Environmental campaigners 10:10 have withdrawn a film showing a teacher graphically exploding two of her students who refuse to reduce their carbon emmissions, after complaints. In a statement, the group apologised to anyone offended. The film aimed to "bring this critical issue back into the headlines whilst making people laugh," the group said.
Starring Gillian Anderson it was scripted by Richard Curtis, whose films include Four Weddings and a Funeral.It was directed by a leading commercials director. In the film, which was subsequently posted to Youtube and which contains disturbing images, a teacher invites her class to take part in the environmental campaign. Two children, who do not want to, are asked why.
The teacher tells them: "Fine, it's absolutely fine. It's your own choice." But moments later she presses a button and the children explode into a mess. Similar scenes are played out in an office where four workers are blown up and a football training session where footballer David Ginola, who also says he does not want to do his bit to combat climate change, disappears in an explosion.
I prefer Cyriak's version.
In the final scene, Gillian Anderson, who provides the voice-over is similarly dispatched after saying she thought doing the voice over was enough of a contribution to the campaign. In the official campaign statement, the group said: "At 10:10 we're all about trying new and creative ways of getting people to take action on climate change. Unfortunately in this instance we missed the mark. Oh well, we live and learn." However, 10:10 said they would not make any attempt "to censor or remove other versions currently in circulation on the internet."
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