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Wanda Landowskas verschwundene Instrumente
A film that is composed in the most literal sense of the word: tones evoke images of the Nazi theft of a private collection of…Published on: -
Cry Woman
Humorous and tragic portrait of a young Chinese woman who gets paid to cry at funerals. With colourful and playful images of the Chinese countryside…Published on: -
Imitations of Life
Ingenious and very filmic investigation of the portrayal of childhood memories. Freud as video.Published on: -
Archangel
This ecstatic and moving melo-noir-drama is inhabited by amnesiacs, who are plagued by obsessions, mustard-gas attacks or both. Maddin also treats thePublished on: -
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Film maker Noam Gonick spent fifteen months following the ups and downs in the set of Guy Maddin’s Twilight of the Ice Nymphs and completed…Published on: -
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The Dead Father
The short visits that a deceased patriarch pays to his family are especially hard to bear for the eldest son.Published on: -
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
In the underground Mandragor, the sun never sets and the population of six focus on obtuse romantic entanglements. This elegant fairytale is Maddin’sPublished on: -
The Heart of the World
A riveting ‘montage of attractions’ of the styles of silent cinema; two clans fighting for a throbbing heart. Produced for the Toronto Film Festival 1Published on: