Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Comments on "The Unforeseen"
The documentary film "The Unforeseen" depicts the conflicts surrounding a large development project in Austin, Texas, but Park City and Summit County face many of the same issues. The Park Record hosted a free screening of the film on Wednesday and invites your feedback here. We have also invited the filmmaker, Laura Dunn to check in on this blog from time to time to answer your questions about her film. If you were unable to attend the screening at The Santy auditorium, "The Unforeseen" is also now available on DVD at Blockbuster and we encourage everyone who is interested in growth, development and planning issues to check it out.
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I was left with several questions afterward.
For starters, what was the time difference between the interviews in the developer's office where he's sitting at his green granite desk and then the final shots where it shows his buiding abondoned and decimated?
And if the Barton Creek development went through, then how come that company didn't back the Circle C like they said they would?
Finally, how did they get that lobbyist to paint bombs while he talked about the bill?
You know what this film made me think about more than anything else? How fickle democracy can be.
What if the original Barton Creek plan had gone through, would that 60 percent preserved space have preserved the creek, or would the same run-off still have clouded the water. After Bush came to power, was Barton Creek still required to set aside that 60 percent of open space?
If not, then the original SOS initiative might have been a mistake!
And how did all those Take Back Texas people get convinced that personal interests were more important than the public interest? Wasn't the Alamo about fighting for the good of all Texas? Isn't that why mountain men like Booie and Crocket surrendered their individualism to stay and fight?
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