Black Gold, Black Hole

December 29, 2009 Comments »

Until I caught a glimpse of  this informative chart I thought I had a good grip on the cinematic offerings of doomsday entertainment this year. Having not even heard of the outlier to the right, my curiosity was piqued.

So Collapse is apparently an independent film directed by Chris Smith with dire prognostications from a seemingly reliable source. Remember the premise of Mad Max? We run out of oil and the world goes to hell pretty quick. Well, I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but the main and only character in this documentary seems to think we are rapidly approaching or perhaps have even surpassed Peak Oil.

In the wake of two notable faux-documentary films this summer it is hard to know if what you are watching is actual footage and what is more clever fabricated story telling. this guy seems legit enough, has the credentials to back it all up and basically lays out a convincing enough story you might find yourself tilling your backyard for your own apocalypse garden.

So where catch a glimpse of the prophesy? Basically you are out of luck unless you have Comcast OnDemand. I have been tweeting at this guy for some kind of clue as to how to get this shown in Jacksonville, but I haven’t had too much luck. Perhaps if there was more interest we could get this here… before it’s too late.