PLASTIC BAG | FUTURESTATES | ITVS

[ErinnJolenezd117]

so mia is langweilig

[Cloner187]

Wow this video is really amazing to show what a plastic bag's life is like and how it can mysteriously can "TALK" LOL JK ;)

[himzvora]

"I wish you had created me so that I could die." Beauty at its best.

[SBIRILLAZZI]

press "cc" and enjoy xD

[deadprisoner18]

I never thought i would say this, but plastic bags have better lives than me ; ;

[ThreeSaggyBollocks]

I used to buy plastic bags, until I took an arrow to the knee.

[TheDecimater1000]

so did all the people die from the apocalpypse or something? or am i just looking too far into it?

[OceanwhispererStudio]

Great film, it clearly is the same one as featured in American Beauty...

[ArabBro14]

do you ever feel.. like a plastic bag?

[asoru8s]

does anyone know where this music was taken from? or if it was written for this video?

[GrainBelt86]

"Why were my moments of joy so brief?"

Gets me every time.

[arkadykrongrad]

Great documentary. Great.

[SkinkyBlutongue]

That particular style of grocery bag is biodegradable. its not gonna last ten years... sorry.

[jocel892]

@SkinkyBlutongue That is probably becaues there where plenty of floating in the air and ocean scenes where they would lose the bags in the making, and they didn't want the bags to end up in the ocean for billions of years.

That would be hypocritical of them.

[bynrhr4u]

nonsence stupid boring

[GeneralMaximus4]

@bynrhr4u burn in heII

[Qternocq]

@GeneralMaximus4

A little harsh don't you think? If you're a Christian this would be the worst thing you could ever say to someone, and if you're not it doesn't mean anything at all! :-D

[MsCatsAttack]

now i know what Katy Perry meant..

[jnrmluver]

@MsCatsAttack That is actually the best comment ever!

[jules1104]

I cannot believe I have to write a two page paper about this.

[mizzbahamas88]

@jules1104

you too!!! my teacher is such a fruit cake!!!! lol

[RosenaGoldadc844]

ehm meine brüste wachsen

[rachelledavison]

There's a whole lot of long range shots of bags in the wind here. I wonder how many of them were lost in the filming?

[nandafprado]

This is why I dont keep plastic bags for too long, so they dont feel attached. Just kiding, this is really emotional.

[Cryoreaper]

She dumped him

[Gokanaru]

My class watched this knowing we would have to write a short essay on it so right off the bat everyone started laughing and making fun of it and so did I for the first couple of minutes up till Id say the dog shit part. By the end everyone was listening intently and seeming kinda emotional....

[cha1tman]

i wish there was no political message at the end. god damn it :(

[Zenity]

@cha1tman it is not a political message. it's an ecological message.

[cha1tman]

@Zenity i understand ... by political i meant 'ideological'... i wish the film was a film for the sake of being a film, instead of being a film for the sake of a certain message, is what i meant

[Zenity]

@cha1tman Most films have an underlying message or moral to the story. Whether or not it pushed the message on us at the end (which I believe is something we should always think about anyway..) it is still a film for film's sake, over 18 minutes' worth. It having a ideological point does not devalue it's storytelling or cinematics.

[cha1tman]

@Zenity personally, when i reached the end of the film i was disappointed, because i thought 'oh, this film was just made to promote environmentalism'. that reaction, for me personally, to some extent ruined the story/cinematics for me. this is just my personal reaction to the film. overall i still enjoyed it and am not trying to say it is bad or that others should agree with my reaction to the end :)

[Zenity]

@cha1tman Alright, Well I suppose I only commented to give you some perspective. Thanks for being understanding and I'm sorry that the promotion of environmentalism ruined the magic of the film for you!

[MilwaukeeMax]

@cha1tman if you couldn't tell the film was about waste and the environment without being told so at the end of the film, you're more than a little myopic... and i think we can deduce that that feeling you thought was "disappointment" at the end was probably more than a bit of guilt for your own unfortunate opinions (or lack thereof) about environmentalism

[cha1tman]

@MilwaukeeMax perhaps i was a little (or very) myopic to not predict the ending, but i am an environmentalist & am not guilty about my attitude/actions towards the environment. i am vegan, i don't drive a car, i don't drink bottled water, i try to avoid plastic bags. i think environmentalism and ethics are very important. the difference in our opinion is in regard to art. personally i like art that does not have an explicit message, that 'just is'. no disrespect is meant to you

[BeeEl12]

Brilliant. Off to the bag store to get me a friend.

[IlianaEstach360]

geil bin student und hab bald mehr kröten als meine eltern

[AshleyNanniewd830]

cool bin student und hab bald mehr kröten als meine eltern

[crazychickos]

This is so sad. I cried too. :'(

[jimithingjames]

This film is absolutely, totally and completely Oscar-worthy.

Thanks to 'the makers'.

[TheMordyS]

i am never throwing out another plastic bag

[Marekstrejc]

Nice....

[MrZZiZZler]

1:43 "My first breast" lol

[ExampleAdam]

@MrZZiZZler I think he says my first "breath" lol

[StArLiGhTeRs1]

...do you ever feel...

[CenyddRos]

Having Werner narrate is a huge plus -- nice to have friends.

[dethzky16]

thanks...

i will share it to my pupils(^_^)

[balasubramaniamify]

very good film

[luckylingini]

i like his voice. suits this perfectly.

[bigstank30]

this guys voice is really annoying

[GeneralMaximus4]

@bigstank30 burn in hell

[CenyddRos]

@bigstank30 "this guy" is the German film director Werner Herzog.

[MilwaukeeMax]

@bigstank30 it's legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, you idiot, and your face is annoying.

[SuitMan5]

why the hell did i cry?

[mayisnatural]

@SuitMan5 dude me too and ive seen it a few times before ... lame.

[solaris117]

Who wants to live forever?

Who wants to live forever?

"I wish you had created me, so that I could die."

[reveilles79]

Gorgeous and unexpectedly poignant

[TheScratters]

Beautiful. Well done Ramin.

[twistedlightning]

plastic bag porn @ 10:49

[romeoon7]

BEAUTIFUL STORY / MESSAGE ACHIEVED

[kanudoss]

I wonder if this film were directed by a first time, unknown director and narrated by a regular guy with good voice (not the famous Werner Herzog) would it still be shown at Venice Film Festival?

[RaminMe2]

lol i think this movie got such a positive response because of a placebo effect, i just think its funny with the german accent and the dog shit being picked up..i dont know

[RaminMe2]

@RaminMe2 buuuut then again after watching the entire thing i could definitely compare it to the human thoughts referring religion, insanity etc.

[schwiggidy]

is this american beauty: directors cut lolol

[DNAngel2009]

Thumbs up if 30 Rock brought you here!

[borednow]

good movie, but annoying voice

[SumbleForever]

Family Guy.

[tranthuytien1012]

Hi guys, I'm working for an environmental project at school. Our topic is about garbage. We want to show the consequences of garbage causing pollution and climate change by clips. Like this video, we can see that once plastic bags go to the sea, they will cause water pollution. Is there anybody can help me with other clips with land or air pollution? Thank you in advance :)

[TashaZasha]

This is such a well done video! Well directed, beautiful camera angles, and just, wow [=

[mooresark]

Just burn it. It WILL die for sure.

[moxievee]

"THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I'VE EVER SEEN"

~American Beauty

Amazingly, this film is a real tear jerker.

Thank you to Werner Herzog for your brilliant narration. And thank you the film makers for the insight and kite flying that it took to make this masterpiece.

Everyone on the planet should see this beautifully shot poignant film.

[gabrielapetrie]

whoah i stumbled on some Werner Herzog ! ! ! !! HOLY SHIT

[fuckyou60286]

STOP THUMBS UPPING THE RUINING LINE, EVERYONE VOTE IT DOWN. But do thumbs up this comment so every time that RUINING LINE COMMENT pops up, everyone can thumbs it down.

[SuitMan5]

@BabiiyyLorenaaa396 what? how did you even reply in another language? the film was in english. you must therefore understand english.

[nateyj11]

This post-apocalyptic movie needs zombies for the bag to fight. And then after he's destroyed all the zombies he'll be like "I bet THEY wish you had created me so I could die!" MUHAHAHHAAHAHAHA!

[nateyj11]

10:47-10:54 Did I just see bag sex?

[Kevenumous]

@nateyj11 Maybe there were holding each other.. Its.. so.. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[JonnyBlox]

This is my all time favourite short-film! Smart, poignant, and packed with meaning.

[JonnyBlox]

This is my all time favourite short-film! Smart, poignant, and packed with meaning.

[fuckyou60286]

Everyone thumbs down the "I wish you had created me so I could die." that is an unnecessary spoiler.

[TorrechiaraCinema]

@fuckyou60286 not to mention a pretty bad line

[AdeonC]

I hate how youtube helps people to spoil the ending through the highlighted comments.

[aperfectbananafish]

Werner Herzog! What a beautiful human being! What a giant!

[TravisWKidd]

ahhh the sweet sultry voice of Werner Herzog 

[Janice11353]

Yikes! Note to self: "Put cloth sacks in vehicle and back pack" - what to do with the plastic sacks full of plastic sacks? Make a rain coat or light weight poncho.

[pirategodess18]

I hope every state has a bag tax.

[gnomechomskylives]

Am I the only one who thought this bag sounded a bit... Schwarzenegger-ish? GET TO THE SHOPPER!! I'M A BAG YOU IDIOT!

[latronqui]

how many plastic bags were used in the making of this film?

[djabbu]

Plastics are just polymers of high molecular mass you idiots and they can't speak! fuck you!

[theTroyP43]

im never gonna treat my paper bag like a bag...im gonna be bestriends with one now!

[Barramonm]

53 people wish they were created so that they could die

[FB90D]

Waht a creative way to deliver a message,

making the plastic bag a character,

and the last line......Wow!

[Pherox83]

pollution is bad.

[mrstipie1]

Brilliant! The last words done it for me.

[bestiablue]

this completely brought tears to my eyes.

[CALEBBAND1]

Werner sent us here too, would love to score one of his films!

[davemirra145]

simple, but amazing! what some people can do with cameras and a computer is a wqork of art! thanks for sharing. i will never look at a plastic bag the same way again, haha

[pamarina1]

this is brilliant....

[lydz25]

Werner Herzog sent me here!

[monco66]

@lydz25 Didn't just see caves of forgotten dreams, by any chance?

[lydz25]

@monco66 oh yes =D Did you see it in 3D or 2D?

[monco66]

@lydz25

3D. Stunning, despite my initial reservations. Aaah, those calcite formations. And radioactive albino crocodiles.

[jaebcommakayla]

do you ever feel....like a plastic bag.....?

[desertcafe]

Fantastic! More MORE!!!!!

[bigtimebrent]

All the bags are now in Japan..

[jaydee1987]

this plastic bag has a SERIOUSLY creepy voice.. yikes!

[HomeyHansPeter]

@jaydee1987 that's werner herzog... famous german movie director

[jaydee1987]

@HomeyHansPeter doesn't make his voice any less creepy :P

[BlueberryButts]

Im not sure why, but this story really touches me, its strange, But i like it.

I don't think I can look at a plastic bad the same way ever again.

[Roseforever84]

I got a kick out of the line, "Monsters, begone!" I kind of like that bag. He's adorable.

[lalaona]

its very nice but.......people dont usually use the same plastic bag over and over again right?

[12khfan44]

that last line got me

[jubchuqun]

Wow... wonderfully done and brilliant. It reminds me of the film we used to watch in elementary school every year call "The Red Balloon" (Or, "Le Ballon Rouge" ... it was all in French).

[AdeonC]

Saw this today in my college. I was really amazed by the fact that if we were to see this without audio, it'd feel like random shots of flying bags. However his speech alone makes him so alive, just like a human being.

[lextec23]

Does anyone knows whats the final song's name? I think its the same they play in the end of 127 hours...

[SketchyTelevision]

what happened to his gf (the pink bag) she just left?

[saintcav]

I have no patience for whispering hippies.

[popskism]

@saintcav

dude, that wass werner herzog narrating. Show some respect.

[wctje777]

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag? drifting trough the wind....wanting to start again?

[a24q7]

@wctje777 Pretentious much?

[eakinbikes]

I carry one with me in my briefcase (Chicobag) and have several in the car. If I forget to bring it in, I carry the things out by hand. It amazes me how many people take a bag for one item that fits in the palm of their hand and carry it out next to a briefcase, backpack, or purse with plenty of room to hold it.

[thane17]

I wonder what percent of you holier-than-thou commenters below actually use reusable grocery bags.

[ellieshoja]

"I wish you had created me so I could die." Wow!

[JixXxJiTyc]

@ellieshoja I'm sorry but what do they mean by that?

[ellieshoja]

@JixXxJiTyc The narration is written from the perspective of the plastic bag. In the end of the video the bag, which does not die because it does not biodegrade, says: "I wish you had created me so I could die." The words are powerful because they hint at the pain of immortality as well as making a profound point about how shortsighted it is for us (humans) to create an object that will exist long after we are gone. All things, living or not, should (in the end) return to the earth.

[69dolls]

moving!!!!

[CountSmokeula]

Monsters, begone!

[patratZeLfreak]

you could also try The majestic plastic bag. It's really funny and sad at the same time

[WizoHattMapepe]

wow X_X!

[thatguycarlos]

Rip off of A.I. for enviro-nuts.

[thiagoscalzo]

Horrible tennis player.

[TakashiKashikura]

8:20 "@($ it her too!" says Plastic Bag.

[binkerrrrr]

DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE A PLASTIC BAG?

[ldylkr]

@binkerrrrr Every day of my worthless life.

[ScreamingFrog]

I think this is such a wonderful short film. The filmmakers create a piece where I feel so much for a plastic bag. Brilliant! Also, I saw this at the film festival, Mountainfilm in Telluride. Independent film festivals create homes for short films like this one!

[BirdsEyeViewFilmFest]

Innovative, brilliant.

[hashimirasama]

@BirdsEyeViewFilmFest

Which is precisely why you won't see it in a movie theater.

Not commercial enough!

[vellocent]

The whole piece is such a beautiful and poetic statement.

[Archenya]

Absolutely brilliant.

[chokumba]

Great idea

[bmbul]

noone needs me here anymore... not even my maker...

[mancamiatipoola]

HAHA ! The narrator sounds like Christopher Lambert :)

Maybe this movie will teach some pple not to carelessly discard plastic bags all the time. Just buy a sturdy bag and use it many times.

Recycle your trash !

[SCHMITY247]

@mancamiatipoola It's actually Werner Herzog.

[mancamiatipoola]

@SCHMITY247

Yes, i know, i read the credits.

I said he sounds like him, not that it might be him :P.

[Cawritergirl]

Profound. Everyone should watch this.

[amaclobo]

u done great work never done before ...under sea scene are really beautiful one..

[samwiser1000]

that was beautiful T_T

[draneMerreiP]

No species were lost, or land polluted, or bags hurt during the process of this video.

[BelgChoco]

Wow, this is put in such a beautiful way. I'm loving my plastic bag for the rest of my life.

[purplelyna]

does anyone know the piece of music in the video?

[amaclobo]

great work..

[imnotapsychopath]

i wish you had created me so i could die... so beautiful..

[utopia76]

@imnotapsychopath even death is a gift from god i guess, we must be thankful for everything :)

[GeneralMaximus4]

@imnotapsychopath I so agree.

[awwmann7]

this video is absolutely beautiful.

[tallard666]

I still have hope that I will meet her again, and if I do, I would tell her just one thing: "I wish you had created me so that I could die.

[cheloyy]

Good

[themanbearpig]

burn it all, capture the exhausted gasses and bottle them, then blast them into fucking space? Quicker we do this the better... Let's see one of you try tell me that blasting gas into infinite is unethical.

[NobelityProject]

No one lives in landfills? Actually, there are very large numbers of people living in landfills all over the world. And of course, the central problem for us is that so many plastic bags end up in our oceans. Ultimately we all live in a landfill.

[caesaurio]

The dance between the two bags at 10:25 is the best scene I've seen in months :-D

[marceloufmg]

40 people are less human than this plastic bag

[latexroach]

Best....Video......Evar!!!!!!!­!