"Greenlit" is a fun, quirky romp that highlights the hassle of a production through the eyes of an environmentalist. Definitely an informative, new twist on green documentaries.
Seeing as I have lived inside the hovering grey cloud known as LA for 2 years now, I have become accustomed to the 'normal' pollution that plagues the city. It's the city that doesn't get dark at night, because all the light pollution refracts off all the normal pollution. An unnatural phenomena!!
While there are plenty of green-focused docs out there, "Greenlit" took a much needed approach to reveal how it pertains to the movie industry, as well as what people can do on a daily basis to help curb their carbon footprint. Using less water bottles, composting after a production day, using less vehicles when transporting goods or people, all these things add up in the long run. If every production strictly enforces minor changes like this, the movie industry could start seeing some change on an environmentally conscious level.
You never really know what goes on behind the scenes to make a movie come to fruition. Seeing footage on how "The Beach" and "Titanic" destroyed the environments they were filmed in due to poor planning and outright disregard was shocking. If there was one thing 'Greenlit' lacked was the tone of the piece, jumping from dramatic to goofy and never taking itself too seriously, made me want to not to take it seriously either.
It wasn't necessarily a political piece but there was some undertones in the beginning of the film that were a little jarring and felt out of place. (Brandishing people with a huge stamp over their image with the label "Democrat or Republican is an undertone, right?)
I definitely recommend this movie to people in the industry. 'Greenlit' will help better educate you as to what you can do to help the environment next time youre on set, while entertaining you in the process.