Director's statement: John Webster
'Billy Wilder once said, "If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you".
When I began making this film in the spring of 2005 I knew that climate change, for most people, was a subject too awful to think about. If they were going to sit through the film I would make, they had to be given a few laughs.
Eventually I decided to focus the film on why it is so hard for people to change, even when we know we have to. I put myself and my family as the central characters in the film - we would change, we would go on an oil diet.
Inadvertantly, I had made a film about the relationship between a man and a woman, about those little power struggles that tug and pull within the family, and about balancing security with change, ideals with practicalities.
I hope that Our Year Without Oil is a thought provoking, entertaining and hopefully also inspiring film about climate change, and what it can mean for every family.'
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