Mark Hartley is an Australian film maker who specializes in rapid-fire oral histories of niche cinema. "Electric Boogaloo" is the third film he has brought to TIFF and focuses on the rise and fall of Cannon Films in the 70's and 80's.
As with his previous films, this is a dizzying array of short comments from a plethora of people involved with the subject, representing all facets of the film business. Numerous clips from the films are used to illustrate points and to punctuate all the talking heads. They tend to be the documentary equivalent of a sugary cereal. Lots of energy and containing some interesting nuggets of information, but you wouldn't want to base a entire festival experience on them. That said, it was the first film of the day and was a great way to charge up the brain cells.
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