Just like “The End of Suburbia”, “Collapse” deals with global oil depletion. What happens when we run out of the black gold? (hint: it won’t be pretty!)
Director Chris Smith does so many things right with Collapse. It’s expertly structured and manages to swing the direction back and forth between “this guy is out of his [...]
Here’s a new formula for “issue” documentaries:
1. Find a sympathetic guy who went into “issue” with no preconceptions and expecting no wrong-doing
2. Get guy to describe how he was shocked to find that the things were much worse than imagined
3. Illustrate story with other interviews, if possible get wrong-doer to decline interviews
4. Show someone crying [...]
“Peak oil”, make a note of that term. It refers to the point when world oil production reaches its maximum. After that it’s downhill; downhill for putting gas on your car, downhill for fueling factories, downhill for suburbia, downhill for human society. “The End of Suburbia” manages to paint a convincing pictures of a not-so-far-future [...]
