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Guy Maddin, CM OM (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early-sound-era films. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated film-makers.
Maddin has directed eleven feature films and numerous short films, in addition to publishing three books and creating a host of installation art projects. A number of Maddin's recent films began as or developed from installation art projects, and his books also relate to his film work. Maddin has been the subject of much critical praise and academic attention, including two books of interviews with Maddin and two book-length academic studies of his work. Maddin was appointed to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour, in 2012.
Actors: Guy Maddin (actor), Guy Maddin (director), Ross Ikeda (miscellaneous crew), Guy Maddin (writer), Claude Forest (miscellaneous crew), Dave Brown (miscellaneous crew), Cynthia Amsden (miscellaneous crew), Guy Maddin (producer), Phyllis Laing (producer), Darcy Fehr (actor), Michelle Walker (miscellaneous crew), Louis Negin (actor), Jody Shapiro (producer), Ann Savage (actress), Michael Burns (producer),
Plot: Filmmaker 'Guy Maddin' (qv) was born, raised and has always lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a town where he says everyone sleepwalks through life. He is trying to escape Winnipeg, but isn't sure how as he isn't sure what's kept him there in the first place. Perhaps his parent's month long 65th wedding anniversary celebration (despite his father being dead for some years) where he will reenact his childhood (with actors playing his family, except his mother who plays herself) in the old family home at 800 Ellis Avenue, which was above the family's hair salon business, will provide some answers. He recounts some civic events which have affected him and the life of Winnipegers: the 1919 general strike, the destruction of the Wolseley Elm in 1957, and the replacement of the iconic Eaton's building for the new hockey arena in favor of the old Winnipeg Arena. The latter has an especially close connection to him because of a family tie and the rich history of hockey in the city (discounting what he considers the failure of the NHL experiment). As he is on the train leaving the city, he hopes that the page 3 "Citizen Girl" will be the panacea for all Winnipeg's issues.
Keywords: 20th-century, arena, bare-butt, black-&-white-to-color, black-comedy, brother-sister-relationship, canada, childhood, city, city-name-in-titleActors: Guy Maddin (director), Guy Maddin (writer), Darcy Fehr (actor), Jon Ted Wynne (actor), Spencer Maybee (actor), Louis Negin (actor), Caelum Vatnsdal (actor), Victor Cowie (actor), John Gurdebeke (editor), Stan Lesk (actor), Mike Bell (actor), Amy Stewart (actress), David Stuart Evans (actor), Rebecca Sandulak (actress), Meg McMillan (costume designer),
Plot: It's time for hockey! There's no telling what will happen when the Winnipeg Maroons' own star player Guy becomes embroiled in the twisted lives of Meta, a vengeful Chinoise, and her hairdresser/abortionist mother Liliom. Innocent Veronica, caught in the middle, is treated to both services! Meanwhile poor, dithering, cowardly Guy can only stand by and watch.
Keywords: 10-chapters, abortion, abortionist, anal-sex, anesthetic, apocalypse, apology, applause, athlete, autobiographicalAn in-depth interview with Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin (The Forbidden Room, Keyhole, The Saddest Music in the World, My Winnipeg). http://www.theseventhart.org The Seventh Art is an independently produced video magazine about cinema featuring profiles on interesting aspects of the film industry, video essays and in-depth interviews with filmmakers. View full issues and additional features on our site: http://www.theseventhart.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/the7thart
The Heart of the World is a short film written and directed by Guy Maddin, produced for the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. Srsly... my favourite film of ALL MUTHAEFFIN' TIME.
Canadian Filmmaker Guy Maddin stops by the Criterion Collection office and product closet!
Interviews with Guy Maddin & his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life & movies. It is an extra taken from a DVD, and is a bit dull in places as these extras sometimes are; however it has some interesting bits too. It was shot during the making of "Twilight of the Ice Nymphs". ~~~~~~~~~terms~~~~~~~ Guy Maddin: "Waiting for Twilight", Canada Winnipeg Symbolist Cinema Impressionist cinema impressionist film. Symbolist film director film Auteur 1920s cinema 1910s cinema French German Russian European Continental careful Guy Maddin interview
2009 short starring the one and only Isabella Rossellini and the one and the only Louis Negin
Guy Maddin's The Forbidden Room will have its New York Premiere at the 53rd New York Film Festival, which runs September 25 - October 11. More info: http://filmlinc.org/NYFF The four-man crew of a submarine is trapped underwater, running out of air. A classic scenario of claustrophobic suspense—at least until a hatch opens and out steps… a lumberjack? As this newcomer’s backstory unfolds (and unfolds and unfolds in over a dozen outlandish tales), Guy Maddin, cinema’s reigning master of feverish filmic fetishism, embarks on a phantasmagoric narrative adventure of stories within stories within dreams within flashbacks in a delirious globe-trotting mise en abyme the equal of any by the late Raúl Ruiz. Collaborating with poet John Ashbery and featuring sublime contributions from the likes of ...
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Guy Maddin talked about his new film The Forbidden Room at a press conference before its premiere at the 53rd New York Film Festival. More info: http://filmlinc.org/NYFF The four-man crew of a submarine is trapped underwater, running out of air. A classic scenario of claustrophobic suspense—at least until a hatch opens and out steps… a lumberjack? As this newcomer’s backstory unfolds (and unfolds and unfolds in over a dozen outlandish tales), Guy Maddin, cinema’s reigning master of feverish filmic fetishism, embarks on a phantasmagoric narrative adventure of stories within stories within dreams within flashbacks in a delirious globe-trotting mise en abyme the equal of any by the late Raúl Ruiz. Collaborating with poet John Ashbery and featuring sublime contributions from the likes of Jacq...
As part of the fourth national poll for Canadian Open Vault: The All-Time Top Ten, Guy Maddin provided an introduction to his film My Winnipeg, and disscused a desire to mythologize his prairie hometown through a blurring of fact and fiction. This event was held on July 19, 2015 at TIFF Bell Lightbox and was hosted by Steve Gravestock, Senior Programmer, Festival Programming, TIFF. To learn more about our upcoming events at TIFF Bell Lightbox and to access the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub, including bibliographies, filmographies, and additional resources associated with this event, visit http://www.tiff.net/higherlearning
Canadian screen-writer, cinematographer and installation artist, Guy Maddin is well known for recreating in the style of silent and early-sound era films. For his appearance on Banff Centre Talks, Maddin speaks about the origins of his personal history with filmmaking and his new works “The Forbidden Room” and “Séances.” Guy Maddin’s installation, “Hauntings l” (2010) was included in the Walter Phillips Gallery exhibition “Séance Fiction.” You can learn more about that exhibition here: https://www.banffcentre.ca/s%C3%A9ance-fiction Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/0rFX7lCFGEE Watch Part 2 here: https://youtu.be/7Jbv5j5jNP4 Follow the Banff Centre: Website: https://banffcentre.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBanffCentre Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebanffcentre iTunes: h...
Brilliant, hilarious 1988 film by Winnipeg film-maker Guy Maddin. Set during a smallpox epidemic among Icelandic immigrants in the village of Gimli, Manitoba, TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL explores jealousy and madness instilled in two men who share a hospital room. Einar (Kyle McCulloch) and Gunnar (Michael Gottli) are friends at first, until they reveal their darkest secrets to each other. Tales of creeping pestilence, unconsummated passions, reckless envy and necrophilia are told, climaxing in a deadly battle between the two patients, now rivals.
Full-length video of the "A Conversation with Atom Egoyan & Guy Maddin" panel, Honorary Awards Recipients at the 2015 Woodstock Film Festival. Saturday 10/3, 4 PM @ Kleinert James Art Center Atom Egoyan and Guy Maddin are two of Canada’s most celebrated filmmakers. Egoyan's body of work includes theatre, music, and art installations – while delving into issues of memory, displacement, and the impact of technology and media in modern life. Among his films are the groundbreaking Exotica, the multi award winning The Sweet Hereafter, Felicia’s Journey (starring Bob Hoskins), Where the Truth Lies (with Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth), Devil’s Knot (with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth), and the forthcoming Remember (starring Christopher Plummer). He was recently presented with the Honorary He...
Join Guy Maddin (The Forbidden Room) with Dennis Scholl (Knight Foundation) live at Sundance Film Festival's Cinema Café. Our daily series of informal chats rounds up special guests for thought-provoking discussions.
The Forbidden Room Movie 2015 The Forbidden Room is a 2015 Canadian romantic mystery comedy-drama film co-directed by Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson, and written by Maddin, Johnson, and Robert Kotyk. The film stars Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Louis Negin, Udo Kier, Gregory Hlady, Mathieu Amalric, Noel Burton, and Geraldine Chaplin. Although shot concurrently with the films of Maddin's Seances project, the two film projects are distinct, with separate stories and stars, and all script material for The Forbidden Room is original and not based on lost films. Please install the right corner on the screen, and select 2D mode to see the best quality video!
An in-depth interview with Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin (Keyhole, The Saddest Music in the World, My Winnipeg). This is an excerpt, watch the full interview at http://www.theseventhart.org The Seventh Art is an independently produced video magazine about cinema featuring profiles on interesting aspects of the film industry, video essays and in-depth interviews with filmmakers. View full issues and additional features on our site: http://www.theseventhart.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/the7thart
excerpt of Guy Maddin interviewed on the eve of his receiving the 2006 Persistance of Vision Award at the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival. For the full interview visit Filmshi.com
Director Guy Maddin and actor Crispin Glover on BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!
This is a clip from the Media Funhouse interview of Guy Maddin, which took place in May 2007 during the NYC run of "Brand Upon the Brain!" as a live theatrical experience (the film was shown at the Village East for one week's worth of screenings with a live mini-orchestra, Foley artists, a castrato singer, and a live celebrity narrator). The mention of Lou Reed refers to Reed's having narrated the film the night before this interview was shot. Maddin offers here his reflection on his work appearing on YouTube, and the way in which the editing in his last two films has been markedly different from the preceding pics. For more information on the cult cable-access show Media Funhouse, visit our website at www.mediafunhouse.com or the new blog at www.mediafunhouse.blogspot.com
Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson, co-directors of "The Forbidden Room" speak to Beyond Cinema editor Elliot Kotek about the film at the AFCI/Beyond Cinema Studio at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Visit http://www.afci.org/beyond-cinema
Bonnie Laufer Krebs - Click here to subscribe https://www.youtube.com/user/moviegalz... As described by tiff.net : Winnipeg's wizard of the weird Guy Maddin partners with director Evan Johnson for this giddily exhilarating tribute to the glorious excesses of cinema's forgotten past. Originating in the TIFF-commissioned 2010 installation Hauntings, The Forbidden Room offers a string of fractured parodies of disreputable, half-remembered sub-genres from cinema's past, interweaving and interconnecting with each other in increasingly bizarre ways as the film builds to a peak of feverish, movie-mad delirium. Filling its dream worlds with a dream cast (including Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Rampling, Maria de Medeiros, Udo Kier, Jacques Nolot and Ariane Lebed), The Forbidden Room is "a supremely h...
THE FORBIDDEN ROOM Guy Maddin | Canadà, 2015
Interviews with Guy Maddin & his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life & movies. It is an extra taken from a DVD, and is a bit dull in places as these extras sometimes are; however it has some interesting bits too. It was shot during the making of "Twilight of the Ice Nymphs". ~~~~~~~~~terms~~~~~~~ Guy Maddin: "Waiting for Twilight", Canada Winnipeg Symbolist Cinema Impressionist cinema impressionist film. Symbolist film director film Auteur 1920s cinema 1910s cinema French German Russian European Continental careful Guy Maddin interview
Join Guy Maddin (The Forbidden Room) with Dennis Scholl (Knight Foundation) live at Sundance Film Festival's Cinema Café. Our daily series of informal chats rounds up special guests for thought-provoking discussions.
The first episode in Misery Tourism's Misery Movies podcast, featuring a discussion of Guy Maddin's Careful.
Clips from most of Maddin's films up to Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, including Careful and Archangel.
Join Guy Maddin (The Forbidden Room) with Dennis Scholl (Knight Foundation) live at Sundance Film Festival's Cinema Café. Our daily series of informal chats rounds up special guests for thought-provoking discussions. Note: Here is a link to a new version without any technical issues: http://youtu.be/hmRbiZ3zISA
My Winnipeg (Drama Film 2007) Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this portrait of film-maker Guy Maddin's home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Hope is a madman's dream
When he finds out he's alone
It's the poison that he takes
It's the cancer in his bones
'Truth or dare' he wispers
Though it knows the ice's too thin
It was hope that killed him
But it were his fingerprints
Somewhere there's someone
Who somehow gets a thrill
Of being perfect with an awful lot of guilt
I never thought it'd come to this that I
Even don't remember what I miss
Little perfect murders come and go
But they never die
Is what she said
'Maybe one day who knows'
For crying out loud, it's just a term
Made for those who end it
And for you who can't confirm
I'm the coat you're wearing
When there's nothing left that fits
I'm what you created
You think there's more but this is it
I know I hurt you
I know I caused you pain
You called me asshole