Stand By for Tape Back-Up

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Stand By For Tape Back-Up is a 2015 British documentary film by Scottish poet and performance artist Ross Sutherland. [1] [2]

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Summary

Consisting of recordings from an old VHS tape left by his late grandfather as the director looks back at his younger years. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Production

Noted video essayist Charlie Shackleton worked on the essay film which used the degrading quality of VHS tapes. [8]

List of films and shows recorded

At 38 minutes in, the music video for Radio On from the album What You Are appears, but a malfunction in the tape causes this to be only barely recognizable.

References

  1. ↑ "Stand By For Tape Back-Up (2015) | MUBI" – via mubi.com.
  2. ↑ "Stand by for Tape Back-up (2015)" – via www.filmaffinity.com.
  3. ↑ "Film card". Torino Film Fest. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "British Council Film: Stand By For Tape Back-Up". film-directory.britishcouncil.org.
  5. ↑ Alcoz, Albert. "Stand By For Tape Back-Up (2015) Ross Sutherland".
  6. ↑ Gilbey, Ryan (April 1, 2015). "The Fresh Prince to The Crystal Maze: standby for a bizarre VHS odyssey" – via The Guardian.
  7. ↑ Adler, Jordan Z. (February 23, 2019). "Pressing Rewind: New Encounters with Analog Memories in Ross Sutherland's Stand By for Tape Back-Up". Studies in the Fantastic. 7 (1): 51–63 – via Project MUSE.
  8. ↑ "'Stand By for Tape Back-Up': Fantastic Fest Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 "Artist can't explain his bonkers live show". NZ Herald. February 23, 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 "Ross Sutherland: Standby For Tape Back-Up – ThisWeek Culture". thisweekculture.com.
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