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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

With Al Gore
Directed by Davis Guggenheim

After Al Gore got nudged out of the opportunity to be the president of the United States of America, he returned his attention to seminars he held on global warming. This tour got covered in this Oscar winning documentary. With the aid of big screens, animation, statistical graphs, documentary- and scientific footage, what you get is more than just a boring relaying of data. Director Guggenheim mixes the informative seminars with in-betweeners of Gore reflecting on his mission, his life and our planet. We live so much in the moment and relish in our daily conveniences, we often lose sight of industrial impact on our environment, and stretching these negative effects out on a graph timeline is not at the top of our list. Seeing the alarming leap in meteorological anomalies in this way makes you think – but will you act?
We do however trust that all of the often distressing planetary crises we’re inflicting upon our globe are represented here as factual, and needn’t be verified - Gore is originally a politician after all, and is there a hidden agenda like a stab at the military-industrial and oil hungry Bush regime? But if you feel the need, don’t hesitate to confirm your suspicions (or be proven wrong), as most of this data is not classified, but readily available to the public. A lot of it boils down to logic, but it is outweighed by our apathy and a microcosmic self-centered attitude.
An Inconvenient Truth is an important film to watch for everyone, whether you take it to heart or not. We only have one planet and if we screw it up, that’s it. The end credits feature some tips on how to save energy and if we all follow that (to the detriment of nobody), we could make a difference.

DVD extras: / Making Of / Melissa Etheridge music / 2 commentary tracks by producers & director / and an Al Gore update on some of the new and escalated crises in our environment since the movie’s production.

5 / B
- PB


1 2 3 4 5 6
A - B - C


6 - Volcanic
5 - Blistering
4 - Hot
3 - Smolder
2 - Room Temp.
1 - Fizzled
0 - Extinguished

A: Multiple Viewing Potential
B: Deserves Another Look
C: Once Should Suffice

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