You are going to read an article containing reviews of fms about focusing on the environment. For questions 60-69, choose from the reviews (A-F). The reviews may be chosen more than once. Green on the Screen Seth Platt reviews some films with a ‘green’ conscience. A. The Day after Tomorrow There's nothing Hollywood likes better than a good old-fashioned disaster movie - tragedy and spectacle being what the cinema does best. Here the repercussions of environmental exploitation and attendant ...

You are going to read an article containing reviews of fms about focusing on the environment. For questions 60-69, choose from the reviews (A-F). The reviews may be chosen more than once.

Green on the Screen

Seth Platt reviews some films with a ‘green’ conscience.

A. The Day after Tomorrow

There's nothing Hollywood likes better than a good old-fashioned disaster movie - tragedy and spectacle being what the cinema does best. Here the repercussions of environmental exploitation and attendant global warming result in a huge ice storm that plunges the world into a new ice age. This hugely entertaining film takes the big what-if and, with state-of-the-art CGI, puts it all up there on the big screen. Forget the humans struggling to survive and revel in nature's revenge. A huge hit when it came out, it soon attracted a lot of criticism for its treatment of the facts, but then again, this is not a documentary - it's a big budget Hollywood movie that delivers on all its promises.

B. An Inconvenient Truth

Any consideration of eco films has to mention this ground-breaking documentary. Bringing the plight of the planet to the big screen and fueling (in an environmentally friendly way!) the global warming debate, Al Gore is at his charismatic best as he takes us from his early days, through his political and environmental awakening to his current position as the foremost green spokesman we have. But this is not really about Al. At every step of the way, he hammers home the terrifying reality of a world under threat with a series of slides and graphs. Less a movie than a lecture, you might think that it would be dull and dry, but the strength of his arguments allied with a sincere and heartfelt presentation make this a landmark documentary that should not be missed.

C. Local Hero

Years ahead of its time, this was considered a light, if entertaining comedy at the time of its release. The simple tale of an oil executive's attempts to buy a small Scottish village and replace it with a refinery has become something of a cult classic over the years. Its longevity is down to number of factors: the excellence of the script; the precision of the casting; the warmth of the performances and the prescience of the film's themes. It's a witty yet subtle meditation on the motivations of both the corporate incomers wanting to buy, and the locals willing to sell. The magic of the setting is as inspiring as its message of sustainable development and this little gem of a film is one that you'll return to again and again.

D. The 11th Hour

With the success of Gore's Inconvenient Truth, film studios realised that there was an audience for thought-provoking films and this is one of the most recent of a rash of reality film-making to address the planet in peril scenario. However, for all the celebrity value of having Leonardo DiCaprio act as narrator this is something of a letdown. The problems of overpopulation, pollution and imminent environmental catastrophe are effectively foregrounded as they need to be in a film of this ilk, yet somehow it doesn't all gel. It's a great shame because the film-makers have gone to a lot of trouble to assemble many of the world's greatest thinkers and commentators, yet depth of knowledge cannot compensate for a dearth of fresh ideas in a documentary that you could just as well see on TV every night.

E. Gorillas in the Mist

Sigourney Weaver excels in her portrait of the naturalist Dian Fossey in this stunningly shot biopic. The film works best when it charts Fossey's relationship with the gorillas she works so hard to save. The film is less successful, however, in its depiction of the human relationships. This is perhaps not the fault of the director and more the defects of Fossey herself; for all her noble intentions she comes across as a difficult person to like and her single-mindedness tends at times to slip over into unhealthy obsession. Filmed on location on the mountains of Rwanda, the film is a timely reminder of the struggles faced by those prepared to sacrifice themselves for something they believe in.

F. Medicine Man

There are few things more important than finding a cure for cancer and this film bravely allies that quest with the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest. Lorraine Bracco is the biochemist sent to pull the plug on Sean Connery’s research deep in the heart of the South American jungle. The film highlights the tragedy of deforestation in that high up on the trees hides the long-sought after cure, but the trees are being cut down for a new road. If the central romance between the two leads falls to convince, the film has more success in getting its message across about unthinking development and its ultimate consequences, not just at the local, but also at the global level. The final images of the forest in flames are deliberately provocative and rightly so. If only a small proportion of the audience is inspired to do something, then the film will most certainly have triumphed.

About which of the films is the following stated?

A combination of factors make it essential viewing. 60