Chris Smith may have wanted to close the books on his documentary filmmaking portion of his career, but when one falls on a charismatic and controversial person such as Michael Ruppert, I guess you hit the breaks, hire a great directory of photography to help in Edward Lachman and you make sure that you don’t run out of film. Sure to draw comparisons to Errol Morris’ Fog of War for it’s sheer power of the word, Collapse will surely be looked back on as a great pick from a powerful programmer and voice on the doc circuit in Thom Powers who was there to let us know that the filmmaker was stuck a the border trying to make it to the world screening. If I’m talking about the film and have this video it means that the black cloud that was following the project allowed for some sun to shine through. High up on my picks for TIFF, the doc is engaging because of this chain-smoking anti-government, the whistleblower of all whistleblowers type rebel. Here’s the post screening Q&A that goes hand in hand with my post screening thoughts.
