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Backstage Blogathon: John Ford’s Upstream

17 Sunday Jan 2016

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backstage-blogathon-show-peopleSo, this is my contribution to the Backstage Blogathon, an exploration of how the movies used to portray themselves and the other performing arts – co-hosted by Movies Silently and Sister Celluloid.

I’m sure you won’t be shocked to find out I chose a movie about… theatre folks – and the movie is John Ford‘s once lost silent “Upstream.”

Shall we?

Upstream had been on my Treasure Hunt List for some time – actually, since I heard about its European début at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto di Pordenone, back in 2010. I must say I’m not a Ford fan, but I find it hard to resist the appeal of things lost and found – and, more significantly, this was a tale about theatre…  Continue reading →

The Backstage Blogathon…

16 Saturday Jan 2016

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I know, I know – it’s post day, but my contribution to the Backstage Blogathon, co-hosted by Movies Silently and Sister Celluloid, will appear tomorrow – because reasons.

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And just what is the Backstage Blogathon, you may wonder? Well, as Janet over at Sister Celluloid says, it’s an exploration of what happens “behind the scenes of just about every kind of performing art, as seen through the eyes of filmmakers across the decades.

The entertainment industry has always loved looking in the mirror, and these movies give us a glimpse of what they see, running the gamut from love letters to scathing indictments and everything in between.”

You can find Day One’s entries here. I’ll be covering John Ford’s 1927 silent film Upstream – and see you tomorrow.