All screenings @ Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre, 9828 - 101A Ave
Surreal, satiric and surprisingly touching, Guy Maddin's latest film looks at the secret lives of families in a work that is equal parts childhood reminiscence, Expressionist horror movie, teen detective serial and Grand Guignol reverie. Memories are everywhere on Guy's beloved island. He remembers his pubescent sister (Maya Lawson), his chastity-demanding mother (who watches over the island with her super telescope), his workaholic scientist father and his own under-stimulated youth. Then, celebrity teen detectives Wendy and Chance Hale (both played by Katherine E. Scharhon) arrive on the island to investigate the mysterious head wounds suffered by former charges of Guy's enigmatically malevolent mother and father. Maddin's furious, dreamy visuals are nearly overwhelming. With his misremembered autobiographical mélange of real and imaginary family drama, he warns that all things will happen again and again, but for those who dare, nothing is impossible. (Stacey Donen, TIFF)
Part of our Guy Maddin Retrospective.
Website for the Film- Jun 27, 29, Jul 3 & 5 (2007) @ 9pm
- Jun 28, 30 & Jul 4 (2007) @ 7pm
This screening is part of the larger thematic series: