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 PrintableVersion Day after tomorrowStormy relationshipDay After Tomorrow This film portrays the rapid onset of an ice age. In a matter of weeks Europe and North America are hit by hail, tornadoes, floods and snow (in that order), until New York is an ice-bound wilderness. The human interest is provided by a climatologist who treks into Manhattan in an attempt to rescue the son he has neglected. The film works on two levels. The first level is for those who found that 9/11 whetted their appetite, who would like to watch live as more disasters hit New York. (The special effects are very convincing.) The second level is the warning to stop polluting as if there will be no day after tomorrow. Greenhouse gas emissions have warmed the earth, collapsing the ice sheets, switching off the ocean circulation and pushing the earth into a new ice age. The plot's conflict with science (www.whoi.edu) is cleverly disguised by showing the climate scientists puzzling over the events unfolding around them. As viewers we accept the sleight of hand; the mismatch seems to vanish in the virtual world we inhabit during the film. The implausible is made plausible. The librarian chooses to rescue an old Bible, not because he believes in God, but because its printing was 'the dawn of the age of reason'. In this film we see how far we have fallen. Lost, we retreat into a virtual world where disaster becomes entertainment and the unreal seems more real than reality itself. 'For whom tolls the bell? It tolls for thee.' Dr. Tim Mitchell,
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