Still an uncomfortable truth - our time is running out

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Movie
German title Still an uncomfortable truth - our time is running out
Original title An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2017
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
JMK 8
Rod
Director Bonni Cohen
Jon Shenk
production Jeff Skoll
Richard Berge
Diane Weyermann
music Jeff Beal
camera Jon Shenk
cut Don Bernier
Colin Nusbaum
occupation
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An uncomfortable truth

Still An Inconvenient Truth - Our Time Is Running is a 2017 American documentary film that, as a sequel to An Inconvenient Truth (2006), explores former US Vice President Al Gore's ongoing mission : fighting climate change .

With the announcement by the incumbent President of the United States that he was withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement , the finished film had to be adjusted a little later.

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In the sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth", in which Donald Trump plays one of the leading roles, Al Gore looks more optimistically into the future - despite Trump's announced exit from the Paris climate agreement. His hope is based, among other things, on the successes in expanding renewable energies .

For two years, the filmmakers accompanied Al Gore as he roamed the country to make people aware of the dangers of climate change and to encourage them to act. The effects of climate change are described in an emotional way in “almost eerily beautiful pictures”. Still an uncomfortable truth is also shown by how Al Gore exchanges with climate experts and tries to influence politicians worldwide.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power is a call to action: "It's not too late - be uncomfortable!"

publication

The film was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on July 28, 2017 . In Germany, the film was first shown publicly on September 7, 2017.

criticism

The film industry's magazine The Hollywood Reporter praised the film in advance.

Some portrayals in the film are criticized. According to the Indian side, Al Gore did not play the role he played in the film in the talks during the UN climate conference in Paris in 2015 . A commentator for the Süddeutsche Zeitung sees Al Gore and his achievements being too much the focus of the film.

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung names three basic problems: The film suffers “from the narcissism of its author”; Because of the constant focus on Gore as the main character, the suspicion arises “that in reality a completely different goal is in the foreground, namely to document the underestimated greatness of this near-president for all time.” Second, take the film with the facts not too specific, for example with regard to Gore's role in the context of the Paris climate conference. Third, Gore is caught up in the old debates about the existence or non-existence of climate change, but has nothing to say about the most efficient means of mitigating climate change; "He closes his piece of propaganda with a simple appeal to do what is morally right."

Honors

On December 7, 2017, it was announced that the film from which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will determine the nominations for the 2018 Academy Awards in the category of Best Documentary is in the preselection . The award went to the film Icarus that year .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Still an Inconvenient Truth - Our time is running out . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 170732 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Age identification for Still an Inconvenient Truth - Our time is running out . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Because of costs and jobs: Trump announces America's withdrawal from climate agreement. America will get out of the Paris climate agreement. President Donald Trump said that in Washington in the evening. "The agreement is very unfair for America," Trump justified his move. www.faz.net, June 1, 2017, accessed September 4, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Maximilian Haase: Still an uncomfortable truth - our time is running out. With influence against ignorance. (No longer available online.) Www.mittelbayerische.de, August 25, 2017, formerly in the original ; accessed on September 3, 2017 : “It rarely happens that a finished film has to be adapted to the real situation. In the case of Gore's current climate protection plea, this step was inevitable: The slightly optimistic tone of the documentation, which mainly focuses on the small advances and the one gigantic step of the Paris climate agreement, had to give way to gloomy reality. Donald Trump's announcement to withdraw from the contract not only undermined many efforts by Gore and his colleagues, but also the dramaturgy of the film. "
  5. ↑ Marle Liebelt: "Inconvenient Truth": Al Gore presents his new film and criticizes Trump. “We have to work around Trump,” said the Nobel Peace Prize winner at his film screening in Berlin. www.shz.de, August 9, 2017, accessed on September 2, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Dieter Nürnberger: Climate protector Al Gore in Berlin: Optimism in the times of global warming. Al Gore is more optimistic about the future than ten years ago: At that time, the ex-US Vice President presented his first film about the dangers of climate change. At the presentation of his new film in Berlin, he explained why even US President Trump could not stop the progress of climate policy. www.deutschlandfunk.de, August 9, 2017, accessed on August 27, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Bettina Peulecke: Al Gore: crusader against climate change. “Still an uncomfortable truth - our time is running out”, directed by Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk. www.ndr.de, September 5, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Dieter Nürnberger: Al Gore's new climate protection film: “We have to work around Trump”. When the former US Vice President Al Gore published his first documentary on climate change ten years ago, the media coverage was enormous. Now the sequel "Still an uncomfortable truth" appears, which US President Trump criticizes. www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, August 8, 2017, accessed on September 2, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Al Gore in an interview with Andrea Herdegen: Interview with Al Gore: “The turnaround is near”. The continuation of “An Inconvenient Truth” is also a cinematic warning. But the former US Vice President Al Gore is now more hopeful. A Sunday conversation about the climate and Donald Trump. www.frankenpost.de, August 19, 2017, accessed on September 2, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Al Gore in an interview with Susanne Götze and Joachim Wille : "Many good people are trapped in bad systems". With his new film "An Inconvenient Sequel" (An Inconvenient Sequel), Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore calls for action for climate protection. "It's not too late - be uncomfortable!" Was the motto of his campaign. The former US Vice President and environmental activist speaks in the klimaretter.info interview about nonviolent civil resistance, the sustainability revolution and his belief in the future of humanity. klimaretter.info , August 26, 2017, accessed on May 9, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Jimmy Bulanik: Still an Inconvenient Truth. Ecology: This article is intended to sensitize the readership to what ideological denial does not help. www.freitag.de, August 9, 2017, accessed on August 27, 2017 .
  12. ↑ To Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power ': Film Review / Sundance 2017. The Hollywood Reporter , January 19, 2017, accessed September 8, 2017 .
  13. ^ John Vidal: Paris Climate Agreement 'May Signal End of Fossil Fuel Era' . In: The Guardian , December 13, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2017.  (English)
  14. ↑ Top Indian Official Refutes Claim That Al Gore Sealed India's Inclusion In Paris Deal , July 25, 2017 (English).
  15. ↑ Alex Rühle: Al Gore, the eternal and only hero. www.sueddeutsche.de, September 8, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2017 . Quote: Anyone who watches the environmental documentary "Still an inconvenient truth" because they are interested in climate change will hardly learn anything new. Except how to present yourself as the savior of history.
  16. ↑ Andreas Rüesch: Al Gore twice and does not take the facts very carefully. www.nzz.ch, October 9, 2017, accessed on October 9, 2017 .
  17. ↑ 15 Documentary Features Advance in Oscar Race In: oscars.org, December 7, 2017.