those cognizant of what is happening to land all over the country, not just in Texas. Unless we would be satisfied living in a super national suburbia dictated by the un imaginative, we need to become aware of what is being perpetrated by land use engineers now. This film is a fine beginning.
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Summary: Moving, thought provoking, and wonderful
Comment: The Unforeseen is a multi-hued perspective on several different issues such as urban sprawl, pollution, unchecked development, and environmental impacts that can result from these events. Additionally, there are examinations of the imbalances between overwhelming financial interests versus the considerations of public sentiment and the ways of life of surrounding communities.
The primary focus in this story is a beautiful and desirable community in Austin, Texas known as Barton Creek and Barton Springs that faces the impending development of a huge new subdivision, a significant population increase, and the dangers it will present. Politics are also a factor as the citizens use their voices and votes to move against the undesirable circumstances looming ahead and this is detailed also in the program.
When looking at the different sides of these challenging issues, there is a good balance of input and debate from different individuals such as politicians, real estate developers, journalists, environmental activists and experts, and many residents of the Barton Creek community. Although all members involved in these events are passionate and concerned for their own reasons, I think the general tone of each side presenting their views was fair and objective.
After watching this program, I came away with sobering feeling that what happened in Barton Creek has happened or is happening in many communities across the United States. The moral and ethical considerations in making sound choices for development while recognizing the environment, conservation, sustainability, and public concerns are vital, now more than ever.
The Unforeseen is an excellent documentary, in my opinion, and I would definitely recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: Chilling
Comment: I first saw this film at the San Francisco Film festival. For more than a year I've waited anxiously for the DVD release. Finally, I can see it again and share it with family and friends.
The film struggled to get released because producers thought it too 'regional'. The narrative revolves around one specific instance of land development in Austin, Texas. Yet the conflict central to the film, the battle between development and establishment, is common to every place and to contemporary life.
Director Laura Dunn came to the festival screening and fielded several questions from the audience. During the film, I was reminded of my surroundings when stock footage of [then Governor] George W Bush came on the screen and the rest of the SF audience around me made hissing noises.
I felt that the film was remarkably even-handed without making an effort to do so. In other words, I think this was a great documentary that was more about bringing the story on the screen rather than putting someone's spin on it.
There is one lobbyist who is shown in a negative light (we hear his words while we only see his little fingers painting and gluing together models of military vehicles) however, this portrayal was his choice -- he agreed to be heard but not to be videotaped & interviewed. So the footage of model making is married to his voice-overs.
All things considered, this is one of the best docs I've ever seen, and I still get chills just thinking about it. It should be required viewing in schools.
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Summary: Unforgettable
Comment: This is a wonderful documentary about "development" which focuses primarily on one case in Austin, but is really asking questions about the entire society's choices and values. The filmmakers leave no secret about where their opinions lie on the commentary track, but this is not a one sided Michael Moore type film.
Wendell Berry reads from his work over the opening scene and Patty Griffin's Someone Else's Tomorrow plays over the closing credits. In between you get everything from Bush and Richards and the savings and loan crisis to young Willie Nelson, Ed Abbey's cancer cell metaphor, a kid playing outside, a farmer losing all the fields around him, a couple in their new house, an all night city council meeting, a parade, and some beautiful scenes of the natural world. There are film clips and comments which will inspire and infuriate you whichever side you're on.
The description here says there are two commentaries...on the rented version I saw, there was only one featuring all the people listed. In any case, this is a commentary you'll definitely want to hear because it adds a lot of background information and explanation about the scenes and people in the movie. Highly recommended.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Unforeseen
Comment: This film should be viewed by all, especially those cognizant of what is happening to land all over the country, not just in Texas. Unless we would be satisfied living in a super national suburbia dictated by the un imaginative, we need to become aware of what is being perpetrated by land use engineers now. This film is a fine beginning.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Moving, thought provoking, and wonderful
Comment: The Unforeseen is a multi-hued perspective on several different issues such as urban sprawl, pollution, unchecked development, and environmental impacts that can result from these events. Additionally, there are examinations of the imbalances between overwhelming financial interests versus the considerations of public sentiment and the ways of life of surrounding communities.
The primary focus in this story is a beautiful and desirable community in Austin, Texas known as Barton Creek and Barton Springs that faces the impending development of a huge new subdivision, a significant population increase, and the dangers it will present. Politics are also a factor as the citizens use their voices and votes to move against the undesirable circumstances looming ahead and this is detailed also in the program.
When looking at the different sides of these challenging issues, there is a good balance of input and debate from different individuals such as politicians, real estate developers, journalists, environmental activists and experts, and many residents of the Barton Creek community. Although all members involved in these events are passionate and concerned for their own reasons, I think the general tone of each side presenting their views was fair and objective.
After watching this program, I came away with sobering feeling that what happened in Barton Creek has happened or is happening in many communities across the United States. The moral and ethical considerations in making sound choices for development while recognizing the environment, conservation, sustainability, and public concerns are vital, now more than ever.
The Unforeseen is an excellent documentary, in my opinion, and I would definitely recommend it to everyone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Chilling
Comment: I first saw this film at the San Francisco Film festival. For more than a year I've waited anxiously for the DVD release. Finally, I can see it again and share it with family and friends.
The film struggled to get released because producers thought it too 'regional'. The narrative revolves around one specific instance of land development in Austin, Texas. Yet the conflict central to the film, the battle between development and establishment, is common to every place and to contemporary life.
Director Laura Dunn came to the festival screening and fielded several questions from the audience. During the film, I was reminded of my surroundings when stock footage of [then Governor] George W Bush came on the screen and the rest of the SF audience around me made hissing noises.
I felt that the film was remarkably even-handed without making an effort to do so. In other words, I think this was a great documentary that was more about bringing the story on the screen rather than putting someone's spin on it.
There is one lobbyist who is shown in a negative light (we hear his words while we only see his little fingers painting and gluing together models of military vehicles) however, this portrayal was his choice -- he agreed to be heard but not to be videotaped & interviewed. So the footage of model making is married to his voice-overs.
All things considered, this is one of the best docs I've ever seen, and I still get chills just thinking about it. It should be required viewing in schools.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Unforgettable
Comment: This is a wonderful documentary about "development" which focuses primarily on one case in Austin, but is really asking questions about the entire society's choices and values. The filmmakers leave no secret about where their opinions lie on the commentary track, but this is not a one sided Michael Moore type film.
Wendell Berry reads from his work over the opening scene and Patty Griffin's Someone Else's Tomorrow plays over the closing credits. In between you get everything from Bush and Richards and the savings and loan crisis to young Willie Nelson, Ed Abbey's cancer cell metaphor, a kid playing outside, a farmer losing all the fields around him, a couple in their new house, an all night city council meeting, a parade, and some beautiful scenes of the natural world. There are film clips and comments which will inspire and infuriate you whichever side you're on.
The description here says there are two commentaries...on the rented version I saw, there was only one featuring all the people listed. In any case, this is a commentary you'll definitely want to hear because it adds a lot of background information and explanation about the scenes and people in the movie. Highly recommended.
The American dream of owning a house with a white picket fence goes head-to-head with environmental sustainability in this urgent, beautifully crafted documentary. When an ambitious real estate developer sets out to transform thousands of acres of pristine hill country around Austin, Texas into a suburban development threatening a nearby natural spring and local treasure the community fights back. In the conflict that ensues, we see in miniature the struggle between development and preservation that today plays out in cities and towns across the country. A work of stunning visual beauty and epic scope, The Unforeseen is a grand meditation on the destruction of the natural world in pursuit of an often fleeting dream.Special Features:
- AUDIO COMMENTARY by Director Laura Dunn
- SECOND AUDIO COMMENTARY by Producer & Motion Graphics Designer Jef Sewell, Cinematographer Lee Daniel and Sound Designer Tom Hammond
- THEATRICAL TRAILER
- ENGLISH 5.1 SOUNDTRACK
- ESSAY BY FILM CRITIC DENNIS LIM
- SCENE SELECTIONS A BEAUTIFUL, SOULFUL work about real estate development and sprawl... and if you think that s impossible you haven t seen it. Andrew O Hehir, SALON.COM A GORGEOUS, LYRICAL documentary. J.R. Jones, CHICAGO READER A STUNNINGLY GRAND and BEAUTIFUL movie. Mark Nichol, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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