A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Oil Crash |
| Original title | A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack |
| script | Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack |
| production | Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack |
| music | Daniel Schnyder , Philip Glass , Philip Kuhn |
| camera | Frank Messmer, Daniel Pfisterer |
| cut | Georgia Wyss |
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash is a Swiss documentary that focuses on the global oil production peak.
action
The film deals with the history of oil production , today's dependency on oil, the global maximum oil production and future life without oil. A number of excerpts from expert interviews are shown.
Interviews
In the film u. a. interviewed the following people:
- Matthew Simmons , American investment banker
- Colin J. Campbell , English geologist and oil explorer
- Daniele Ganser , Swiss historian and publicist
background
The production company for the film is Zurich-based Lava Productions AG. The film distribution company is the Zurich-based Columbus Film AG .
The film's world premiere took place on March 11, 2006 at the SXSW Film Festival . With almost 400 viewers of the premiere, the producers' expectations were far exceeded.
Reviews
“Unfortunately, the authors of“ The Oil Crash ”sometimes succumb to the power of their images and create purely striking relationships for which there is no causal connection, such as the bombs on Baghdad. In view of the unpleasant insights, it is pleasant that the authors, in contrast to the questionable "An Inconvenient Truth," never raise their moral index finger. "
“The film is aimed primarily at an American audience. Which is good because they are by far the largest consumers of the world's oil reserves. "
“The filmmakers bring in rare and repeatedly very meaningful archive material. It's just a shame that the numbers, data and facts that the talking heads spread along with the commentary follow each other in a cadence that they will soon bury the viewer under them. "
"After the film you feel a bit like a fat old Roman who suspects the fall of his empire, but still has to eat a plump chicken."
Awards
The film has u. a. received the following awards:
- Zurich Film Award 2006: Best Documentary
- Palm Beach International Film Festival 2007: Best Documentary Feature
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of interviewed persons
- ↑ WORLD PREMIERE AT SXSW FILM FESTIVAL
- ^ The Oil Drum
- ↑ reprieve or scaremongering? ( Memento from April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Review: Kino - A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006)
- ↑ Built on Oil "The Oil Crash" - a disturbing documentary by Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack ( Memento from December 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ THE OIL CRASH ( Memento from February 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ A CRUDE AWAKENING - THE OIL CRASH
Web links
- Website of the film
- A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Oil Crash on YouTube