Midnight madness is clearly out to earn its moniker this year. When the first screening includes a Rush line almost equal in size to the ticket-holders line, dozens of limos and livestock on the red carpet, you know that something weird is going on. Yes, livestock. A horse (or maybe a donkey) in a cart, being pulled by "slavic peasant" women. And music. And chanting. And a shortage of volunteers to help manage it all.

In this evening's case, the fun didn't stop once the theatre had filled up. No, we got a few minutes into the screening and the projector broke down.

The phrase "Michael Moore is trying to fix the projector" was uttered.

The film talent performed an impromptu stand-up routine to soothe the restless crowd.

Emergency escalations cascaded.

And, around 1:45 or so, the screening was finally cancelled. It's been rebooked to midnight Sept 8 (Friday) at the Elgin - details will likely be on the festival site tomorrow.

I didn't think I'd see a red carpet to beat the insanity that was Lassie plus 800 children, but I do believe that Borat has done it.

Up next: Miike on five hours sleep, new Kim Ki-Duk, geishas, giant rubber monsters from Korea at midnight, and oh yeah...

BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!!!!