WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH

By: Kenji

Isle of Flowers

Junkopia

The Towers

Boca de Lixo

Isn’t it astonishing, in this technologically advanced age, decades after the moon landing, that so many can waste so much, while others still scrape a living off the scraps? It’s one thing for artists to create from scrap, quite another that for many, scouring refuse is a matter of survival. As a cinematic setting maybe not sexy, but rubbish is a political issue. I’ve included Once upon a Time in America for one memorable scene involving trash.

• 01
  Scavengers
  Eduardo Coutinho
• 02
  Fata Morgana
  Werner Herzog
• 03
  Junkopia
  Chris Marker
• 04
  The Magpie in the Wisp
  Juraj Herz
• 05
  Once Upon a Time in America
  Sergio Leone
• 06
  Noisy Requiem
  Yoshihiko Matsui
• 07
  Island of Flowers
  Jorge Furtado
• 08
  Hobo
  John T. Davis
• 09
  Henry Fool
  Hal Hartley
• 10
  O Fantasma
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• 11
  The Gleaners & I
  Agnès Varda
• 12
  The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
  Agnès Varda
• 13
  Dream Land
  Laila Pakalniņa
• 14
  Estamira
  Marcos Prado
• 15
  Can and Slippers
  Khavn De La Cruz
• 16
  Our Daily Bread
  Khavn De La Cruz
• 17
  We Feed the World
  Erwin Wagenhofer
• 18
  At Sea
  Peter Hutton
• 19
  WALL•E
  Andrew Stanton
• 20
  On the Fringes of Sao Paulo: Scavengers
  Evaldo Mocarzel
• 21
  Bakal Boys
  Ralston Jover
• 22
  Trash Humpers
  Harmony Korine
• 23
  Children of God
  Yi Seung-jun
• 24
  Toy Story 3
  Lee Unkrich
• 25
  Memories of a Burning Tree
  Sherman Ong
• 26
  Waste Land
  Lucy Walker
• 27
  Beijing Besieged by Waste
  Wang Jiu-liang
• 28
  Chroniques d'un balayeur
  Brahim Fritah
• 29
  Polluting Paradise
  Fatih Akin