I absolutely love this video by David Scharf which was earlier posted by Design Under Sky. The graphics and animation are fantastic and the story is haunting. I can relate to it, being an only child who often escaped the reality in my youth to spend most of my time daydreaming in the forest and ignoring the every day rules and restrictions. Which is better…accept or escape?

For those of you in Portland, my friend’s film Forge looks like it should be out around January. Maybe it’ll show up elsewhere…hmm! Looks pretty good to me. Check out the cool trailer he recently finished. The movie is explained as “A man tries to save his scientist brother from slipping permanently into madeness with the power of a stolen technology”.

Waterlife is a film that “tells the epic story of the Great Lakes by following the cascade of its water frm northern lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean, through the lives of some of the 35 million people who rely on the lakes for survival.“.

Check out the theatrical trailer above and visit the sleek and fluid website to explore video clips, imagery, music and some of the stories that make up the movie which is a co-production between the National Film Board of Canada and Primitive Entertainment, Inc. The movie also boasts a pretty decent soundtrack with artists like Brian Eno, Sigur Ros and Sufjan Stevens lending their names to the cause, to name a few and is narrated by Gord Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip.

“Providing Earth with 20 percent of its surface fresh water and its third largest industrial economy, the Great Lakes are a unique and precious resource under assault by toxins, sewage, invasive species, evaporating water and profound apathy. They are also one of the planet’s great preserves of extraordinary wilderness beauty and a bounty of unique species. Filled with fascinating characters and stunning imagery, Waterlife is an epic cinematic poem about the beauty of water and the dangers of taking it for granted.”