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Rob Nelson
Variety
Some of the pic's points register as obvious and infuriating at once; hardest-hitting are the passages that point to oil execs' use of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina to post record profits.
Jun 18, 2008
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Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
And it has the pastiche style of a work assembled from other sources, at the expense of original reporting.
Jun 6, 2008
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An, at the time, interesting take on the U.S. (domestic) oil & gas strategy. Unfortunately, the documentary didn't age well and seems very outdated looking at it from the 2020s.
Furthermore, while trying to cover a wide area of topics, it doesn't cover any topic particularly well: It is a wild mix of topics - domestic versus international production, corrupt politicians, "the end is near" theories, monopolies in the past, technological improvements, greedy fully-integrated oil companies (without explaining the differences to either upstream- or downstream-focused companies).
Overall a good documentary to pass the time, but nothing more.
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01/25/23
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America needs to see this documentary
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01/23/23
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Just happen to stumble upon this on tv late at night last week. Was very good. Now it's time to get a alternative fuel car.
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02/08/23
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If 90% of this film is true, I'm terrified.
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01/22/23
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We all know how greedy oil companies are, but maybe not exactly how it works. PLEASE watch this documentary. It definitely confirmed the greed for me ....
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02/24/23
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Excellent but very upsetting.
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01/24/23
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