Life in a Day (2010)
Director Kevin Macdonald and producer Ridley Scott team up to offer this candid snapshot of a single day on planet Earth.
Compiled from over 80,000 YouTube submissions by contributors in 192 countries, Life in a Day presents a microcosmic view of our daily experiences as a global society.
From the mundane to the profound, everything has its place as we spend 90 minutes gaining greater insight into the lives of people who may be more like us than we ever suspected, despite the fact that we're separated by incredible distances.
Clips are not labeled with locations - some are nevertheless easy to figure out, but others leave few clues. Obviously this is intentional on Macdonald's part, as you occasionally find yourself distracted by trying to figure out where the hell the various videos come from.
With my winter depression settling in, I couldn't have chosen a better time to watch this incredible slice of life. I felt as if I were on a dizzying tour of the world, with billions of people reaching out to connect and share their love of life, their achievements, their rituals, their sorrows, their inner thoughts and their PERSPECTIVE. In a world increasingly divided by war, intolerance and racism, this is one of the best feel-good offerings in a long, long while. Great idea, skilled editing, obviously a labor of love, and a huge success. We are all one.
This is a truly unique film, and what a wonderfully creative concept. And by serendipity, caught a sharp snapshot of the simple wonders enjoyed by most folk on planet earth - and tragically, the horrors of the last-ever Love Parade, too!
Though, today like any other normal day under the sun is sadly lamentable...R.I.P. Tony Scott
I remember when everyone was asked to shoot video on that day. I wanted to be part of it. I made video of things in my town but never sent the footage in. After watching this today, I regret not sending in the video. It was not a thrilling day, just way better than what everyone else was doing that day. I expected more from the doc that what I just saw. I hope they do it again.
Poorly edited docu. Boring scenes lengthened. Very depressing. Doesn't show the positive side of life. Will make the viewer more negative about life, whereas we must enjoy every part of life, thanking god for whatsoever little he gave us.
cool one...the us in them.man in the mirror
wow I really liked this docu.. brought tears to my eyes, made me laugh and also made me grateful for the things I have :) great documentary!
Great DOCU!
This is one of my favourite Docs here, it shows how very much alike we all are in spite of our cultural differences. Isn't that what they were trying to say, that we all get through the day the best we can whatever it has in store for us and when it's done we sleep. Rich, poor, black, white, tall, short ....... we are all just people :)
In most cases concerning mass produced meat, it is not so much the way an animal is killed that is lamentable, it is the conditions in which it lives.
One takes minutes or seconds, the other a life time.
az
good documentary. I didn't expect it to have a traditional story line since it is a day in the life of thousands of people. It did follow a logical order. And following the thread, how does Jenny suggest that cow should have been sacrificed?
I'm not sure the piglet was being roasted. It looked like a sow crate. Jenny, can you comment on one part of a film which shows a day in our world warts and all? It's hard to watch sometimes but a true representation of how people live. I enjoyed it because of that.
jenny this doc also showed violence and war poverty and cruelty to humans. Why is it you only speak up for animals?
This doc is showing all of earth the good and the bad. You may be right but this is reality and no one said it was normal or acceptable. Just like no one said poverty was normal or acceptable
I had to turn this off when it showed a piglet being grilled alive on a BBQ and a cow being stabbed in the head twice with a slaughter house gun/device. this type of animal cruelty should not be accepted as normal in society and should be looked at, it is sadistic to treat a living thing in this way even if it is part of the food chain, this is the very reason animals used for food should be shown some respect in death as they provide us with food, why should they die a thoughtless, agonising death?
Watching this documentary. 1.34.56 min was apart of my Life in a Day thank you enjoyable. Shows every hour is very special.
This was a good film....Peace
Emotionally stirring, interesting, and enlightening.
very good. a must watch!
Just random clips, no storyline, no subject, no message, no correlation, Not my cup of tea.But i would appreciate the efforts on behalf of you tube, Director Kevin Macdonald and producer Ridley Scott for coming up with an unique idea and conceptualising it.Editing 4500 hrs of raw footage and taking out 95 mts of watchable stuff is in itself demanding.
the answer my friend is (of course) cycling around the world
Managed to watch the last half just now, bit of emotional roller coaster but still one of the most beautiful things here.
Damn, gotta go! Guy Fawkes Night - Fireworks :) see ya later
Warms the cockles of your heart, everything the same and different :)
My goodness!! What a treat!! Really f'ing good....
this is what......am searching for many days........ amazing
disjointed? not really. boring as hell after the first 30 minutes? completely. this reminds me of the kind of film a first year film student would see and have his life changed by.... then forget about completely.
We are all so different, and yet the same.
This is disjointed and instantly forgettable. I watch the first hour and gave up. Perhaps I`m not "spiritual" enough.
I think this film really helps to shed light on the misconceptions many people have of other cultures--and perhaps even denominations of our own cultures. Diverse as this planet may be, we certainly share many of the same fears, and basic human desires.
I would like to see more films like this.
I wasn't here on the 24th. Too bad, otherwise I would have helped.
Forgot to say...the music track and the cinema/photography is beautiful. I will watch this again.
az
Wow.
Life . . . as it is.
A brilliant masterpiece depicting humanity, and the lives that envelope it.
This most amazing movie was like sitting by the ocean watching the many different waves clashing on rocks, fish jumping up, seaguls flying by, clouds moving slowly, children in the distance playingrunninglaughing, wind blowing, waves rolling to my toes, up my legs, up my body, me sinking a little deeper with every crests and troughs....immersed in the reality of all these people.
It is movies like this one....that may that can that contains will
az
Interesting ... at times I fast forwarded ... the North and South Korean biker guy was my favorite.
full of tears of happiness, sadness and laughter all wrapped in one.
These are the lives of real people. I love it.
I heard about this project awhile back and then forgot all about it until today when - thank you Vlatko - I opened my email. What a nice surprise because as far as I'm concerned anything to do with Ridley Scott is going to be great. He has always understood us (humans) I felt and this time proved it. Although not an inherently human thing - we sure do like to watch each other don't we?!
Yesterday is a history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift, that is why it is called - present.