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Houston We Have A Problem
Nicole Torre
Categories: Documentary Feature Competition
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Run time: 81 min. | USA
With Houston We Have a Problem, filmmaker Nicole Torre steps inside the world of Texas oil culture to understand just how the United States developed its large appetite for crude. Wildcatters, independent oilmen, and even the president of Shell Oil, examine some hard truths while discussing the history and the future of this limited commodity upon which we have become so dependent and weigh in on the future of this country’s energy supply.
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4:00 PM     Sun, Oct 25 Texas Spirit Theater + add to cal
6:00 PM     Thu, Oct 29 Texas Spirit Theater + add to cal
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Rated 3.0/5 Stars
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The more I thought about this documentary, the more it annoyed me. After seeing it, I gave it three stars, but now that feels generous, and much is based on its production values. However, it falls down heavily in letting the oil companies off the hook. The executives shown act like the international oil crisis is just something that happened, and like they are innocent victims of all these policies - ignoring the fact that the industry dictated a lot of them. Compared to the tougher OilCrash, which screened at SXSW in 2006, this is almost an apologia. Where it is successful is in suggesting that the future of energy is in using the existing energy sector and its expertise to transition beyond hydrocarbons. But there are times when the whole experience feels like it came from an oil company public information office.
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