Review of Gasland (2010) by Nick D — 17 Feb 2011

I will never drink tap water again, let me tell you, as a result of this searing expose of the frenzied exploitation of natural gas mineral rights that opened as a result of a Bush-Cheney sellout -- even though I'm nowhere near a hydraulic well (I think).

This first-time documentarian, driven by the prospect of such a well on his own family's land in Pennsylvania, helps us learn about this outrage as he learns about it himself, on a journey across the country and back.

Now, it seems, the lobbyists have petitioned the Academy to deny the filmmaker his 2011 Oscar nom. That's enough reason to give them the award. This country has a whole lot of bad karma.