TIFF 2009 Day 3: Chris Smith’s Collapse

In the post screening Q&A, Chris Smith’s noted that a “black cloud” has been hanging over the project – whatever his hurdles were, the forecast looks pretty darn good, in my estimation this might be the doc film that comes out of TIFF with the best of chances for a theatrical release. Collapse will not only find a distributor to back the gloomy, Errol Morris’ Fog of War-like portrait, but will be a contender for major kudos whatever year it gets submitted to Oscar. Chain-smoking whistle blower Michael Ruppert (the focal point of the doc) gives a stellar argument for some of the things we can expect in the not so distant or distant future – but strokes his feathers and isn’t afraid to ruffle them either. Good news: no talk about 9/11. Full review coming soon.