SuperEx memories live on in documentary
Posted Aug 18, 2011 12:36:48 PM.
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On a day normally filled with laughter, candy floss and popcorn Lansdowne Park sits empty.
It’s the first day in 122 years without SuperEx, but two local filmmakers are keeping the memories alive on the big screen.
“Memories of the Ex: 122 Years at Lansdowne” premieres tonight at the historic coliseum at Lansdowne Park.
“We felt that it was too important to let it go without recording it, told first hand by the people who were involved in it and lived it and loved it as we say,” says Rob Newton, the documentary’s co-producer.
Newton and his wife Sharon were working on another documentary last summer when they found out it would actually be the last year of the exhibition.
“We like to take on subject matter that has long interesting history but also a current and exciting present,” he says. “Whether or not they will continue that history we don’t know, but this sort of fit that criteria because it really does have a fascinating story.”
Midway Magic, the company that provided rides to SuperEx for years, is also keeping the spirit alive.
They are setting up shop at the Fat Cats stadium on Coventry road, doors open Friday.
Newton says young kids and people in their teens will be happy with the midway because it may have been the main reason they went to the Ex. People who went for the exhibitions and education elements, however, may not be so excited.
“I wish them all the best, I think its a smart move,” he says. “The exhibition was their single biggest client and all of a sudden all that revenue is gone so what they are doing is quite smart.”
