Film· 2021· Comedy

Don't Look Up

by Adam McKay

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  • Climate change

Adam McKay made the film as an allegory of climate change: scientists warn of a comet that politicians and media refuse to take seriously.

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Don't Look Up

The film tells the story of two astronomers attempting to warn humanity about an approaching comet that will destroy human civilization. The movie's central comet impact event was used by McKay as an allegory for threats arising from climate change. The film satirizes social, political, corporate, celebrity, and media indifference, in particular to the climate crisis, and parallels societal responses to science during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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