Peter Mettler is a Canadian director and cinematographer whose entire catalog has been shown at TIFF over the years. He's made several documentaries (most recently "Petropolis", about the Alberta oil sands) and his latest, "The End of Time", is a continuation of the approach he's taken in previous work.
"The End of Time" is an exploration of time from astronomic and geological time scales down to the fleeting life span of sub-atomic particles (the first section includes a tour of the Large Hadron Collider at the CERN research facility in Switzerland). One of the most striking scenes is of lava flowing on one of the Hawaiian islands; geology operating at human time scales.
The photography and sound-design was exquisite. In some respects it was a good companion to "Sans Soleil" earlier in the day.
"The End of Time" will be shown again at the Lightbox in December.
All in all, a good start to TIFF 2012.
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