Patrons of the Royal Cinema were treated this week to two esoteric films featuring two extraordinary gentlemen. Collapse: Michael Ruppert was an L.A.P.D. officer in the 1970s who blew the whistle on possible C.I.A. drug trafficking in the city. Since then, he has written several books about public policy and the dangers of excessive consumption. The film is essentially an eighty-minute interview, juxtaposing Ruppert’s thoughts with campy 1950s documentary footage. The reassuring Cold War era footage contrasts with the strong words expressed during the interview. It is a harsher version of Capitalism: A Love Story, taking the rhetoric to an …