By Shannon Lukens.

 

A special performance of “The Way It Was,” a movie by local filmmaker Max Sauerbrey is Friday night at Wildhorse Cinema in Steamboat Springs. It’s about an Alaskan adventurer, who is Max’s grandfather, Chuck Wirschem. The 82-year-old wanted to make an 8 mm film 50 years ago in Alaska, and he never finished it.

But Max does.

“This movie is special because this movie is about memory. And it makes you think about what you want to do today, so when you look back when you’re Chuck’s age, which is 82, you’ll feel the same way that he does, which we’ll see in the movie, which is content and happy with what he’s done and the live that he’s lived. And one without regrets, and one with memories, and friends and loved ones.”

 

It’s about experiences and adventures in Alaska, featuring his grandfather.

 

Max is a 2018 graduate of Steamboat Springs High School. He is co-producer with his partner, Juliette Benedetto. They both now live in Brooklyn, NY.

 

The movie is 43 minutes and produced by Quickdraw Films. It has been released in four parts this month on YouTube and Instagram. The full movie will be on YouTube on Jan. 4.

 

It will also be shown Friday night at Wildhorse Cinema in Steamboat Springs. Doors open at 6 p.m. Friday night, Dec. 26 and the film starts at 6:20 p.m. It’s followed by a Q & A and reception with Max and Juliette, and Grandpa Chuck. Donations can be made to The Nick Would Foundation. The Friday night showing is sold out but there is a wait list.

Link to The Way It Was Steamboat Premier Wait List

Quickdraw Film — The Way It Was Trailer