IS THE WEATHER TRYING TO KILL US?
CHASING THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
SCREENING + CONVERSATION
TWISTER
On a stormy day in the Midwest, a pair of mostly-divorced scientists and their weather-chasing crew attempt to launch a state-of-the-art cyclone-measuring device into a series of progressively larger tornadoes. This blockbuster 1996 adventure tells the story of a storm-chasing team’s relentless drive to learn how tornadoes work. Will they succeed in their quest, or die trying? Can cows really fly? And what exactly is ‘The Suck Zone?’
Director: Jan de Bont (1996) 113 min.
SPECIAL GUEST:
AMANDA BARTLETT is an award-winning senior reporter for SFGATE covering culture, science, history and breaking news. She’s written extensively about weather phenomena in California, from earthquakes to atmospheric rivers, as well as a number of movies shot around the Bay Area and beyond, including The Matrix Resurrections, The Princess Diaries, The Birds and Killer Klowns from Outer Space. She has previously presented repertory cinema at the Roxie Theater and the 4 Star Theater in San Francisco and grew up in Iowa, where she mastered the art of the tornado drill in elementary school.
This presentation is part of SCIENCE ON SCREEN®, a series pairing film screenings with lively scientific discussions – an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.