Unlike many recent anticorporate docs, it doesnt point at individuals but paints an. Money, mavericks, and mayhem in alaska free full read most wanted. The eyeopening documentary demonstrates the central role oil has in our lives and our dependency on it. One barrel of oil can perform the same amount of work as 12 people working one year.
Mountain west news is a regional news service of the oconnor center for the rocky mountain west at the university of montana and is underwritten by the centers norm creighton endowment fund, supporting the centers public outreach and publications. A documentary that offers a rocksolid argument that the era of cheap oil is in the past. A theatrical documentary on the planets dwindling oil resources. The film contains contemporary footage interspersed with news and commercial footage from the growth heyday of petroleum. Jump to content s jump to site navigation 0 jump to search 4. As oil and gas companies continue to make enormous profits in a time of recordhigh gas prices, watchdog groups are accusing these companies of shortchanging american taxpayers on. Nov 20, 2014 basil gelpke and ray mccormacks groundbreaking film on peak oil. Directed by swiss firsttime filmmakers basil gelpke and ray mccormack, this somber, wellcrafted documentary argues that oil, what it calls the. In the 1960s, two hippies go off into the jungle to evade the fbi. The subject at hand is crude oil specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the earth, in an. Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. With cheech marin, eric roberts, julie hagerty, robert carradine.
Crude awakening by the mole september 7, 2016 we got pretty lucky there the other day jumping on the precious metals express train as there are but a handful of symbols i feel tempted to touch even with a ten foot pole right now. Directed by swiss firsttime filmmakers basil gelpke and ray mccormack, this somber, wellcrafted documentary argues that oil, what it calls the bloodstream of the worlds economy, is. Gelpke and mccormack suggest that if western society fails to reinvent itself altogether via such innovations. Definition of a rude awakening in the idioms dictionary. A crude awakening forces the viewer to acknowledge and consider the looming oil crisis. An onshore pipeline ruptured on may 19, 2015, tarring our coastal front yard with at least 140,000 gallons of thick crude oil. A crude awakening dogwoof documentary distribution. The oil crash oct 15, 2009 if you havent figured out that this is going on yet, not only are you not awake, youre dead. Whereas the recent movie crude impact focuses on too many things and it ends up a rather confused and exhausting sprawl, crude awakening keeps its gaze purely on peak oil, and presents a well argued, wellpaced, and welledited summary of what peak oil is and what it will mean for us all.
An unforgettable and shocking wakeup call, a crude awakening offers the rocksolid argument that the era of cheap oil is in the past. Sexual activity involving feces, similar to the cleveland steamer find a victim that has passed out with their shoes on. Basil gelpke and ray mccormacks nonfiction treatise crude awakening joins maxed out, an inconvenient truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces that are untying the connective threads of contemporary society. A crude awakening could be a companion piece to al gores an inconvenient truth, linked by its polemic message, the breadth of the information it presents, and the quality of its production values. A crude awakening a film by basil gelpke and ray mccormack available on dvd. Nov 30, 2012 this pin was discovered by kevin bird. Im talking about crude, which is showing a lot of weakness and has been slowly descending toward its 100day sma. Per the movie, the bush administration energy policy largely consisted of trying to democratize the middle east in order to secure the free flow of oil. May 02, 2008 crude awakening is the number one doc on itunes.
Crude awakening now at their highest since the gulf war, petroleum prices are roiling markets, worrying businesses and igniting angry protests. I was doing a commercial for alaskan seafood, which i adore. Oil is hydrocarbons that grew up in the earth when source rock full of organic inclusions sank to just the right depthnot too little. Theres enough information concisely crammed into this one and half hour film for it to be the basis of a full semesters selfdirected course of study. A crude awakening is a slick documentary that leaves the viewer in no doubt about an impending oil crisis.
Form two piles of feces on your victims chest, one over each pectoral area. Crude awakening a big oil company bleeds an estimated 4 million gallons of oil into the soil of mantua, a rich residential community in fairfax county. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Directed by basil gelpke, raymond mccormack, reto caduff. In case prices at the gas pump havent scared the bejesus out of you, just pop a crude awakening. The other 30% is used for synthetic products such as. Nov 11, 2007 a crude awakening is a slick documentary that leaves the viewer in no doubt about an impending oil crisis. The refugio oil spill was a rude awakening for us at patagonia. Yes, the tanker market is back and going full bore with rates up across the board and strong quarterly earnings performances. Crude awakening is the number one doc on itunes indiewire. A crude awakening is a documentary about the oil industry.
But the producers put me on a tiny raft in the ocean next to a. Basil gelpke and ray mccormacks groundbreaking film on peak oil. The oil crash, premiered at sxsw 2006 and i always had high hopes for it. This is a crude awakening by socprof on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Crude awakening coryton blockade you and i films hundreds of demonstrators have stopped 375,000 gallons of fuel from leaving a depot after blockading the road to an oil refinery.
A crude awakening sets out predictions for an oil crash and the implications it would have, as well as looking at what alternatives the world has to offer and how they fare in comparison. Building a crude oilbased economy is like planning a tripand when your buddies ditch you when the oil runs out, all plans blow off. It follows a twoyear portion of an ongoing class action lawsuit against the chevron corporation in ecuador. Mar 11, 2006 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing a crude awakening. The best movie i saw at sxsw this year was oilcrash, a terrific work of investigative journalismasfilm that will scare the living crp out of you. Bush comes to mind describe their life in terms of before 911 and after 911, in a sense i describe my life as before a crude awakening, and after a crude awakening. To take his company one step ahead of big oil, cj proposes a well on the only land available. This is a crude awakening by socprof on vimeo, the. As oil and gas companies continue to make enormous profits in a time of recordhigh gas prices, watchdog groups are accusing these companies of shortchanging american taxpayers on billions of.
Crude is a 2009 american documentary film directed and produced by joe berlinger. Relentless and cleareyed, this intensivelyresearched film drills deep into. The overtone of the film is speculative but admonitory. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Strategic alliances may form around oil in the future and result in alignments that were predicted millennia ago in the pages of scripture. Oil is the excrement of the devil, warns a commentator in this downbeat documentary, a film that promises to give petrolheads a crude awakening. It shut down beaches, greased marine protected areas and killed or injured several hundred birds and marine mammals. The oil crash into the dvd player, and you just might end up with night terrors. The majority of the worlds known petroleum reserves are controlled by a group of nations who oppose israel, some of whom oppose the united states. I dont care if someone says they worship jesus, buddha, allah, whoever they actually worship petroleum. Its collaborative execution brings together eight different artists who have.
The point of a crude awakening seems to be like that of an alarm clock. Suffice to say that i want to see a breach here, thus 90. If you have been hanging around here for a while you may have guessed it. The oil crash explores key historical events, data and predictions regarding the global peak in petroleum production through interviews with petroleum geologists, former opec officials, energy analysts, politicians, and political analysts. The oil crash add to watchlist this 2006 documentary explores the issue of peak oil, which was an idea put forth by geologist marion king hubbert in the 1950s, and other issues surrounding this fossil fuel. Oliver sacks writing and recommend it to anyone, especially those who enjoyed awakenings.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out. The dvd has about an hour of bonus interviews for the hardcore peak oil junkie. If you like a good documentary you will have noticed, in. Directed by 3 writing credits 2 cast 21 produced by 3 music by 2 cinematography by 2. Relentless and cleareyed, this intensivelyresearched film drills deep into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming peak oil crisis. The film contains contemporary footage interspersed with news and commercial footage. Documentary by basil gelpke and ray mccormack oil is our god. Anyhowthis movie affected my thinking so much, i personally have gotten more than 20 other people to watch the film. Feb 07, 2007 whereas the recent movie crude impact focuses on too many things and it ends up a rather confused and exhausting sprawl, crude awakening keeps its gaze purely on peak oil, and presents a well argued, wellpaced, and welledited summary of what peak oil is and what it will mean for us all. This well will have to cut through a deep layer of ultrahard granite that no man has penetrated, in search of a mythical sea of oil. The subject at hand is crude oil specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the earth, in an era when consumption threatens.
A sinister soundtrack and dramatically blunt sound bites from those in the know combine to create an extremely gloomy picture of the future of the oil industry and, indeed, our whole civilisation. When they come back to new york in the 1980s, their fellow hippie friends have become rich yuppies. Cross your victims arms over their chest, placing their hands directly over the feces, forming a bowl. A crude awakening a film by basil gelpke and ray mccormack available on dvd a crude awakening a film by basil gelpke and ray mccormack available on dvd a crude awakening is a documentary film from directors basil gelpke and ray mccormack. Nov 17, 2017 mountain west news is a regional news service of the oconnor center for the rocky mountain west at the university of montana and is underwritten by the centers norm creighton endowment fund, supporting the centers public outreach and publications. May 18, 2018 a crude awakening forces the viewer to acknowledge and consider the looming oil crisis. The oil crash is a 2006 documentary film about peak oil, produced and directed by basil gelpke and ray mccormack. A crude awakening is a documentary film from directors basil gelpke and ray mccormack.
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