Earth Days

...once Stone drops the generalities and starts getting specific, Earth Days improves considerably.

...Robert Stone's handsome doc exposes the mindset of superabundance and eternal progress that took root in the aftermath of WWII...

...a well-informed, well-constructed story boosted by the larger-than-life personalities of its subjects, all of whom played a unique role in raising awareness for the environment.

Stone pulls his most powerful and sensorially overwhelming device from these segments...and the beautifully lit and framed contemporary images of unspoiled wilderness. The latter retain an almost ascetic purity and refinement at times...

The new documentary by Robert Stone (Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst) is a rapturous and enlightening look at the history of the environmental movement in America.