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The Avatar Revolution (part 2)

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Has the world of Hollywood changed forever with the film AVATAR? Third highest grossing movie of all time and still counting, it has broken the mold in terms of technology. But it’s also a movie with a message – does the theme of the human plundering a foreign planet for its mineral resources have a parallel here on Planet Earth?

A debate with Mark Owen and guests:

Lisa NESSELSON, Journalist for Screen International
Elisabeth FRANCK-DUMAS, Freelance Writer
Dr. David SORFA,Senior lecturer in Film Studies at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) and managing editor of the journal Film-Philosophy (By phone from Liverpool)

programme prepared by Perrine Desplats

Watch the first part


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