"Plastic Bag" was directed by Ramin Bahrani, through amazing editing and narration. It started as the "BIRTH" of the plastic bag from the grocery store and then follow by its immortal life to the bottom of the ocean and into the sky. Ramin creates this film by juxtapose different breath taking landscape along with a voice over narrative, Werner Herzog with German English accent as a first person character in this film.
It is interesting to note that the a woman character in this film who is also known as "The Maker" of the plastic bag got him from the grocery store and continues to use him and this indicate a behavior of a good citizen that cares about the environment (well, she can choose to use the other kinds of biodegradable plastic or canvas bag instead though it is more expensive.) from her kitchen use, using it to as the pain reducer (ice bag), carrying tennis ball, carrying lunch and finally as a dog-kibble.
The Plastic bag was finally "Reborn" in the garbage mountain landfill and flies around by the impact of the wind. Ramin chose to make this film only with nature, old building and some animal yet almost nonhuman character involved in this film which make the plastic bag more realistic the person character.
The highlight of this short film would be the immortality of the plastic bags and it is really interesting to see how far it can travel through the wind and in the water. At one part the plastic bag actually said that "Nothing can destroy me".
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