Monday, August 23, 2004
The Saddest Music in the World
Canada 2003
Dir: Guy Maddin
In a word: Unusual
Filmed mainly in Black & White with a 1920’s look to the film, combined with lots of Vaseline on the lens and a huge nod to The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. I can think of no other film that has fewer right angles. This is a film about a competition to find the saddest song in the world run by a woman with glass legs filled with beer. I quite enjoyed the first half of the film; party because the strangeness kept me wondering what will happen next. Unfortunately towards the end the film dragged badly. 15 minutes shorter the film needed to be.
Why see it? You are interested in strange films, or you wish to see a film with expressionist outdoor scenes.
Dir: Guy Maddin
In a word: Unusual
Filmed mainly in Black & White with a 1920’s look to the film, combined with lots of Vaseline on the lens and a huge nod to The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. I can think of no other film that has fewer right angles. This is a film about a competition to find the saddest song in the world run by a woman with glass legs filled with beer. I quite enjoyed the first half of the film; party because the strangeness kept me wondering what will happen next. Unfortunately towards the end the film dragged badly. 15 minutes shorter the film needed to be.
Why see it? You are interested in strange films, or you wish to see a film with expressionist outdoor scenes.
# posted by Dave @ 16:37 
