Matter out of Place is a documentary that traces the collection and disposal routes of garbage flowing around the world, including large cities, beaches, plains, snowy mountains, and deep in the oceans. Garbage is portrayed as an Earth-polluting material that did not exist there originally, but that is transported by humans. Can garbage really disappear? The visual idea of this film, which traces the landscape of disharmony caused by a tsunami of garbage, is contrast and inconsistency. Humans, machines, garbage, and nature are in stark contrast to each other, portrayed by: trucks hanging from cable cars, mountains juxtaposed with garbage heaps, waves of garbage encroaching on idyllic resort beaches, filth in the desert of Nevada, flickering “Fucking” and “Love”, clear skies and gray land. All these contrasting images show networking places where humans can no longer live or coexist through the frames that make up the landscape. Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter gives an appalling awakening to the reality he wants to forget with a clear awareness of the function of documentaries to unveil and remember the hidden truths.​