Windfall

Name: Windfall
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: February 3, 2012
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 65

2012

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SnagFilms | Release Date: February 3, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Wind power… It’s green... It’s good... It reduces our dependency on foreign oil. But does it? Or, is it merely a highly profitable financial scam for the many wind energy developers looking to erect industrial wind turbines in a town near you? Laura Israel’s documentary, Windfall, looks at both sides of wind energy development when theWind power… It’s green... It’s good... It reduces our dependency on foreign oil. But does it? Or, is it merely a highly profitable financial scam for the many wind energy developers looking to erect industrial wind turbines in a town near you? Laura Israel’s documentary, Windfall, looks at both sides of wind energy development when the residents of a rural upstate New York town consider going green. (First Run Features)… Expand

Director: Laura Israel

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Andy Webster

Feb 6, 2012

Urgent, informative and artfully assembled documentary. Read full review

John Anderson

Feb 6, 2012

Ms. Israel's movie proves, once again, that the best nonfiction cinema possesses the same attributes as good fiction: Strong characters, conflict, story arc, visual style. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

Feb 6, 2012

It's a tantalizing case study that suggests ordinary people still have the power to steer a course between faceless bureaucracies and greedy capitalists, but only just - and only if they can find a way to overcome their differences and work together. Read full review

Joseph Jon Lanthier

Feb 6, 2012

Whatever the legitimate arguments Windfall makes against the industry it targets, Meredith's feuding becomes just as inaccessible as the windmills that incite it. Read full review

Noel Murray

Feb 6, 2012

Windfall is undeniably persuasive - and is likely advocating on the right side of the wind-farm issue - but the movie's case relies more on emotional appeals and frightening images of giant machines than on real, objective number-crunching. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Feb 6, 2012

The argument is so tilted against windmills (sorry) that this comes perilously close to an advocacy video. But Israel deserves credit for delivering the bad news that wind power, like natural gas and nuclear, comes with its own array of social and environmental headaches. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Feb 6, 2012

Given the film's inability to posit any significant objections - or, for that matter, alternatives - to the turbines, it all feels like so much petty sniping against progress. Read full review

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pdw123

Sep 19, 2016

Noisy wind turbines? Turbines throwing ice? I may be an incredulous Missourian, but please explain to me how the director (who it said was involved in the music video business) managed to leave out all this valuable information in a film that was supposed to convince me that wind energy wasNoisy wind turbines? Turbines throwing ice? I may be an incredulous Missourian, but please explain to me how the director (who it said was involved in the music video business) managed to leave out all this valuable information in a film that was supposed to convince me that wind energy was a nightmare. Being from the show-me state, I also just went on youtube to do my own research, and I found why this info was left out, because in many cases they run pretty silent and even when youre up close. Oh, and another thing. I know what a soundtrack sounds like, and dubbing synthesizers/music over the video doesnt fool me, although I DID see a trailer for the film that did obviously fool me the first time. The second point is that there is way too much editing and attention deficit disorder also built into the film. I understand the importance of getting townsfolks statements, but all this rough cutting in between literally gave me a headache trying to keep track of all this disjointed material, and so the final conclusion was totally incoherent. But again, reading about her music vid experience, this wasnt surprising. All that said, and being the CENTRIST that I am, perhaps the townspeople had very valid points, but it was all lost in truly one of the worst documentaries Ive ever watched because the baby was thrown out with the bath water (again, there are many statements made, too many and too much BS, without the actual proof and FACTS!!!). The doc I watched on the natural gas industry was much more compelling. Next time, get a documentary director, not one for MTV. Also, this was produced by the CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIAL INDUSTRY, only America denies science!!… Expand

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