Directed by Sandy Mclennan

Logline: A solo train journey 50 years later, up/down/across Canada; what was he thinking?

Synopsis: 50-plus years after a memorable overnight Canadian train ride, Sandy McLennan boards regional and remote lines, with main line and public transit between them. This time shooting Double 8mm film, the same format he fell in love with while screening family home movies just for himself. What was he thinking?

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 19 Minutes
GENRE: Experimental, Documentary
PRODUCTION FORMAT: 16mm, Super 8mm, Double 8mm
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Ontario
KEYWORDS: Diary Film, Double 8mm, Travel, Solo Travel, Canada, Passenger Rail, Introspection, 8mm film, Regular 8mm, Hand-processed, Experimental Documentary

Director's Statement: I loved my first train trip — overnight from Jasper to Vancouver in 1970. I loved the country. How would I feel about these things more than fifty years later on long-distance trains up/down/across the country? Turns out it was more of a personal/interior journey.

Since my first train trip I have taken the train whenever possible. How to record and present such a love? I was intrigued with Glenn Gould's radio piece: "The Idea of North" with its ghostly voices and train sounds. Could I make a work with respect to this calling?