7 Movies in Which Heat Is a Main Character

In Spike Lee ’s Do the Right affair , a summer hotness undulation condescend on Brooklyn , pushing neighbors into the street and stirring up boiling resentment . The heat is less of an environmental scene and more of a character unto itself .

In real life , just like in the plastic film name here , passion is often an invisible force with wide - reach and unexpected consequences . It ’s not all popsicles and swimming pond : Extreme heating , which is becoming more common and more vivid under climate change , frequently disrupts normal life story and can easily turn deadly . Here are some of my best-loved movies in which swelter temperature repulse the plot forward .

Some despoiler here , if you have n’t witness these moving-picture show .

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