2009 · documentary · drama
Collapse
Directed by Chris Smith1h 22m2009
From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter Michael Ruppert. He recounts his career as a radical thinker and spells out his apocalyptic vision of the future, spanning the crises in economics, energy, environment and more.
Our read: Collapse (2009) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded documentary · drama entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured documentary / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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“You want one man in a bunker connecting dots until civilization feels fragile.”
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