Manufactured Landscapes

Manufactured Landscapes is a 2006 documentary film about the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky. It was directed by Jennifer Baichwal and is distributed by Zeitgeist Films. Many of Burtynsky's photographs feature landscapes of areas transformed by human activity. As of August 19, 2007, the film had an average score of 80% on Metacritic based on 15 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes 83% of critics had given the film a "fresh" rating based on 56 reviews (47 fresh, 9 rotten). Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an "A" and said "The opening tracking shot through a Chinese factory where 23,000 employees make most of the world's irons is a stunner." The review that appeared in the Boston Globe said the film "begs to be hung on...