Crude awakening a big oil company bleeds an estimated 4 million gallons of oil into the soil of mantua, a rich residential community in fairfax county. A crude awakening is a documentary film from directors basil gelpke and ray mccormack. Crude awakening in iraqs turbulent politics, whoever controls the oil production wields the power. Relentless and cleareyed, this intensivelyresearched film drills deep into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming peak oil crisis. The documentary focuses on information and testimony that supports the projection of a nearterm oil production peak. It is a film which avoids over sensationalising the material, allowing the facts to speak for. Crude awakening keeps its gaze purely on peak oil, and presents a. And the oil age wont end for a lack of oil, either. A crude awakening paints a picture so much grimmer than anything americans have seen in their lifetimes. The film contains contemporary footage interspersed with news and commercial footage.
It shut down beaches, greased marine protected areas and killed or injured several hundred birds and marine mammals. I felt a little better, and then a bit cross at the movie s finely tuned pessimism. The documentary, known as the oil crash outside englishspeaking countries, argues that. Now, in his late 1940s, he is filled with wonder and gratitude to be able to move around freely and express himself. A crude awakening a film by basil gelpke and ray mccormack available on dvd. The subject at hand is crude oil specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the earth, in an era when consumption threatens. Basil gelpke and ray mccormacks nonfiction treatise crude awakening joins maxed out, an inconvenient truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces that are untying the connective threads of contemporary society.
If you do, there are plenty of reasons to wish you didnt. News illustrates a crude awakening by charles lane the authoritative international energy agency announced monday that the united states will overtake russia and saudi arabia as the worlds largest crude oil producer in five years. The age of oil the last hours of ancient sunlight back to the future. The incredible journey of oil is an australian made documentary. Horizon wont earn a penny until 2008, when it hopes to start shoveling 110,000 barrels of. Jan 31, 2012 crude awakening in iraqs turbulent politics, whoever controls the oil production wields the power. The subject at hand is crude oil specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the earth, in an era when consumption threatens to exceed supply. In 2011 domestic oil production reached its highest level since 2003, and one stateshaleoilshilling north dakotapumped more crude than entire opec countries like ecuador.
Extras include extended interviews with four participants and bonus chapter petrostates. The oil crash into the dvd player, and you just might end up with night terrors. At one point in this movie, a university professor whose name i missed, says something along the lines of a student came up to me and asked. The fact that oil production will peak is not disputed. The dvd has about an hour of bonus interviews for the hardcore peak oil junkie. Statement by walter cruickshank, deputy director, minerals management service, united states department of. The film has had a small number of screenings in various parts of the world, and is due to be shown in a small number of cinemas in the uk in april.
A 90 minute documentary on the planets dwindling oil resources. I also believe as with any documentary, whether it be on global warming, peak oil, elephants, or cheese making, the movie is edited and put together in such a fashion as to give you the point of view that the director wants you to have. Cross your victims arms over their chest, placing their hands directly over the feces, forming a bowl. An evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent. A crude awakening, which won the zurich film prize in 2006 and has been. A stark look at the actual facts rather than what we wish the facts were. A theatrical documentary on the planets dwindling oil resources. Nov 20, 2014 basil gelpke and ray mccormacks groundbreaking film on peak oil. Malcolm sayer, which is based on a real life experience of the author, who, in 1969, discovers beneficial effects of the drug ldopa. Select members of the group will be discussing the movie a crude awakening at 6. A crude awakening isnt exactly a daybrightener, but gelpke and mccormack are comprehensive and impartial in their inquiry, which makes for an informative examination of a vitally important subject.
A crude awakening is a high quality documentary that does a good job of telling the peak oil story, including the geopolitical implications. The oil crash is out in the uk on 9th november 2007. Crude awakening coryton blockade you and i films hundreds of demonstrators have stopped 375,000 gallons of fuel from leaving a depot after blockading the road to an oil refinery. An unforgettable and shocking wakeup call, a crude awakening offers the rocksolid argument that the era of cheap oil is in the past. Nov 25, 2007 and the oil age wont end for a lack of oil, either. Gelpke and mccormack are firm believers that the worlds oil resources are in dangerously short supply, and that the price of oil is about to rise to previously unthinkable levels.
Each is presented and narrated by biologist and general science enthusiast dr. I wont begin to tell you about the ideas, opinions, and facts that this film brings. Building a crudeoilbased economy is like planning a. The other 30% is used for synthetic products such as. A crude awakening starts off by calling oil the excrement of the devil. Oiladdicted world faces crude awakening swi swissinfo.
A crude awakening is a bitter pill of a documentary that basil gelpke and ray mccormack gamely pretend to sugarcoat as gore did his. Basil gelpke and ray mccormacks nonfiction treatise crude awakening joins maxed out, an inconvenient truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to. The refugio oil spill was a rude awakening for us at patagonia. In case prices at the gas pump havent scared the bejesus out of you, just pop a crude awakening.
The sex trafficking crisis thats right in our backyard. Second opinion neil davey a crude awakening is a harsh look at the looming oil crisis, and the way in which mankind is draining this valuable resource. The oil crash is less a movie than one of those really long articles in the atlantic, only with less detail, more pictures and fake philip glass music playing in the background. The oil crash is a 2006 documentary film about peak oil, produced and directed by basil gelpke and ray mccormack. Awakenings is a 1990 american drama film based on oliver sackss 1973 memoir of the same title. The oil crash explores key historical events, data and predictions regarding the global peak in petroleum production through interviews with petroleum geologists, former opec officials, energy analysts, politicians, and political analysts. There are cute retro tv ads and bits of animation, plus lots of eyecatching glimpses of the iconic imagery associated with oil, its producers and its consumption. On average, there have been two crude oil spills every day in alberta for the past 37 years.
Jun 11, 2007 in awaking viewers to a future without oil, a crude awakening, is highly effective. Building a crudeoilbased economy is like planning a tripand when your buddies ditch you when the oil runs out. That is the first and last piece of rhetoric the rest is cold examination of evidence. Oct 31, 2010 crude awakening is the rollicking story of politics in americas last frontier and oil provincealaska, the nations most wild and mysterious state, where politics and oil blurred on the day wildcatters struck it big in 1968. Directed by swiss firsttime filmmakers basil gelpke and ray mccormack, this somber, wellcrafted documentary argues that oil, what it calls the bloodstream of the worlds economy, is. The oil boom in north dakota has brought tens of thousands of newcomers and, with them, an insidious crime that residents.
This is a crude awakening by socprof on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. It was split into three parts construction, destruction, and rebirth. An onshore pipeline ruptured on may 19, 2015, tarring our coastal front yard with at least 140,000 gallons of thick crude oil. If you like a good documentary you will have noticed, in. I believe there were some very valid points brought to light in the movie. Sexual activity involving feces, similar to the cleveland steamer find a victim that has passed out with their shoes on. But now, with exxonmobil pumping more than onetenth of iraqs crude from the west qurna. The case is the basis of crude, which depicts the all too. Crude awakening was shown at 2007s burning man festival and was the star of the show and proved to be both emotional and experiential. One barrel of oil can perform the same amount of work as 12 people working one year. Cutting back and forth between its apocalyptic futurology and grimly ironic archive footage including some hilariously wideeyed esso ads from the 1950s, a crude awakening wants to shock you.
Oct 17, 20 licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of nonesuch. The subject at hand is crude oil specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the earth, in an. Crude awakening is the rollicking story of politics in americas last frontier and oil provincealaska, the nations most wild and mysterious state, where politics and oil blurred on the day wildcatters struck it big in 1968. The truth of the matter is a film like the cove will probably outgross this movie because i think people care more. The quotation is repeated in a crude awakeningbut the film doesnt seem to understand its meaning. A compelling film, and one to be watched by those in any denial of human greed and consumption. Basil gelpke and ray mccormacks nonfiction treatise crude awakening joins maxed out, an inconvenient truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces that are. Living in a northern never land, where oil companies and the federal government kept the state living high and wild, a handful of players ran the show. He was as we saw in a prologue a bright, likeable kid, until the disease took its toll. Brent crude ukoil is a blend of different oil sourced from the north sea. Filmmakers basil gelpke and ray mccormack team up to deliver a grave warning in this documentary on the oil industry. It may be hard to believe as gas prices break new records, but the u. The point of a crude awakening seems to be like that of an alarm clock.
It follows a twoyear portion of an ongoing class action lawsuit against the chevron corporation in ecuador. See more ideas about oil spill, bp oil and crude oil. Sep 10, 2009 the case is the basis of crude, which depicts the all too. Crude is a 2009 american documentary film directed and produced by joe berlinger. He administers it to catatonic patients who survived the 191728 epidemic of encephalitis. I had the pleasure of watching basil gelpke and ray mccormacks new film a crude awakening recently, and was very impressed. Jul 29, 2007 a crude awakening paints a picture so much grimmer than anything americans have seen in their lifetimes. Whereas the recent movie crude impact focuses on too many. The methodological simplicity of a crude awakening makes for a good campaigning documentary.
Form two piles of feces on your victims chest, one over each pectoral area. Directed by basil gelpke, raymond mccormack, reto caduff. Living in a northern never land, where oil companies and the federal government kept the state living high and wild, a. The movie follows leonard through the stages of his rebirth. Filmmakers basil glepke and ray mccormack poll oil company. Its collaborative execution brings together eight different artists who have. Dynamic, tightly arranged, and deliberately provocative, joe berlingers crude is a sobering, enraging wakeup call. Statement by walter cruickshank, deputy director, minerals management service, united states department of the interior. A crude awakening dogwoof documentary distribution. Basil gelpke and ray mccormacks groundbreaking film on peak oil.
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