(USA/Canada, 94 min.)
Dir. Matt Johnson, Writ. Matt Johnson, Josh Boles
Starring: Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Josh Boles, Krista
Madison, Jared Raab
Operation Avalanche
brings to the screen a conspiracy for the Canadian film scene to rival the
allegedly false moon landing that it dramatizes. This new found footage
flick/mockumentary is the latest film from Matthew Johnson following his
breakout hit The Dirties and it comes to theatres
following a ten months of controversy and conversations fuelled by Johnson speaking
out against Canadian film pillars like TIFF and Telefilm Canada for their allegedly conspiratorial
practices that determine who gets anointed in terms of support and funding. He
says that the same established filmmakers receive tax dollars to churn out
commercial films that aren’t doing Canadians any service. Bruce McDonald,
Patricia Rozema, and Deepa Mehta all just made their best films in years, but here
comes Matt Johnson and Operation Can Con to rouse the members of the Toronto New Wave from their slumber.