No Pressure (2010)

Directed by

Dougal Wilson

Genre

comedy, horror

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

4 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film shows everyday people being graphically blown up for not supporting a campaign to reduce CO2 emissions. The makers intended it as a funny satire in the style of Monty Python.

darkly comicsatiricalshockingbluntover-the-topconfrontational

What happens

No Pressure is a 2010 short film produced by the global warming mitigation campaign 10:10, written by Richard Curtis and Franny Armstrong, and directed by Dougal Wilson. Intended for cinema and television advertisements, No Pressure is composed of scenes in which a variety of men, women and children in every-day situations are graphically blown to pieces for failing to be sufficiently enthusiastic about the 10:10 campaign to reduce CO2 emissions. The film's makers said that they viewed No Pressure as "a funny and satirical tongue-in-cheek little film in the over-the-top style of Monty Python or South Park". Before its release, The Guardian described it as "attention-grabbing" and "pretty edgy." The film was withdrawn from public circulation by 10:10, on the same day it was released, due to negative publicity. Charities that had backed the film stated they were "absolutely appalled" upon seeing it, and several of 10:10's corporate and strategic partners withdrew from partnership. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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