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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: NEW VIDEO GROUP INC EAN: 0767685992036 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: DOCURAMA Languages: Manufacturer: DOCURAMA MPN: NVG-9920 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: DOCURAMA Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 31, 2007 Running Time: 85 minutes Studio: DOCURAMA Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Editorial Review: Product Description: An unforgettable and shocking wake-up call A Crude Awakening offers the rock-solid argument that the era of cheap oil is in the past. Relentless and clear-eyed this intensively-researched 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.Drawing on an international cast of maverick energy experts and thinkers directors Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack debunk the conventional wisdom that oil production will continue to climb and instead stare bleakly at a planet facing economic meltdown and conflict over its most valuable resource. Featuring a haunting score by Phillip Glass and a fascinating array of rare archival footage the film explores oil s rocky relationship with human progress in locales ranging from ancient Baku Azerbaijan to dusty oilpatch town McCamey Texas.Amidst a dark and disturbing vision of our future A Crude Awakening hints at a humbler way of life built around sustainability and alternative energy providing a visually stunning boldly prophetic testament which provokes not just thought but action.System Requirements:Running Time: 85 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 767685992036 Manufacturer No: NVG-9920 Amazon.com: While the previous eco-doc Who Killed the Electric Car? spent some time on the world's oil crisis, A Crude Awakening (formerly OilCrash) builds an entire film around the subject. Swiss journalist Basil Gelpke and Irish filmmaker Ray McCormack have constructed their narrative in a conventional manner, alternating between talking heads, archival footage, and modern-day material, but the addition of several pieces by Phillip Glass is an artful touch (and evokes his work on 1988's The Thin Blue Line). Throughout, a diverse array of experts from the U.S., Azerbaijan, Venezuela, and other countries explain how the 20th century became addicted to "the blood of the dinosaurs," and why contemporary society needs to change course. As attorney/activist Matthew David Savinar puts it, "Oil is our God." As Stanford professor Terry Lynn Karl adds, "More and more oil is going to come from less and less stable places...places that actually challenge the taking of oil in the first place." One of the more chilling revelations concerns the discrepancy between the reserves oil-producing nations claim they possess and the actual amount. These padded estimates allow them to drill with impunity, leading to an abundance of wealth in the short term and cataclysmic consequences once they've depleted their supply of this non-renewable resource. A Crude Awakening isn't exactly a day-brightener, but Gelpke and McCormack are comprehensive and impartial in their inquiry, which makes for an informative examination of a vitally important subject. Extras include extended interviews with four participants and bonus chapter Petrostates. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Crude AwakeningVery informative and relevant in light of the rising prices at the pump. Americans need to realize that the days of cheap energy are over. We need to seek out alternatives that are renewable or face the day when we will run out of oil. Rating: - Compelling arguements to considerToday is June 12, 2008, and with oil is above $130 per barrel, we have an ideal environment to take in such a documentary as this. The scenario reminds me of a book called, "What To Do When Oil Is $200 A Barrel." Perhaps by the time you read this, it will be over $200 a barrel. For this genre, this is a well-produced documentary that combines visual interest with good academic but energizing commentary. It plays out like a story: from the early discoveries of oil, the oil bonanza ... Read More Rating:  - crude crapTHese guys that write these book must do one sided research, Peak Oil LOL not yet. We're finding out the earth core is producing more oil, sounds crayz ,but true. However, according to Popular Science Apr 2008 there are 175 Trillion thats right 175 TRILLION barrels of oil in Tar sands in Canada that they can extract a barrel of oil from for about $20.00 a barrel. Then you have 5 Trillion barrels of oil in OIL Shale in Colo,Wyo & Utah that they can produced a barrel of oil for about $40.00 a barrel. ... Read More Rating: - Awakening.This documentary describes a process that is inevitable... but at least it describes it rather than putting ones head in the sand and denying it. The more people that are aware of what will happen when cheap plentiful energy becomes scarce expensive energy the better. Highly recommended. Rating: - One of the best environmental/political/social movies ever madeI work on a number of environmental projects and I have purchased at least 15 copies of this movie already to give to corporate decision makers and other executives. It is the most concise, balanced and articulate overview I have found on the Peak Oil issue. I can't expand much on the other reviews, except to say that this should be mandatory viewing for high school students...and the majority of adults in American who aren't even familiar with the term 'peak oil' yet. If everyone in the US could ... Read More |
