TVO documentary Magic Shadows, Elwy Yost: A Life in Movies is essential viewing for Canadian film fans
era of public Ontario television. By the time that I was genuinely getting into film – as only a white suburban Toronto teenager can, with repeated viewings of Scorsese, Tarantino, De Palma, Lynch, etc. – Yost was already nearing his remarkable quarter-century run as host of TVOntario’sI do retain fragments of memories, though.
All of this is to say that I both understand the influence that Yost had on a generation of Ontarians, and bemoan my bad luck timing in just barely missing his 1974-’99 run. Which is where director Karen Shopsowitz’s new documentary,Although it boasts an unwieldy title, Shopsowitz’s work is essential viewing to understand not only Yost’s life and career, but the Canadian film landscape of the past 50 years or so.
There aren’t a lot of documentarian tricks on offer here: this is a standard-issue chronicle of Yost’s life, from youthful movie fanatic to potential engineer to scrappy independent filmmaker to actor to high-school teacher to, finally, television producer and host.
But in documenting Yost’s rise and his influence on a generation of audiences, Shopsowitz also offers a fascinating time-capsule in which we’re able to trace the peaks and valleys of Canadian culture.showcased films in an uncut, commercial-free environment long before Showcase did the same with racier fare .
In the interest of consistency across all critics’ reviews, The Globe has eliminated its star-rating system in film and theatre to align with coverage of music, books, visual arts and dance. Instead, works of excellence will be noted with a Critic’s Pick designation across all coverage.
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