Life in a Day
2011 Directed by Kevin Macdonald
Synopsis
The story of one day on Earth.
A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.
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PTAbro's World Tour: Pre-flight Check and Itinerary Review
Life in a Day is a documentary with some moments of structural perfection interspersed with stretches of too-random YouTube-esque ramblings. Life is not always exciting, I know, and mundanity is one of the overarching connections between disparate countries and ways of life, but I can't help but feel that the volume of footage available, more meaningful juxtapositions and universal constants could have been chosen than "what's in my pocket?" Coupled with that is the opposite end of the spectrum, where overdoses of overly-sentimental clips (yet profoundly affecting, such as a young boy and his father's morning routine which culminates in a morning prayer to a picture of the obviously deceased mother and…
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Despite its obvious strengths Life in a Day is a documentary I simply can't find myself liking to and whether that is due to the nature of the film or myself is up to you but seldom have I been so close to becoming a full-on misanthropist than when I heard the last clip with the oh-so special little snowflake contemplating her uneventful day. There are several clips like this in the film and they really held me back from getting into it and were it not for some genuinely awe-inspiring imagery saving it I would've probably hated it. Ambitious as it is, I fear that it did not succeed in what it set out to do as most clips…
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December Project - No.16
Everyone should watch this, because of the Korean guy who has rode his bike around the world for 9 years and 36 days and because of the woman who has a fearless husband and because of the woman who found out she was pregnant and the 15 year kid who shaved for the first time. These aren't spoilers they are part of everyones world. The real world.
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The best film of 2011 is a wonder of editing; anyone can crowdsource a couple of thousand hours of amateur footage, but you need something special to assemble it all into something as poignant, powerful and frequently wonderful as this. The fact that most of the footage is very, very beautiful also helps. This movie makes me proud to be a human and glad to be alive, and you can't really ask for more from a piece of art than that.
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Life in a Day is a fascinating time capsule, recording life experience from around the world on July 24, 2010. An ingenious documentary that allows you to experience how ordinary life can be in a day.
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At first I wasn't sure how the creators would pull something of this velocity off and personally the concept was was intriguing but hard to accept.... and then I started to watch and let me tell you! Life in a Day was a brilliant idea. Amazing.
I laughed and cried as I was simply astounded to see, just see the lives of millions of people around the world and how they lived and interacted with one another...
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I'm surprised that I enjoyed this, when it started and the realization came to me that this would be an assortment of images from all over with a very thin thread connecting it all, I assumed I would soon zone out, but they keep the editing very tight and having segments of image sequences interrupted by slightly longer scenes in a given place, and then throw in some good montages, This really keeps it flowing and gives you a good overall image of the world today.
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I really like the concept and some of the things you see in this film look really wonderful. My problem with this movie is the amount of annoying people they chose to put into this film. The film states in the beginning that the makers had received over 9500 hours of film, and I don't see why they'd choose some of the most obnoxious and annoying people that I've ever seen to have a voice in this film.
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PTAbro's World Tour: Pre-flight Check and Itinerary Review
Life in a Day is a documentary with some moments of structural perfection interspersed with stretches of too-random YouTube-esque ramblings. Life is not always exciting, I know, and mundanity is one of the overarching connections between disparate countries and ways of life, but I can't help but feel that the volume of footage available, more meaningful juxtapositions and universal constants could have been chosen than "what's in my pocket?" Coupled with that is the opposite end of the spectrum, where overdoses of overly-sentimental clips (yet profoundly affecting, such as a young boy and his father's morning routine which culminates in a morning prayer to a picture of the obviously deceased mother and…
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Despite its obvious strengths Life in a Day is a documentary I simply can't find myself liking to and whether that is due to the nature of the film or myself is up to you but seldom have I been so close to becoming a full-on misanthropist than when I heard the last clip with the oh-so special little snowflake contemplating her uneventful day. There are several clips like this in the film and they really held me back from getting into it and were it not for some genuinely awe-inspiring imagery saving it I would've probably hated it. Ambitious as it is, I fear that it did not succeed in what it set out to do as most clips…
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While it was well edited and offered an interesting view on life from very different perspectives, I couldn't help but feel that this movie could be so much more. The videos that were shown in the movie all seemed to express differing POVs, however they all lead to the inevitable conclusion of life: life sucks and people suck. Personally I felt that the film was trying to force feed me that message and I didn't appreciate that. Now maybe I missed something, maybe I didn't, one thing is for sure, I can't shake the feeling that this could have been much much more.
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Made me appreciate life on a whole another level. Awe-inspiring!
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The premise of this documentary is both unique and ingenious. An open invitation was sent out for people from all over the world to film their lies on July 24, 2010. Thousands of people from all parts of the world sent in videos. The finished result is an incredible celebration of human life.
Life in a Day is able to simultaneously celebrate both the commonality and the diversity of the human race. Through subtle similarities like the structure of the day and through confessions of what is really important to people and what they are afraid of, we see that even though we are spread around the globe, we are all connected. However, we also see differences in lifestyle, in…
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δεν ξέρω τι περίμενα, είναι μεγαλύτερο από τα πάντα. είναι η ιστορία μιας ημέρας των ανθρώπων, φτιαγμένη από τους ίδιους. #myemotions
αυτό μαζί με το ¡Vivan las Antipodas! είναι αρκετά για να αγαπήσεις τα ντοκιμαντέρ
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12/500
A very interesting and unique documentary. Life in a Day is an incredibly beautiful insight into how people all over the world go about their day-to-day lives. If you have a spare hour and a half, I wholeheartedly recommend that you watch this.