Marko Raat’s “Fast Eddy’s Old News” Film Screening

Wednesday, November 16th at 7pm at Tartu College, Marko Raat’s film Fast Eddy’s Old News will be screened.

In English with Estonian subtitles, 90 min
No admission fee. A small donation would be appreciated.
Info: piret.noorhani@vemu.ca, t. 416 925 9405

Fast Eddy’s Old News
90 min documentary

Does all news turn into history or only the history that didn’t turn into news?

A documentary about aging, dying, and the power of the camera.

Ed Väär (1929 Kuressaare, Estonia – 2015 Toronto, Canada), freelance cinematographer, who earned his nickname “Fast Eddy” by reaching the scene of events before police and CBC crime reporters. The majority of his filmed footage has aired on TV through CBC. The rest of the footage, over hundreds of thousands of film stock, that he didn’t manage to sell to news broadcasters, is piled up in Eddy’s downtown Toronto penthouse rooms and basement. Does old news have value to be sold? What does Ed himself remember and what do these film stocks reflect about his own interests in this world? When do people reach the limit of preparing for their death and when do they turn into a ward, a flower, a piece of furniture?