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Trees and the major motion picture industry
On the heels of the tree-centric Avatar and with the discovery that the Cannes International Film Festival will close this year with a picture called The Tree, it is increasingly clear that the film industry can not survive without trees.
The Tree is a family drama that incorporates a giant Moreton Bay Fig Tree into the set, both as visual aide and later as a portal for an 8-year-old to communicate to her lost father.
The film stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, is directed by Julie Bertucelli and will screen May 23 in France.
And now, thanks to The Guardian’s film blog, here are two clips that pay tribute to the history of trees in film, brought to you by Walt Disney and George Lucas, respectively.
What is your favorite major motion picture tree clip?
–Toshio Suzuki
Mayor Adams plants fruit trees in Sabin
Seven new fruit trees were planted Saturday at the Sabin Neighborhood’s new community orchard.
Mayor Sam Adams, along with Commissioner Amanda Fritz, joined the Portland Fruit Tree Project and other volunteers to plant the fruit trees: pear; asian pear; apple; persimmon; fig; plum; and cherry.
Supported by a grant from the city of Portland’s Neighborhood Small Grants Program, the Sabin Community Orchard is located on Portland Bureau of Transportation land, at Northeast Mason St. between 18th and 19th.
Of course, Mayor Adams, like all area residents, has an open invitation to any Friends of Trees planting. Here is the online planting schedule. Friends of Trees and its Neighborhood Trees program will plant in the Sabin community on March 13.
–Toshio Suzuki