by Rob Feulner (@bleunuitvideo)

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The home recorded VHS held a lot of power for what was once such an ordinary product. It captured a zeitgeist, an encyclopedia of culture and consumerism from the day of recording. It was also a portrait of the recorder not unlike an FBI psychological profile. Beyond a simple array of interests but delving deeper into their manic recording habits, an inability to show up on time, the tracking errors a window into the scenes rewound and watched repeatedly. Popping in one of these tapes could be more embarrassing than a family photo album.

STAND BY FOR TAPE BACK-UP, written and directed by Ross Sutherland, is a stream-of-consciousness VHS memoir. No home movies— just episodes of Fresh Prince of Bel Air, bizarre game shows, a frustrating football match. Will Smith’s blue and yellow hat during the show’s opening credits unleashes a Proustian flurry of memories, musings, and repressed feelings. These thoughts are organized through various random recordings on one tape, delivered poetically and with painful self-awareness.