Yves came to congratulate David Sirota for his important role in a successful film.

By Jack Johnson.Originally published on Common dream

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“I really like to see a climate film attracting such a huge global audience on the world’s largest platform,” said David Sirota, a reporter who co-wrote the story for the film. Tweeton Monday. “For the team that made this film and all the people who spread the message, it was an amazing success.”

A fable about man-made climate emergencies and the dangers of other civilizations, “Don’t Look Up” tells the story of two low-level astronomers trying to warn political leaders and other parts of the world that a huge comet rushes towards the earth.

The scientists of the film, played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio, soon discovered that in the face of impending destruction, few people are willing to care, let alone take action.

“This is the worst news in human history, and they simply surprised us,” said Dr. Randall Mindy, played by DiCaprio, after the meeting at the White House.

When the film’s political leaders hesitated, Peter Isherwell, a wealthy Silicon Valley tech guru played by Mark Rylance, discovered that this doomsday comet contains precious metals worth more than 30 trillion U.S. dollars needed to make electronic products. . Encouraged by this revelation, the federal government continued to work with Isherwell to develop a plan to break the comet into fragments and mine its contents.

“If it weren’t for Isherwell’s obvious real-world technology billionaires, such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, they strongly believe that saving human species from extinction might bring extraordinary profits,” said Taylor Austin, assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates College Harper (Tyler Austin Harper) wrote in his paper. Reviewcinematique slate.

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Adam McKay, the director of this movie, TellSpacenetIn a recent interview, the plot of “Don’t Look Up” was a “Clark Kent-level disguise of the climate crisis.”

“We didn’t try so hard to hide it,” he said. “Don’t mention the news you heard [the climate emergency] Then they go directly to see advertisements for gasoline cars or oil companies. This is a conflict of interest, this is professionalism. Many people are financially insecure. At that press conference, you need a lot of courage to raise your hand and say,’Why don’t we have a huge headline that says’Oh my God, we will all die! ‘”

But as InterceptJon Black wroteIn his comment on the film, “The good news, if any, is that when the lights come on at the end, you will realize that we actually only have half an hour into the story.”

“If we want, we can still save ourselves,” he added. “Part of it must be more human creativity like this to help understand the terrible destination we are heading towards.”