collapse

This is the documentary I wanted to make after I finished my Buckley film back in 2003. I even begun pre-production on it with a friend. It was going to be called “The Shift.” However, my research was so depressing and so overwhelming (and so frightening after I spoke with a man who worked consulted for a Pentagon think tank), I decided it best for my mental health not to immerse myself in this material for several years. Thankfully, Chris Smith did! Smith, one of my inspirations (he made one of my all time favorite docs, American Movie), has taken on a subject – THE subject – that I have been obsessed with for the past decade… the collapse of society as we know it. If you know me, then I’ve already chewed your ear about this a million times. And, I’m not talking about a collapse unfolding over the next few decades, but a radical spike in chaos over the next few years culminating in some pretty wild stuff that acts as a catalyst for systemic change. I truly believe that we all happen to be alive at the apex of a cycle that’s been winding to a close for hundreds (maybe thousands of years.) It’s like those of us who are alive at this juncture in history have won a bizarre lottery. This is no longer a slow unfolding, it’s the official turn of the tide.

Collapse, while highlighting the chaotic scenario as independent writer/researcher Michael Ruppert sees it, will also inevitably venture into what “knowing” this kind of information does to a person like Ruppert. Once you look behind the curtain of what mass media presents and investigate what’s really going on inside all of our major institutions from the Federal Reserve to Agribusiness, it’s enough to make even the most staunch optimists cynical, hopeless and paranoid. And, honestly, just because the word *conspiracy* is uttered around some of these topics, does not mean we should throw out the baby with the bath water. There are half-truths, lies and manipulations everywhere these days. Sometimes we have to open ourselves up to selective bits & pieces of conspiracies in order not to qualify as fools. It’s a delicate balance. My only worry is that the film is not going to delve into why this coming collapse will, ultimately, be one of the best things that could happen for this world – even if it’s going to be a rough ride for a bit – but I will save the post collapse discussion for another day!

This is definitely one of the must-see documentaries of the year. (It’s getting stellar reviews.) GO SEE THIS FILM when it opens on November 6th and we’ll talk…