This article analyzes the film “Don’t Look Up” in terms of its contribution to raising awareness of the need to change the value system of our economic and social model. The film’s critique of apocalyptic profit-seeking is very close to reality. It’s a parable about the existential threat hanging over the planet and the inability of political leaders to deal with the impending crisis other than through the prism of self-interest and corporate interests, which ultimately endangers humanity as a whole. Its audience success is undoubtedly good news, as it gives greater visibility to the climate emergency that threatens us all.
A film about a comet heading towards Earth and nobody doing anything about it? This sounds exactly like the climate crisis. In this article, scientist Peter Kalmus shares his “spleen” about our society’s failure to change its behavior in the face of the undeniable reality of the climate crisis.
