Guy Maddin, the Canadian filmmaker, and artist who perpetually remains in the shadow of his more famous fellow citizens, Cronenberg and Villeneuve. Throughout his career, he has never won a prize at any of the
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The Genius of Guy Maddin in 6 Minutes
Guy Maddin is nothing if not an intriguing filmmaker. Hate him or love him, he is an auteur with an undeniable flare for visual storytelling, and his 2000 short film The Heart of the World
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The Saddest Music in the World – Review
He may be a difficult director to decipher at times, but I was always going to come back for more of Canada’s own Guy Maddin. Last year I watched two of his films, My Winnipeg
Continue ReadingMy First Encounter with Guy Maddin
It is not always easy to identify a film’s director by simply observing the way in which it is filmed. Influence begets influence, and so the pioneering techniques developed by cinematic visionaries are later adopted
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