A Crude Awakening (The Oil Crash)

2006

85 mins

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Directed by Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
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Documentary

"That sucking sound you hear is the last significant oil reserves being drawn from the earth. The very oil that... More

"That sucking sound you hear is the last significant oil reserves being drawn from the earth. The very oil that makes our bloated, consumptive Western lifestyles possible is directly forcing our economic, industrial and environmental demise. In this well-constructed barrage of terrifying information and images, filmmakers Gelpke, McCormack and Reto Caduff chisel away at our denial of imminent global oil collapse. Energy experts and oil industry authorities… detail just how close to the bottom of the barrel we are. The world’s supply has peaked, and the age of cheap and plentiful oil is over… With equal parts reason and fear, this highly energetic exposé vividly illustrates our fossil fuel addiction and perhaps even more harrowingly, reveals how little we seem to care." (NZ International Film Festival)

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A Crude Awakening (The Oil Crash) | Ratings & Reviews

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"Manages to avoid stridency and simplicity while delivering an alarmist message bolstered by myriad interviews with government, industry and academic experts..."

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Variety

"It goes to explain (through the words of scientists and experts) how our way of life is indeed in deep excrement and there's a devil's own problem brewing which will cause us bloody headaches. And probably sooner than we think..."

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Urban Cinefile

"A film loaded to the brim with defeatist talking heads who could learn a thing or two about fighting spirit. In their assessment of the oil crisis, they do not exude confidence: the days of the Beverly Hillbillies are history; Texas and the like are now graveyards for black gold; populations may have to be downsized; untamable economic growth means it's all downhill from here..."

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