{"id":117673,"date":"2017-09-13T23:50:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T03:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=117673"},"modified":"2017-09-13T23:50:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T03:50:52","slug":"tragically-hip-documentary-makers-say-tour-film-started-on-a-dime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/13\/tragically-hip-documentary-makers-say-tour-film-started-on-a-dime\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragically Hip documentary makers say tour film ‘started on a dime’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Poster of Long Time Running (Wikimedia Commons, Fair Use<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO — Making the Tragically Hip tour documentary \u201cLong Time Running\u201d was a shotgun project of sorts for its filmmakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started on a dime,\u201d explained co-director Nicholas de Pencier on Wednesday during the film’s red carpet premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive days before the first show,\u201d added Jennifer Baichwal, the film’s other director.<\/p>\n

That’s a rarity for the filmmaker couple, who previously worked together on the 2013 documentary \u201cWatermark.\u201d<\/p>\n

But they say getting the chance to follow the Hip on their defining \u201cMan Machine Poem\u201d tour was an opportunity they couldn’t pass up.<\/p>\n

The documentary follows the Canadian band as they embark on run of farewell shows and face the reality of Gord Downie’s incurable brain cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n

Unlike most projects, the filmmakers say this one came together almost on the fly. Downie’s health condition meant the band was never entirely certain if they’d be able to complete the tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally there’s a lot of preparation,\u201d de Pencier added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was: ‘No, we’re running away and we’re joining the circus. We’re on tour now and we’re filming.’ So we had to play catch up and work really quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The duo say knowing the Hip band members personally for 20 years helped them get accustomed to the touring atmosphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not that we wanted to do it, it’s that we were asked to do it,\u201d Baichwal said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all were sort of in this, ‘Is this really the right thing to do in this moment?’ And it was, and so that’s how it came together … They trusted us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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