Collapse (2009) starring Michael Ruppert. Investigative journalist Ruppert is interviewed at length, and gives his reasons why he thinks civilization is headed for collapse. His central argument is that modern civilization, and the population growth that has accompanied it, is attributable to and dependent on the exploitation of oil -- and that we have already passed the permanent peak of production for oil worldwide. Not only that, but there is on the horizon no viable substitute for oil. Ruppert's discussion is wide-ranging, encyclopedic, and apocalyptic, but never boring. Also, the film is subtitled for the hearing-impaired. Grade: B+
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