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Escape from Suburbia
New peak oil documentary fluffs the faithful |
David Roberts |
06 May 2008 |
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| A while back I wrote a short review of 2004's End of Suburbia, and after watching the sequel, Escape from Suburbia, I guess I'd say roughly the same things. I want a movie like this to convince Average Joes. And when it comes to the Romantic agrarian peak oil evangelism this movie traffics in, the Average Joe needs lots of convincing. You'd think the way to go would be to play against stereotype, but to my eye, Escape from Suburbia plays right to it, again and ag ... |
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| Topics: movies, oil, placemaking, sprawl (all these topics) |
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