From TheWrap · Elizabeth Weitzman · · 1m
A Statement Review
Tom McCarthy's climate change drama uses 1980 expert panel to mirror today's environmental crisis.
In brief
Tom McCarthy's climate change drama uses 1980 expert panel to mirror today's environmental crisis. Tom McCarthy's film 'A Statement' adapts a 1980 climate panel meeting to highlight current climate urgency through verbatim dialogue. Originally reported by TheWrap.
1980 climate panel
On October thirty, nineteen eighty, twenty experts met at the Don CeSar Hotel in St. Petersburg, Fla. to discuss CO2 emissions' climate impact.
Panel's climate warning
The experts concluded that if people can get in their own way, they'll knock each other over to grab it.
Tom McCarthy's film
Tom McCarthy's 'A Statement' adapts the 1980 panel meeting to highlight current climate urgency through verbatim dialogue.
True events basis
The film draws from journalist Nathaniel Rich's 2019 book 'Losing Earth: A Recent History' and includes verbatim transcripts.
Moderator Tom Jorling
Moderator Tom Jorling (Paul Rudd) organized four sessions over two days to address the climate emergency.
Here's the gist
Tom McCarthy's film 'A Statement' adapts a 1980 climate panel meeting to highlight current climate urgency through verbatim dialogue.
