The poor are the most loyal environmentalists

Elza 2022-01-22 08:02:36

Compared with the original poor, the current poor will not be starved to death because they can pick up what others don’t want to eat. It looks like their lives are getting better. But in a sense it is getting worse. People who were once poor together have become rich, and the gleaning culture that they experienced together in the past has long been forgotten. Gleaners are actually scavengers, which are tattered pickers. People can't understand the value of these picked items, just like the pickers don't understand why they want to throw them away. So they took to the streets or fields and picked them up one by one. Some of them must be just for survival, but everyone must feel sorry and angry for the waste. At least more sincere than many big philanthropists.

So, how can we improve the status of these environmentalists? At least let them have the ability to contribute to environmental protection. Let the discrimination disappear? Or let people be kind. It is undeniable that there are greedy villains among the gleaners. But if you know that there are still some of them, they will not pick up a lot of chicken and eat it for two weeks, but "we will always find someone to share with"; there is a master who lives in a shelter, who is obliged to teach eager to learn to read. . My heart is softened. Moreover, as an ordinary person who talks about ideals in the outer space, how can we ensure that if we are uneducated and suffer from starvation, we will not do anything worse?

Finally, be strict with yourself. Recall that when I threw out the coffee today, I threw the cup cover separately in the recyclable trash can. Well, it shouldn't be ashamed of what I said above.

ps. Varda’s cute collection: overtaking race; heart-shaped potato; hand shooting hand; catching car; lens cap dancing; clock without pointer

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  • Gayle 2022-04-22 07:01:49

    The reason for "picking up" may come from poverty, from artistic creation, or from an attitude towards life. Art is finishing, and this short film by Varda can be seen as one. It is rare to see a film that truly makes people from different classes and circumstances stand out in front of the camera as equals, and this film does it. I stumbled across it while preparing for a lesson, and I feel like it should be watched by students to give them an idea of ​​how many different perspectives even one movement can have. The clock without hands that Varda picked up as an ornament was really artistic, and he wanted to make one too. It was too deliberate, and it was even worse. Plagiarism is the mortal enemy of art. At the end of the picture of Hedoian's "The Gleaners Before the Storm", I couldn't find the image information on the Internet, and I don't know if I can ask Wanyou for help.

  • Marlene 2022-03-14 14:12:29

    Like using a movie to write prose, France seems to be full of landscapes, and can be used to paint anywhere! Movies are the art of imagination, and documentaries are the sound of the moment. If you think that life is boring, you can find a theme to make a documentary at will, it should immediately become interesting. What is impressive is, are you willing to shake hands with the garbage sweeper?

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The Gleaners & I quotes

  • Agnès Varda: He looked at an empty clock but put it back down. I picked it up and took it home. A clock without hands works fine for me. You don't see time passing.