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COLLAPSE
Documentary,2009,90 mins,English,1.85:1,Dolby 2.0,M (Coarse language),Additional 2010 Updates, Deleted Scenes,Chris Smith,Michael Ruppert,• ****(4/4 stars) Roger Ebert
• "Superb! Grade A!” Entertainment Weekly
• "Shockingly persuasive…unexpectedly moving.” The New York Times
• "Compelling and disturbing.” USA Today
• "COLLAPSE will leave you shaken about the future of our planet…” San Francisco Chronicle
• "Mesmerising! Makes Michael Moore sound like Mr Rogers.” Vancouver Sun
• "From popcorn chompers such as 2012 to more cerebral fare like THE ROA, COLLAPSE is hands down the most chilling.” Globe and Mail
• "Hypnoctic and haunting.” TIME magazine
• "He makes AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH’s Al Gore look like he’s leading a pep rally.” Vancouver Straight,Meet Michael Ruppert, a different kind of American. A former Lost Angeles police officer turned independent reporter, he predicted the current financial crisis at a time when most Wall Street and Washington analysts were still in denial.
Sitting in a room that looks like a bunker, Ruppert recounts his career as a radical thinker and spells out the crises he sees ahead. He draws upon the same news reports and data available to any Internet user, but he applies a unique interpretation. He is especially passionate about the issue of "peak oil," the concern raised by scientists since the seventies that the world will eventually run out of fossil fuel. While other experts debate this issue in measured tones, Rupperts doesn't hold back at sounding an alarm, portraying an apocalyptic future.
COLLAPSE also serve as a portrait of a loner. While other observers analyze details of the economic crisis, Ruppert views it as symptomatic of nothing less than the collapse of industrial civilization itself.
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