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Saddest Music in the World, The
Special Programs in Focus
Love/Romance · Eroticism · Psychology
- CountryCanada
- Production Year2003
- Running Time99m
- Format 35mm
- ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Whentheimpossible,thearchaic,theobtuseandtheincestuousconvergeoverCanadaonlyonefilm-makercanberesponsible:Winnipeg′sGuyMaddin.DuringthefullblackbloomoftheGreatDepression,failedBroadwayimpresarioChesterKentandhisamnesiacandnymphomaniacsweetieNarcissavisitChester′shometownofWinnipeg.TheyarejustintimefortheannouncementofanewcontestbytheamputeeownerofthefamedMuskregBrewery,LadyPort-Huntley.Inexchangeforthesaddestmusicintheworld,thequeenbeeoftheprairieisofferinginreturnaprizeof$25,000andthetearfuladulationofmillions.StirredintoMaddin′scharacteristicallyidiosyncratic
andhypnoticmixofwitandpathosaremoreodditiesthanmostfilmscouldbear.ButAfricantribesmen,alcoholicstreetcardriversandglasslegsarejustsomeoftheelementsthatMaddinstylishlymanagestokeepundercontrolinthisatmospherictaleofindisputableweirdness.
Director
Guy MADDIN
Born in Winnipeg, Guy Maddin was named after the hero of 50s B pictures Guy Madison. Despite this Maddin is a two-time winner of the U.S. National Society of Critics Award for Best Experimental Film- most recently for “The Heart of the World” in 2000. He has won the Telluride Medal for Career in Achievement in International Cinema. Other feature works include: “Cowards Bend the Knee” (2003), “Twilight of the Ice Nymphs” (1997), and “Careful” (1995). “The Saddest Music In The World” is his fifth feature-length film.
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Credit
- Director Guy MADDIN 가이 매딘
- Producer Niv Fichman Judy Shapiro
- Cast Mark Mckinny Isabella Rossellini Maria de Medeiros David Fox
- Screenplay Guy Maddin George Toles
- Cinematography Luc MontpellieJr
- Editor David Wharnsby
- Music Christopher Dedrick