An Inconvenient Truth
Publisher: Paramount
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Sales Rank: 42
ISBN / ASIN: B000ICL3KG
EAN: 0097363480846
Binding: DVD
Manufacturer: Paramount
Studio: Paramount
Average Rating: 4
Amazon.com:
With the fate of our planet arguably hanging in the balance, An Inconvenient Truth may prove to be one of the most important and prescient documentaries of all time. As he jokingly refers to himself, "former President-elect" Al Gore felt an urgent personal calling to draw attention--as he had been doing throughout his political career--to the increasingly desperate crisis of global warming, and this riveting documentary is basically a filmed version (by respected TV director Davis Guggenheim) of the PowerPoint lecture that Gore has presented (by his own estimate, well over 1,000 times) to attentive audiences all over the world. Considering Gore's amiable, low-key approach to charts, graphs, statistics, and photographs that leave no room for doubt regarding the reality (not "theory") of global warming as Earth's ultimate environmental crisis, many viewers will be surprised by just how fascinating and convincing this no-frills film really is.
As we learn about the milestone events that shaped his character (including his sister's death and young son's near-fatal injuries after being struck by a car), Gore sheds the stiff demeanor of his 2000 presidential campaign and impresses us as a man with a mission, transcending partisan politics with an impassioned plea for common sense, ethical forthrightness, and passionate purpose in reversing the harmful effects of global warming through personal and political responsibility. Some may accuse Gore of exploiting global warming as a Democratic platform, but his honest conviction regarding this "inconvenient truth" (i.e. overwhelming evidence of global warming that's troublesome to those whose interests are threatened by Gore's irrefutable message) is likely to silence all but the most obtusely stubborn detractors. By taking the high road and discreetly avoiding a full-on assault against the George W. Bush administration (which has steadfastly avoided "the inconvenient truth" with obfuscating spin control and policies favoring the oil industry), Gore effectively rises above political differences with a stern but hopeful eye toward a better future for our children.--Jeff Shannon
Description:
Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Al Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change in the most talked-about documentary of the year. An audience and critical favorite, An Inconvenient Truth makes the compelling case that global warming is real, man-made, and its effects will be cataclysmic if we don't act now. Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way: often humorous, frequently emotional, always fascinating. In the end, An Inconvenient Truth accomplishes what all great films should: it leaves the viewer shaken, involved and inspired.
Review:
More dangerous than war crininals.
'The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.' Propaganda: Edward Bernays.
Al Gore and his associates in the IPCC, etc., have done a brilliant job in handing politicians and their asociates the means to empower government in a way not known since the time of the Nazi propaganda machine in the 1930s. But this propaganda has reached the global dimensions of the underlying global warming threat. This threat is not a consequence of carbon dioxide emissions by man because man produces only a piffling amount of carbon dioxide in comparison to that produced by nature including other green-house warming gasses.
Of greatest influence on climate is solar activity, and there isn't anything we can do about the sun. However, carbon dioxide emissions created by man can be quantified, and, like with anything else which can be quantified and subsequently misrepresented, taxes can be levied.
Whilst this will have negative consequences for the long term viability of western culture which has too many other threats to face at the present time, we will not be as negatively impacted as the people in the developing world. These people will be further disenfranchised with respect to the technologies that would extend their lives and enable them to prosper.
To say that Al Gore and his associates are murderers would not at all be too strong a statement. For that is what they are. Unfortunately, the ICC is not yet sanctioned to try such creatures on charges of genocide.
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