The Solar Film (Short 1980)

The Solar Film: Directed by Elaine Bass, Saul Bass. With John H. Mayer, Robert Millar. Produced by actor Robert Redford, The Solar Film is a part serious live action, part satirical animated educational documentary made to show the history of fossil fuels and why the use of clean solar energy should be the way of the future.

“Combining his known animation elements with real images and using of a lovable good humor, Saul and Elaine Bass tells us about the importance of sun in our lives as one of the primal energies to ever exist, and advocates the use of solar energy in houses and places, because itu0026#39;s good, it minimizes the use of all wasting energy sources and itu0026#39;s natural. As evidenced in the closing credits they (along with Robert Redford who is co-producer of this film) wanted to raise awareness on the theme and hope that by 1985 people would adapt or make more use of this system. Not sure if it changed things back then, and itu0026#39;s still a challenge to companies invest in those but we came a long way in changing our habits towards the environment. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was cool, informative and greatly produced. The animated segment was the most fascinating with a timeline going from the sunu0026#39;s power as the basic energy on Earth and jumping to mankind wasting all possible resources, a chaotic evolution presented in fun drawings and small dialogs, just like Bass did in the Oscar winning u0026quot;Why Man Createsu0026quot;. Real fun stuff and a great idea easily sold. 10/10”