Plastic Bag

                What stuck out to me most was when he, the bag, described his first being used as his first breath.  This bag’s story is told in first person and there is a lot of personification going on.  He describes himself as breathing and feeling.  There is also envy present and the bag feels as if he is not being appreciated for everything he “does.”  This film essentially brings to mind how hard it is to dispose of a plastic bag, as he describes himself as nearly impossible to get rid of.  The short is certainly intended to raise awareness to our repeated use of these materials that take even more energy to dispose of.  The film actually worried me as we see this indestructible bag “floating” amongst barren cities left behind by the humans who built them.  In the film we also see the bag rolling past nature’s beauties and the bag states “I wonder if they knew these places existed.”  I think this was intended to say that there are beautiful places out there that we need to be aware of so that we can fight to preserve them.  The bag eventually makes his way to the ocean and tells of ocean life nibbling away at his “flesh.”  He wishes that he wasn’t immortal, that he could die, much like a paper bag.  The idea behind this film is to recycle and reuse, and to save the environment.