A Lament For Woody
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Year Published: 1970s
Creator: Film Frontiers
Description: A Film Frontiers production, directed by Bob Reece and Tom Radford. An environmental statement film with a trick ending, set to poetry and folk music. Home transfer from 16mm original. Print in care of Niagara Artists Centre. The film "A Lament For Woody" depicts a character named Woody who seeks solace in nature away from the polluted city. He reflects on the beauty of untouched landscapes and the clear waters of the Rocky Mountains, contrasting this with the impending destruction caused by mining and industrialization. The film emphasizes the importance of appreciating and preserving natural beauty before it is lost to progress.
Complete Record: A Film Frontiers production, directed by Bob Reece and Tom Radford. An environmental statement film with a trick ending, set to poetry and folk music. Home transfer from 16mm original. Print in care of Niagara Artists Centre. The film "A Lament For Woody" depicts a character named Woody who seeks solace in nature away from the polluted city. He reflects on the beauty of untouched landscapes and the clear waters of the Rocky Mountains, contrasting this with the impending destruction caused by mining and industrialization. The film emphasizes the importance of appreciating and preserving natural beauty before it is lost to progress.
Transcription
[Music] woody took a walk just the other day the city was so smoggy it drove him away went to his mountains had a job out there took the opportunity to breathe him in some air ah fresh air where's the head fresh alberta rocky mountain air you know it's days like this the soul just flies over the mountains the rivers and those endless skies you gotta take it all in now try and understand where water flows clear it's been untouched by man you gotta understand appreciate yeah you gotta understand the beauty of a place untouched by man [Music] so [Music] water running free not yet sold cutting through granite washing sandstone shale and coal ah clear water spring fed clear rocky mountain water [Music] woody wasn't going where he'd ever been before rock was getting slippery his hands were getting but there'd never been a mountain that our boy couldn't take and there'd never been a seam of coal that woody couldn't stake [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] only 15 miles from the highway here they'll cut a wide road and move in all the gear a crusher a railroad and before too long we'll have us a strip mine can we go wrong well there's now top soil flowers and trees we'll assume just the scars of the progress disease you know what everything around us disappearing so fast well you think they'd find a way of mining allowing something to last [Music] so your day in the mountains has come to an end say goodbye to your country woody my friend [Music] uh
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