Open Letter to Leonardo DiCaprio

Submitted by clintoncallahan on June 11, 2008 - 12:03pm

Dear Leonardo,

I love you, man. I love the way you brought Rose back to life on the Titanic. I love the way you pushed yourself and your people to do the impossible as Howard Hughes The Aviator. I love the way you died in Blood Diamond. Most of all, I love that you took a stand for saying what needs to be said in 11th Hour.

And here is where I want to land a distinction in you. Being sincere is not the equivalent of being authentic. In 11th Hour you were sincere. You were not authentic.

If you were authentic the viewer would come away feeling what truly moved you to make the film in the first place. You did not reveal the truth of that for us. We long for someone to speak the truth to us about what is going on in the world.

I would love to have you do a re-release, a director’s cut, that blows people out of the water with your authentic truth. You know, if it all comes down like it looks like it’s going to come down (see www.just-stop.org), what have you got to lose? It will all be gone anyway, so why not take the risk to say it like you feel it?

If you dared to tell your authentic truth with this film, then even in the opening scenes you would be sobbing. You know this. We are so sad that the polar bears are drowning, but no one will help us to feel this. You could. Your fear of losing modern civilization would pour out through your heart into ours so we could have the courage to change our behavior before it is too late. I want there to be movies for my great grandchildren to see. I love movies. Your rage at our stupidity would sear the consequences of greed and denial into our nerves so we would be forced to wake up to what we are doing by not doing anything differently.

What drove you to make 11th Hour is your love for the possibility of humanity and for the miracle and beauty of the Earth. We know this. Please let us feel this. Please let’s make 11th Hour again with the real you in it, the man who stands for hope for all of us. You can do this. We can help you.

Your friend and ally,

Clinton Callahan

Munich from the USA (+9 hours) 011-49-89-74949473

www.radiant-joy.com

www.callahan-academy.com www.just-stop.org

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