Backstory

Overview

'Backstory' investigates the highly skilled art of 'Rear Projection', a widely used tool in film making in the mid 20th century employed in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo or Marnie. In 'Backstory' Lewis invites the Hansard family, which has been instrumental in the provision and development of Rear Projection for hundreds of Hollywood productions over several decades, to tell their own story of the heyday of the techniques and their decline and disappearance as the they are replaced by new technologies and new tastes in visibility.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 10, 2009

Original language

English

Production

Doc Society

Cast

Bill Hansard

Director

Mark Lewis

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1692267