brooklyn gal for a while

truth in advertising

Last night TS and I saw An Inconvenient Truth. For those not in the know, it is a documentary of Al Gore's powerpoint presentation on Global Warming that he has given around the world. (It also seemed a bit of 100 min campaign ad to me, but TS didnt agree on that point)
Before the movie we were bombarded with random ads from TV shows to Broadband companies to the requesit Coca-cola. But the previews were so precisely to the general audience . . . whomever does the audience marketing research for previews did a great job for this one . . .
Word Play (a documentary about crossword puzzles)
Trust the Man (a movie about New Yorkers in love/marriage)
Who Killed the Electric Car? (a documentary about where the "future" of cars went)
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (a documentary (mocumentary?) about the NY soccer team in the '70s)
the last one left the audience silent, purely silent, but looks, well, like a potentially cheesy Hollywood version of events : World Trade Center
but all and all staight to the psuedo-intellectual aware of effects of our lifestyle, but probably not doing a whole lot about it, since we all were sitting in an over air-conditioned, over lit cinema on the upper west side.

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as seen on Ideal Bite: (some other environmental friendly films)

Nacho Libre - Jack Black, who drives a hybrid and supports Stop Global Warming , plays a priest-turned-wrestler trying to save an orphanage from closing; yes, it’s based on a true story (Jun 16).
Superman Returns - studio Warner Bros has kicked off a host of environmental initiatives . Star Kate Bosworth pulled up to this year’s Oscars in an electric car (Jun 30).
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest - Orlando Bloom footed the bill for tree plantings in Scotland aimed at mitigating his carbon use, and he works with Climate Star (Jul 7).
The Illusionist - starring Edward Norton, who masterminded the Solar Neighbors program (Aug 18 - also Edward’s birthday).

posted by gordian knot @ Friday, May 26, 2006