The Day After Tomorrow
Roland Emmerich , manager and co - writer ofThe Day After Tomorrow , explained why buildings were n’t destroyed in his apocalyptic film . Dennis Quaid andSpider - Man : Far From Homeactor Jake Gyllenhaallead the mould of Emmerich ’s 2004 blockbuster . The Day After Tomorrowfeatures impressive special personal effects and military action sequences that helped to pull in the picture over $ 550 million at the box office .
In the picture , globose warming has make the ice caps to melt , result in uttermost storms and subfreezing temperatures that menace life on earth . Tornadoes , rash , Friedrich August Wolf , and flooding because of monolithic tempest surges depredation Manhattan . The once thriving metropolis is leave desolate and marooned . separate by the natural disasters , Quaid ’s character attempts to make the dangerous voyage toNew York Cityin guild to save his boy . However , some keen observers have noticed that throughout all of the battering the metropolis claim , no buildings are really destroyed .
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Emmerich land the issue to light in a late audience withYahoo ! Entertainment . The theater director is known for his proclivity to produce large - scale disaster movies and apparently had no prior qualms with leveling NYC , as was observable in his1998 filmGodzilla . So , what kept Emmerich from eliminate everything inThe Day After Tomorrow ? According to the director , it was the tragic effect on 9/11 that changed his path of activity . Take a look below to see how the terrorist onset impacted the movie .
“ I watched 9/11 happen in my theater in Mexico so I immediately put the script away and enjoin , ‘ I ’m not doing wipeout movies any longer . ’ And then nine months by and by , a friend of mine tell , ‘ But you could . If you do n’t put down any buildings , it ’s totally OK . ’ So , when you see the movie , the Statue of Liberty is upright and delay upright when the whole wave goes into Manhattan . There ’s not one building getting destroyed and that ’s how we figure out that . The flick was intend as a [ climate change ] word of advice . If you do n’t change your way , this will happen . ”
The real - life devastation seen in the backwash of 9/11 was almost enough to cause Emmerich to forgo the celluloid wholly . fortunately , he was able to compromise and notice a style to completeThe Day After Tomorrow ’s script without sacrificing his sense of right and wrong . His resolve is most observable in the scene featuring the massive tidal wave pummeling NYC . The waves meander down the paths of urban center streets rather than barrel through or toppling buildings .
Emmerich must have decided that an appropriate amount of time has passed since he has gone on to direct other apocalyptic movies like2012,Independence Day 2 : revival , andmost recentlyMoonfall . However , his determination regardingThe Day After Tomorrowcreates a goodly homage to the victims of 9/11 and those affect by the attacks . The Statue of Liberty and buildings in Manhattan typify the long suit and resilience in the nerve of catastrophic disaster . They are a out of sight tribute and symbol of Bob Hope , even in an unsealed future .
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