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“You can see how absurd our inaction on the climate crisis is while simultaneously being terrified and confused.”
Adam McKay, the director of Don’t Look Up chose comedy as his final choice. ClimateChange – or, as he views it, the inadequate response.
Sky News told him that “it’s one of our great unifiers.” He explained that he had considered other approaches for what turned out to be a satirical movie, which he produced, directed, and wrote.
Adam McKay and Jennifer Lawrence, left, on the set for Don’t Look Up. This is a series in which experts struggle with convincing the world that their warnings are being taken seriously. Credit: Netflix
The director isn’t afraid to take a humorous look at the everyday. He has received numerous accolades for films like Anchorman, which pokes fun on mediocre white men and The Big Short that tells the story of the 2007-08 financial crises and who profited.
His latest film, which features Leonardo DiCaprio as Jennifer Lawrence and a cast that fails to recognize the urgency of a coming-of-age comet, was nominated for four Oscars, four BAFTAs, and four Oscars.
McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” reflects the lackluster response of world leaders to the climate crisis.
“It’s quite bizarre to see our leaders sort of trounce around, shake hands and talk vaguely about carbon neutrality by 2050 goals which you know are just empty promises,” he said during a video interview for Sky News.
Adam McKay and Leonardo DiCaprio, left, on the set for Don’t Look Up. Credit: Netflix
He spoke out about the COP26 climate conference held in Glasgow last November. It’s still “crazy” that “it started to look like a bunch if chatter without any real action behind,” he says.
Both the politicians and negotiators that reached a deal in Glasgow, along with the observers, claim that the conference made progress on climate action. This included the commitment to update climate plans within one year instead of five. Many people agree that the crisis demanded more urgent and greater action, especially to help poor nations adapt.
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Although his tone is optimistic, his outlook is grim.
“We should have Manhattan Project-style laboratories around the world working on carbon removal. He believes that this should be the biggest mass mobilization of human resource in history.
“And instead, there’s nothing.”
Don’t Look Up Observed coronavirus protocol on set. Credit: Netflix
Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in the film reflects on Earth at one point. He says, “We really had everything” – a line that the actor came up with just before shooting the scene.
McKay says that this phrase sums up McKay’s entire message.
“We have this beautiful, balanced planet with a livable climate with food, with oceans. We are destroying it every day with fossil fuels, CO2 and pollution. He warns that the tipping point is near.
“And when that tipping moment comes, which it’s not as far off as most people think,” we’ll have that DiCaprio feeling… which is that we truly did have everything.”
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