Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Meet Michael Ruppert a different kind of American A former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter he predicted the current financial crisis in his self-published newsletter From the Wilderness at a time when most Wall Street & Washington analysts were still in denial Sitting in a room that looks like a bunker Ruppert recounts his career as a radical thinker & spells out the crises he sees ahead He draws upon the same news reports & data available to any Internet user but he applies a unique interpretation Collapse also serves as a portrait of a loner Over the years Ruppert has stood up for what he believes in despite fierce opposition He candidly describes the sacrifices & motivators in his life While other observers analyze details of the economic crisis Ruppert views it as symptomatic of nothing less than the collapse of industrial civilization itself