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Fancy, Fancy Being Rich
Fancy, Fancy Being Rich
Guy Maddin
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Canada
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2002
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5'
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Guy Maddin focus
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IFFR 2003
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Silent, surreal short about drunk sailors hunting women, based on a kitsch opera aria.
Also in this combined programme
The Dead Father
Guy Maddin focus
The short visits that a deceased patriarch pays to his family are especially hard to bear for the eldest son.
Hospital Fragment
Guy Maddin focus
An impressionist series of images, inspired by Tales From the Gimli Hospital.
The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Towards Infinity
Guy Maddin focus
Two steam-train drivers, father and son, are after a girl; she leaves with a Zeppelin pilot.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Guy Maddin focus
Music video, made for the American band Sparklehorse.
The Heart of the World
Guy Maddin focus
A riveting ‘montage of attractions’ of the styles of silent cinema; two clans fighting for a throbbing heart. Produced for the Toronto Film Festival 1
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Film details
Country of production
Canada
Year
2002
Festival edition
IFFR 2003
Length
5'
Medium/Format
Betacam SP PAL
Language
English
Premiere status
International premiere
Director
Guy Maddin
Producer
Danishka Esterhazy, Koshka Productions
Sales / World rights holder
Koshka Productions
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