{"id":4534,"date":"2010-03-24T23:15:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T06:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/?p=4534"},"modified":"2010-03-24T23:15:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T06:15:48","slug":"plastic-bag-a-low-density-resin-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=4534","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Bag: A Low-Density Resin Love Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the short film below, Ramin Bahrani and narrator Werner Herzog anthropomorphize a plastic bag. But it&#8217;s more than that. It&#8217;s a new categorical framework for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/08\/coastal-cleanup-days-are-critical\/\">Great Pacific Garbage Patch<\/a> &#8212; from the perspective of a  plastic bag and his maker. It&#8217;s a love story and tragedy set in polyethylene. You just have to watch it: <a href=\"https:\/\/futurestates.tv\/episodes\/plastic-bag\">Plastic Bag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"https:\/\/futurestates.tv\/swf\/flowplayer.commercial-3.1.5.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" 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Thanks for making this image available through Creative Commons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Post: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/08\/coastal-cleanup-days-are-critical\/\" target=\"_self\">Why Coastal Cleanup Days Are Critical<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the short film below, Ramin Bahrani and narrator Werner Herzog anthropomorphize a plastic bag. 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