Collapse

As a documentary-portraiture complement to this weekend's release of the end-times blockbuster "2012," there's Chris Smith's "Collapse," an alternately frightening and mournful talkathon starring the conspiracy theories of ex-LAPD cop-reporter-author Michael Ruppert. Filmed in a spare basement made to feel like an interrogation chamber, the cigarette-smoking, mustached Ruppert -- whose fringe notoriety [...] Vai alla recensione »

November 6, 2009 “What movie did you see last night?” “A documentary called ‘Collapse.’ ” “What’s it about?” “It’s just one guy explaining why human civilization in its present form is doomed.” “Huh. But did you have a good time?” Well, that depends. Factor in variables like personal ideology, current-affairs savvy and where you land on the temperamental continuum between optimism and pessimism, [...] Vai alla recensione »