"Collapse" movie review

 Uncertainty.

In economic times such as these it lurks around every corner, where do we as an American society go from here, is there anywhere to go.

Michael Ruppert the subject of the film shares his opinions about he current energy and economic as they pertain to the concepts of peak oil and sustainable development. Ruppert lacks the traditional credentials one may think needed to speak with such authority about such deep and complex problems but despite his rather modest background as a former LAPD detective, Ruppert speaks to the issues at hand with great knowledge and emotion.

From afar one may view Collapse as a rather unspectacular film technically. The interview with Ruppert is conducted in a sparse, dimly lit room but the camera whips back and forth, up and down in an effective manner to make the static setting and scenario extremely compelling. The b-roll is simplistic and formulaic but fits perfectly, the filmmakers know that Ruppert is passionate enough in his opinions and thoughts that he really needs no complement, they allow him to carry the film.

Ruppert has been billed in the past as just another run of the mill consiracy theorist, a man who lacks the formal education and understanding to grasp such large comcepts as the current energy crisis, let alone publish books and opinion articles that predict social revolution and imminent governmental collapse as a direct result.

Whether you believe in the concepts Ruppert speaks of or not you still owe it to yourself to hear him out. His ideaology may be considered conspiracy but there are just some points Ruppert makes that are truthfully hard if not impossible to argue with such as the fact that our society is built on a platform of infinite growth which is unsustainable in every way, Ruppert plants a seed in the viewers mind that doom is inevitable, that the day to day life as we know it is about to change in a big way sooner rather then later.

The seed Ruppert plants while at first may seem perposterous has a way of lingering in your mind long after the end credits roll, long enough to realize that maybe what this seemingly simple man speaks about has a very scary truth to it. It forces the viewer to consider the worst while at the same time coming to terms with the fact that it might be to late to do anything about it.