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Oscar-winning film director Kevin Macdonald's Life in a Day is an idea borne out of a unique partnership between Ridley Scott's Scott Free UK and YouTube. The film is a user-generated feature-length documentary, shot on a single day--July 24, 2010--that enlisted the global community to capture a moment of their lives on camera.
The world responded with more than 80,000 submissions, over 4500 hours of deeply personal, powerful films from contributors from Australia to Zambia, from the heart of bustling major cities to the furthest and most remote reaches of the earth.
Life in a Day brings together the most compelling footage into a 90 minute film, crafted by Macdonald, executive producer Ridley Scott, producer Liza Marshall and their team, to offer a unique experience that shows, in beautiful, humourous and joyful honesty, what it's like to be alive on earth today.
The world responded with more than 80,000 submissions, over 4500 hours of deeply personal, powerful films from contributors from Australia to Zambia, from the heart of bustling major cities to the furthest and most remote reaches of the earth.
Life in a Day brings together the most compelling footage into a 90 minute film, crafted by Macdonald, executive producer Ridley Scott, producer Liza Marshall and their team, to offer a unique experience that shows, in beautiful, humourous and joyful honesty, what it's like to be alive on earth today.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By HCaulfieldUK
Format:DVD
If you are a human being, living on planet Earth, you need to see this film. A beautiful anthology of a day in the life of people from all over the world. There are moments that make you smile, make you cry, make you laugh, cringe, unbelievable. A wonderful film, edited together brilliantly, beautiful visually. I felt like I travelled the world for 1hr30, and it was a great journey.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By SW4reviewer
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Wonderful, life affirming, tears, laughter, tender, brutal. Life in a day. A really great film. I saw this at the cinema but want to watch it again. A film to come back to and something to share with others
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By R. A. Monk
Format:DVD
A snapshot of life on Earth, in the form of people's recordings of their activities on a day in 2010.
An ambitious film, it clearly was a labour of love for the makers. No filming involved for them, of course, but the process of editing and shaping the film must have a been a huge undertaking.
And it was worth it. Here we see other people's lives from all around the world. Its ups, its downs and its mundanity. Our similarities and our differences. What struck me most forcefully was the sheer diversity of life on our planet and, above all, for those of us who have what is regarded as even modest wealth by Western standards to count our blessings. We may or may not be happier than most of the people in the world, but if we have a warm home to live in and a little room to move around in it then we're very lucky. You can bet that my teenage kids will be seeing this.
Thought-provoking and for the most part uplifting, I warmly recommend this film to you.
An ambitious film, it clearly was a labour of love for the makers. No filming involved for them, of course, but the process of editing and shaping the film must have a been a huge undertaking.
And it was worth it. Here we see other people's lives from all around the world. Its ups, its downs and its mundanity. Our similarities and our differences. What struck me most forcefully was the sheer diversity of life on our planet and, above all, for those of us who have what is regarded as even modest wealth by Western standards to count our blessings. We may or may not be happier than most of the people in the world, but if we have a warm home to live in and a little room to move around in it then we're very lucky. You can bet that my teenage kids will be seeing this.
Thought-provoking and for the most part uplifting, I warmly recommend this film to you.
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Life in Day
The old saying about giving monkeys enough time and typewriters and they'd come up with the works of Shakespeare is amusing but obviously unlikely. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mike Osborne
5.0 out of 5 stars
Original
This is a must see for anyone interested in social activity and how it can join a world community of reality and harness the fragile extremes, compiled over one day on earth this... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mitch
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mixed Results
First of all this is a fantastic film, and would recommend this to everyone. However, this disk, although it was packed in cellophane, still had marks on it and to my regret I... Read more
Published 13 months ago by lizardhat
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Life In A Day," a beautiful snapshot of mankind!
"Life In A Day" was conceived by veteran filmmaker Ridley Scott and the Oscar-winning director, Kevin Macdonald and Youtube. Read more
Published 14 months ago by David Saddler
2.0 out of 5 stars
Both disappointing and worth watching.
The trailer for the film "Life in a Day" is probably the best film trailer I have seen. It's beautiful, and for those of us, many millions, who followed the one day project of... Read more
Published 16 months ago by G. Connolly
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!
Great films. really captures humanity as it really is. Wonderful, Passionate, full of life!
I would recommend this to anyone to wants to feel inspired.
I would recommend this to anyone to wants to feel inspired.
Published 18 months ago by ojconcentrate
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic
I whole heartedly recommend this film; it invokes a broad range of emotions, happiness, sadness, amazement, love, hate, disgust and horror at the human race, which no scripted film... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Jr Teague
1.0 out of 5 stars
Turned off
Turned this off halfway through as the clip of a piglet roasted alive was just too much, in fact I could really believe what I was seeing. Read more
Published 18 months ago by T. Godwin
1.0 out of 5 stars
rubbish rubbish rubbish rubbish
I would have given this zero stars if it were an option. In it it shows an animal being burned alive and people just describe this in reviews as 'some sad moments'.... Read more
Published 18 months ago by KnittyM
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful & early delivery
This film really restores my faith in humanity. Some very touching moments beautifully captured.
I was given a delivery estimate of today but it arrived yesterday! Fantastic!
I was given a delivery estimate of today but it arrived yesterday! Fantastic!
Published 18 months ago by Rachel Sedona
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