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Saddest Music in the World, The

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Love/Romance · Eroticism · Psychology

CountryCanada
Production Year2003
Running Time99m
Format35mm
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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