Doomer documentary gets rave reviews at Toronto film fest

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Did you read the entire interview?

I actually read another one, and am surprised that there are multiples available for a movie which has gone straight to video/ondemand.

Then, as I was examining where to go to see this movie, I discovered what I would call "alternate" theaters which appear to show quite a few Indy films. Its been a long time since college, just seeing the titles and languages brought back the flavor of watching some German language films in college, at some small and tidy theater versus the chain stuff.

Its been a long time for me, I just wish I didn't have to drive so far to see it.

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First, the good news, SoS

Philosophers through the ages have pondered the nature of schadenfreude. Schopenhauer wrote that its presence in a person's heart was a clear sign of evil. R. C. Trench, a 19th-century British archbishop, wrote that even having a word for such a damnable emotion was evidence of a culture's corruption. But scientists who study schadenfreude take a more charitable view. However contemptible schadenfreude may seem, they say, we are programmed to feel it. As Professor Smith said, ''It's human nature.''

-and now the bad

Of course, not everyone feels schadenfreude at the same events or to the same degree. Research has shown that people with low self-esteem are more susceptible to schadenfreude than those whose self-regard is high. And while some may bask in this glee unapologetically, others might quickly feel ashamed of it, and successfully shut off their schadenfreude valves.

By the way, what's the word on December's rent? Did I miss your last update?

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By the way, what's the word on December's rent? Did I miss your last update?

If you read the review of the complete movie experience about a page back, the author mentioned that this question came up for Mike at the end of the movie, post-indoctrination as it were. He said that he was good for rent money.

So I'm guessing once the newness of Collapse wears off, or the college kids are busy back to paying tuition rather than the entrance fee for some smalltime movie, he'll be back to begging again. Its like a mouse on crack, once they realize all they have to do is put up a pretend plea on the internet, and people paypal them cash, they just can't stop. Why work for a living?