Full Tilt (Documentary)
Based in Canada's capital, retired business owner Mike Loftus has succeeded in opening a gateway to his youth in the form of a classic pinball arcade. Going on four years of success, Mike has his sights set on expansion - in the process, diving deep into his passion for this all but forgotten mechanical staple of decades past.
This film won Best Documentary in the Long Short Category of Toronto's Alternative Film Festival, where it was also a semi-finalist for Best Director! It was also selected for inclusion in the Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival, the Hamilton Youth Film Festival, and the SHINE Online International Film Festival.
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i'm mike lopez i'm the owner of the
ottawa pinball arcade and basically this
has been my vision uh well more or less
since a child when this stuff was all
new
i'm basically recreating a portal to the
late 70s early 80s the golden era of the
arcade when pinball ruled the streets
like iphones do now
a joint to a friendly bar known as the
neighborhood pub this arcade comes from
a passion mike has pursued his whole
life
both my uncle's own machines when i was
a kid so
from the time i was four years old in
1969
i had a stool in my uncle's basement
that i could crawl up to his buckaroo
pinball machine and play and then a
couple of years later i was in florida
with my grandparents they had an arcade
in their trailer park and there was a
captain fantastic which became my
sort of immediate
realization that pinball was the coolest
thing in the world next to maybe led
zeppelin but uh it was a close race and
in any event since that point you know
it's kind of been my thing
the pinball scene when i was a kid if
you can imagine walking down any
downtown street like rita or bank street
there's a tattoo parlor every other
block or every block well they were
arcades when i was a kid
and you know weekends would consist of
getting on my bicycle or bus heading
downtown playing the newest games it was
literally about that
i ran a construction company doing water
damage restoration and mold remediation
for 25 almost 30 years this wire is
