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The Big Fix
1978 · Film · 108 min
Directed by Jeremy Kagan
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
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Except it didn't contain the damage, at least according to the documentary The Big Fix. Instead of having a highly visible oil slick, the dispersant (Corexit) spread it out. It also had the effect of making the oil more bioavailable and therefore damaging to wildlife and humans. Lots of gulf coast folks are showing symptoms of being affected by the oil, the Corexit, or both.
I'd love to hear people who live in the affected area chime in, as I don't have any corroborating evidence beyond what's offered by the documentary, but it suggests that the use of a dispersant created a much bigger public health problem than it solved.
Equally frustrating is when well regarded modern films are unavailable due to rights issues.
The Big Fix[1] and Joshua Then and Now[2] are two examples.
[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077233/
[2] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089383/