Set during a smallpox epidemic in the village of Gimli, Manitoba near the turn of the century, TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL (1988) is a dreamlike, elliptical film which explores the jealousy and madness instilled in two men who share a hospital room “in a Gimli we no longer know.” Zeitgeist Films and Films We Like in Canada present a brand new 4K remastering of TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL REDUX by Guy Maddin, which had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The new 4K digital remaster was supervised by Guy Maddin using original printing elements provided by the TIFF Cinematheque Library and includes the replacement of a long-lost scene. Maddin’s highly acclaimed first feature, released in 1988, is now regarded as one of the true cult hits on the midnight movie circuit.Read More »
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Guy Maddin – Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux (1988)
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Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson & Guy Maddin – The Rabbit Hunters (2020)
2011-2020Evan JohnsonExperimentalGalen JohnsonGuy MaddinShort FilmA short film in honor of Federico Fellini’s centenary.Read More »
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Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson & Guy Maddin – Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (2015)
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This stirring, anarchic behind-the-scenes look at Paul Gross’ Hyena Road uses everything from psychedelia to instructional videos to question both the validity of war movies and Canada’s mission in Afghanistan.Read More » -
Guy Maddin – Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002)
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By turns voluptuous, whimsical and exceedingly strange, Guy Maddin’s film “Dracula: Pages From a Virgin’s Diary” suggests that silent movies and ballet may have always been natural dancing partners. At least they seem that way when folded into each other by a quirky visionary like Mr. Maddin, the Canadian experimental filmmaker whose work has acquired a fervent cult following.Read More »
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Guy Maddin – Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997)
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There’s a blood vessel that pumps between the selves we drive through the day and the incubus we nourish, a creative self (perhaps cocreated by a love), relatively unconstrained, who we promise ourselves we will birth some day. The most sublime art is what we imagine that young, more unfettered mind imagines. Its why we live, a large part of it, I think. This is the domain Maddin has decided to explore. Its a sort of Joycean commitment, a raw commitment to dreams less shaped than usual by borrowed items and fed by distilled urges in blood. Small surprise that these don’t fully resonate; its supposed to be strange, strange in disturbing ways. I like the fact that this goes on too long. Read More » -
Guy Maddin – Archangel (1990)
1981-1990ArthouseCanadaGuy MaddinA surrealistic film in which a strangely assorted group of people come together in the Russian Arctic at the height of the revolution and World War One.
“At once perplexing and joyous, Maddin has crafted a film that, for all the confusion inherent in the tale, unfolds on its own unique terms.” [Austin Chronicle]Read More »
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Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson & Guy Maddin – The Green Fog (2017)
2011-2020DocumentaryEvan JohnsonExperimentalGalen JohnsonGuy MaddinDirector Guy Maddin’s interpretation of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo, pieced together using footage from old films and television shows shot in and around the San Francisco area.Read More »
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Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson – The Forbidden Room (2015)
2011-2020ArthouseCanadaExperimentalGuy Maddin and Evan JohnsonSynopsis
A never-before-seen woodsman mysteriously appears aboard a submarine that’s been trapped deep under water for months with an unstable cargo. As the terrified crew make their way through the corridors of the doomed vessel, they find themselves on a voyage into the origins of their darkest fears.Read More » -
Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson – Elms (2014)
2011-2020CanadaExperimentalGuy MaddinGuy Maddin and Evan JohnsonShort FilmMaddin’s frequent collaborator Evan Johnson (who is co-director on The Forbidden Room) presents four visuals essays, ranging from one and a half to four minutes in length: Puberty, Colours, Elms, and Cold, each representing a visual exploration of a specific theme.Read More »
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