ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip » sir ridley scott http://www.ecorazzi.com celebrities caught green-handed Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:50:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Green Quote: Director Ridley Scott Is Not Hopeful On The Environment http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/06/03/the-green-quote-director-ridley-scott-is-not-hopeful-on-the-environment/ http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/06/03/the-green-quote-director-ridley-scott-is-not-hopeful-on-the-environment/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:11:57 +0000 Michael d'Estries http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=6788 “The way the Celtic nature takes me means that I tend to look towards the interesting and dark side of things and the dark side of things frequently go hand in hand with the truth. Right now I own two Prius cars and an SUV Lexus – I have no other cars – and I am gradually getting myself into the position of being sensible in every possible form because I think we may have done it! People say I am so depressing, but I am not depressing, I am being factual. And it might not be your children’s children – you might see it yourself.”

– Director Ridley Scott in a recent interview with Eclipse Magazine.

]]> http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/06/03/the-green-quote-director-ridley-scott-is-not-hopeful-on-the-environment/feed/ 1 DiCaprio To Lead The Natural Life In A Brave New World http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/04/02/dicaprio-to-lead-the-natural-life-in-a-brave-new-world/ http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/04/02/dicaprio-to-lead-the-natural-life-in-a-brave-new-world/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:50:36 +0000 Michael d'Estries http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=5836 In the future, the world will be a dystopia. Poverty and warfare will have been abolished, and humanity is carefree and technologically advanced. It will also be permanently happy due to government-provided stimulation. Of course, all of this will come at a cost as family, culture, art, literature, science, religion will have been eliminated. At least, that’s how things are envisioned in Aldous Huxley 1932 novel A Brave New World.

Most of us at one time or another have probably read this novel — which recently was cleared of legal restrictions to be made into a major Hollywood movie. Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star, with Sir Ridley Scott directing.

DiCaprio’s character is labeled as a “savage” — someone who lives on a “natural” reservation that’s sort of off-grid and separated from the bizarre cities created by Huxley. He ventures into one — becomes a celebrity because of the way he lives — and then escapes to become a lighthouse keeper. Awesome, right? It reads better than it sounds.

I think this kind of movie gels with what DiCaprio was showing us in The 11th Hour — especially humanity’s continued march away from nature. Expect a few giant warnings on our potential future in this one.

Check out the full synopsis here.

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