Assessing the Art, Science of 'Inconvenient Truth'
18 years, 10 months ago

Assessing the Art, Science of 'Inconvenient Truth'

NPR  

Assessing the Art, Science of 'Inconvenient Truth' toggle caption Paramount Classics The new documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, is about global warming -- and former Vice President Al Gore's long quest to raise awareness about the issue. Bob Mondello, NPR film critic, and Richard Harris, NPR science correspondent, talk to Michele Norris about their evaluation of the art and science of An Inconvenient Truth. Sponsor Message Full NPR Coverage Global Warming: An Uncontrolled Experiment Science correspondent Harris agrees that the movie is effective, particularly in conveying the complexity of the issue. "It really does take an hour and a half to start to really understand global warming," Harris says.

Global Warming Gore Harris Npr Inconvenient Truth  inconvenient  science  truth  warming  film  npr  al  assessing  art  harris  gore  global  movie

History of this topic

This controversial sci-fi blockbuster about climate change still polarizes scientists today
1 year, 10 months ago

This controversial sci-fi blockbuster about climate change still polarizes scientists today

Salon  

At the start of the third act of the 2004 sci-fi disaster flick "The Day After Tomorrow," teenager and academic decathlon participant Laura Chapman shares her deep feelings of despair with her boyfriend Sam Hall. "For those who had seen the film, he concluded that it had a 'significant impact' on climate change risk perceptions, conceptual models, behavioral intentions, policy …

Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans branded ‘dangerous’ and ‘shockingly misleading’ by climate experts
4 years, 11 months ago

Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans branded ‘dangerous’ and ‘shockingly misleading’ by climate experts

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Michael Moore’s new documentary Planet of the Humans has sparked controversy, …

This is what Al Gore really thinks of Donald Trump and climate change
7 years, 7 months ago

This is what Al Gore really thinks of Donald Trump and climate change

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. First episode of 'Trump TV', Trump's …

An Inconvenient Sequel: The Al Gore Documentary And The Donald Trump Election
7 years, 7 months ago

An Inconvenient Sequel: The Al Gore Documentary And The Donald Trump Election

Huff Post  

TheUpcoming.co.uk Go see “An Inconvenient Sequel”. But as you watch the massive glaciers melt and icebergs break apart in the stunning Arctic and a “new and improved” Al Gore calmly yet passionately and even emotionally update us on his efforts and the fate of planet Earth, know that this is also about the 2016 sequel to the 2000 Presidential election. …

Review: Al Gore continues his mission to save the planet in ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’
7 years, 8 months ago

Review: Al Gore continues his mission to save the planet in ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’

LA Times  

Film Critic Given that the biggest climate news of the past year has been the decision to pull the United States out of the landmark Paris global climate accord, it may seem as if the most inconvenient aspect of the new “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” documentary is its timing. While the original “Inconvenient” was largely a dramatized re-creation …

Review: Al Gore battles on in ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’
7 years, 8 months ago

Review: Al Gore battles on in ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’

CNN  

CNN — The assist surely wasn’t intentional, but Donald Trump has provided Al Gore with a heck of an ending for “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” adding a sense of urgency to this dutiful follow-up to the documentary that officially wedded Gore, Hollywood and environmental activism, “An Inconvenient Truth.” It’s hardly a spoiler that the hopeful notes that Gore …

Cannes 2017: Al Gore, undaunted by Trump, talks red-state victories and ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’
7 years, 10 months ago

Cannes 2017: Al Gore, undaunted by Trump, talks red-state victories and ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’

LA Times  

Film Critic It has not been a very good year for those concerned with climate change. The U.S. is considering leaving the landmark Paris climate pact, a hostile appointee leads the Environmental Protection Agency and right-wing websites chortle, “Trump’s Latest Move Will Make Al Gore Fry.” But is Al Gore himself despondent or depressed about it all? “As we all …

Watching Al Gore’s New Climate Change Doc Before Trump's Inauguration Was Eerie
8 years, 2 months ago

Watching Al Gore’s New Climate Change Doc Before Trump's Inauguration Was Eerie

Huff Post  

Sundance When I first realized Donald Trump’s inauguration would occur on the second day of the Sundance Film Festival, I felt relief. “An Inconvenient Sequel” is Al Gore’s follow-up to “An Inconvenient Truth,” the Oscar-winning documentary that in 2006 electrified the debate surrounding climate change. Yes, weather-related catastrophes have continued at frightening rates; just look at the recent floodings in …

Commentary: Sundance: ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ marks a welcome return to the spotlight for Al Gore
8 years, 2 months ago

Commentary: Sundance: ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ marks a welcome return to the spotlight for Al Gore

LA Times  

Amid all its grim revelations of melting ice caps and depleted permafrost, the Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” provided at least one genuinely thrilling revelation: Al Gore was a movie star. Eleven Sundances later, Gore’s star wattage seemed entirely undimmed at Thursday evening’s premiere of “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” an awkwardly titled, stirringly crafted follow-up that measures the …

Before the Flood review: Even Leonardo DiCaprio can’t survive this apocalypse
8 years, 4 months ago

Before the Flood review: Even Leonardo DiCaprio can’t survive this apocalypse

Hindustan Times  

Before the Flood Director - Fisher Stevens Rating - 2.5/5 From Elon Musk and Sunita Narain to President Obama and Pope Francis, Leonardo DiCaprio leaves no stone unturned. It was the case then, as it is the case now, a whole decade later, in Leonardo DiCaprio’s new documentary, his first film after winning an Oscar for The Revenant, called Before …

Kim Stanley Robinson explains why sci-fi writers avoid geoengineering.
9 years, 2 months ago

Kim Stanley Robinson explains why sci-fi writers avoid geoengineering.

Slate  

Geoengineering occupies a peculiar space in the scheme of tomorrow’s technologies, at once fundamentally practicable and largely untested. That’s probably why science fiction’s rare attempts at imagining positive climate meddling tend to unfold on other worlds, generally as stories of large-scale terraforming rather than simple geoengineering. “It’s so new,” he told me, that we feel “we’re sure to fuck it …

Al Gore, washed-up politician, finds a new venue for his ideas: press criticism.
13 years, 9 months ago

Al Gore, washed-up politician, finds a new venue for his ideas: press criticism.

Slate  

A big howdy and welcome to Al Gore, who with a 7,200-word feature in the new Rolling Stone has joined the press-critic racket. Gore begins complaining about press coverage of global warming but then marbles his essay with a couple of history lessons and sections complaining about campaign-finance regulation, the economic crisis, the number of hours people watch television, and …

Al Gore: 'Assault on Reason' Endangers Democracy
16 years, 10 months ago

Al Gore: 'Assault on Reason' Endangers Democracy

NPR  

Al Gore: 'Assault on Reason' Endangers Democracy toggle caption Chris Jackson/Getty Images Al Gore, who galvanized public opinion with his advocacy on global warming, sees danger in another poisoned environment, this one metaphorical: In his book The Assault on Reason, just published in paperback, he argues that what used to be called civil discourse is threatened by a combination of …

Al Gore
17 years, 5 months ago

Al Gore

Al Jazeera  

Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth has skyrocketed his popularity On Listening Post this week host Richard Gizbert looks at how a documentary on global warming transformed Al Gore from a runner up in the United States presidential race to a Nobel Peace Prize-winning celebrity activist. Headlining this episode is an in-depth look at Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth …

American Conscience Waking Up to Climate Change
17 years, 8 months ago

American Conscience Waking Up to Climate Change

NPR  

American Conscience Waking Up to Climate Change Enlarge this image toggle caption Sezayi Erken/AFP/Getty Images Sezayi Erken/AFP/Getty Images More on Climate Al Gore tells it all to NPR in a 2006 interview, shortly before snagging the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. "Suddenly, because all of these things came together, it became a political issue, and really for the first time," …

A global warming skeptic’s parting shot
18 years, 3 months ago

A global warming skeptic’s parting shot

LA Times  

Times Staff Writer Sen. James M. Inhofe has been one of Capitol Hill’s leading skeptics on global warming, famously dismissing as a “hoax” the notion that human activity is the cause. During it, she told her longtime rival, “Attacking the press doesn’t make the truth go away.” Inhofe asserted that the media have become “advocates for hyping scientifically unfounded climate …

Three Views on Global Warming
20 years, 10 months ago

Three Views on Global Warming

NPR  

Three Views on Global Warming Research, and Life Experiences, Put Scientists at Odds Listen to Part 2 toggle caption Richard Harris, NPR toggle caption Richard Harris, NPR Listen to Part 3 toggle caption Richard Harris, NPR There's a sharp difference of opinion among scientists about global warming and the risks it may pose. In a three-part series for Morning Edition, …

Discover Related