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James Cameron and his wife Suzie Amis attend the world premiere of 'Avatar'
"I would challenge him to be a hero" by halting work on the project, Cameron told a media conference in Brasilia alongside US actress Sigourney Weaver, who acted in "Avatar" and his movie "Alien."
Activists have been keen to portray the construction of the dam, and opposition to it by indigenous people who would be displaced by it, as strikingly similar to the "Avatar" storyline, in which feline-featured natives on a moon fight against militaristic strip-miners from Earth.
Cameron, who has long had a fascination with marine and jungle environments, said: "Huge dams are a 20th century idea in the 21st century: it's a dinosaur's idea."
Belo Monte, he said, "is going to be an ecological disaster," and asserted that "the knowledge of indigenous people, who learned how to live with nature" is one of Brazil's biggest resources.
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Activists have been keen to portray the construction of the dam, and opposition to it by indigenous people who would be displaced by it, as strikingly similar to the "Avatar" storyline, in which feline-featured natives on a moon fight against militaristic strip-miners from Earth.
Cameron, who has long had a fascination with marine and jungle environments, said: "Huge dams are a 20th century idea in the 21st century: it's a dinosaur's idea."
Belo Monte, he said, "is going to be an ecological disaster," and asserted that "the knowledge of indigenous people, who learned how to live with nature" is one of Brazil's biggest resources.
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