Global Haywire

Variety's Russell Edwards writes "Reminiscent of the mechanical contraptions created by Petty’s New Yorker magazine predecessor, Rube Goldberg, the pic’s visually complex illustrations are an acquired taste and may overwhelm some auds. Nevertheless, they contain an essential simplicity and political directness that appealingly usurp the cluttered visual style."{{Citation | last= Edwards | first= Russell | title= Global Haywire: A Short History of Planet Malfunction | url= https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/global-haywire-a-short-history-of-planet-malfunction-1200558133/| periodical= Variety | date= 4 July 2007}} Radio National's Movietime reviewer Philippa Hawker calls it hard to categorise saying "It's an essay, an exploration, a narrative, an inquiry, a parable, and it's made out of almost every conceivable cinematic material: of animation, archival footage, talking heads, actors, artworks, photographs, voiceover narration, music, sound, archival audio -- sometimes, it seems, all of them at once, jostling for space in the frame and on the soundtrack."{{Citation | last= Hawker | first= Philippa | title= Global Haywire | url= https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/archived/movietime/global-haywire/3256066 | periodical= Radio National | date= 10 April 2008}}

Writing for the Sunday Age Tom Ryan gave it 4/5 saying it "is a witty, acerbic account - an "animated discussion" - of how we've managed to mess it all up."{{Citation | last= Ryan | first= Tom | title= Global Haywire: A Short History Of Planet Malfunction | url= | periodical= The Sunday Age | date= 13 April 2008}} The Sydney Morning Herald's Richard Jinman gave it 3/5 and writes "Global Haywire is a polemic, albeit a very entertaining one. Conservatives are unlikely to be either amused or convinced by the arguments of a group of talking heads occupying a fairly narrow corner of the political playground."{{Citation | last= Jinman | first= Richard | title= A doodler investigates why the world is not so dandy | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 10 April 2008}} The Weekend Australian's Evan Williams gave it two stars ans says "It is a deeply serious, enormously ambitious work and it grieves me to say that I found it a great disappointment."{{Citation | last= Williams | first= Evan | title= Seal of childhood approval | url= | periodical= The Weekend Australian | date= 12 April 2008}} Leigh Paatsch of the Herald Sun gave it one star and finishes "It is supposed to be funny, informative and scary in an obscure kind of way. But it feels just like a heap of homework handed out by an art teacher on the verge of a nervous breakdown."{{Citation | last= Paatsch | first= Leigh | title=Global Haywire (M) | url= | periodical= The Herald Sun | date= 10 April 2008}}

• 2007 Australian Film Institute Awards
• Best Direction in a Documentary - Bruce Petty - won{{Citation | last= Rigg | first= Julie | title= The week in film | url= https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/archived/movietime/the-week-in-film/3285844 | periodical= Radio National | date= 6 December 2007}}
• Best Sound in a Documentary - Sam Petty - won
• Best Documentary - Claude Gonzalez -nominated{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Nominations announced for the L'Oreal Paris 2007 AFI Awards | url= https://if.com.au/nominations-announced-for-the-loral-paris-2007-afi-awards/| periodical= If | date= 24 October 2007}}
• Best Editing in a Documentary - Sam Petty - nominated

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