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The patriarch of a troubled clan dies, but the resentment and yearning of the eldest son conspire to bring the errant father back for periodic visits in an only partially living state.

A jovial shirtless man attempts to rouse a contingent of lethargic dancers to life in NUDE CABOOSE. His highjinks really get the deadbeats bustin' out until something unusual catches his eye. Dance floor seduction distilled into a fateful moment!

Guy Maddin takes his dog Spanky out for his last walk with him at the lake.

The shield maiden of Gimli yearns for the drowned fisherman Mundi while her acolytes in mourning aid her in this fact-based account of a tragic accident.

Guy Maddin directed this twenty-minute short as part of an installation at the Winnipeg Art Gallery for its centennial in 2012.

While an opera singers sings in a snowy and cold street, we are allowed to witness a meeting between a man and a woman through blowing net curtains. The music is touched by sadness and the emotions of the characters are no different. Nearer they become while the singer sinks deeper into the melancholy.

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A cinematic version of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula. Filmed in a style reminiscent of silent Expressionist cinema of the early 20th century (complete with intertitles and monochrome photography), it uses dance to tell the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women.

Winnipeg, 1939: Bosnian immigrant Nihad Ademi conceives of a way to harness the power of the Aurora Borealis in order to broadcast imagery of his vast and beloved adopted land from coast to coast to coast

Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair 7-minute Super 8mm Loop, With Isabella Rossellini Cutting by John Gurdebeke, Music by Jason Staczek Art direction by Richardo Alms, Rick Gilbert & Andy Byers.

During the First World War, a Canadian soldier, devastated by the recent death of his fiancee, arrives at the frozen Russian city of Archangel. While billeted with a local family, he is astonished to discover a woman that may or may not be the lover he thought lost. Unfortunately, she is suffering from amnesia and remembers nothing of their former passion. A rival suitor, claiming to be her husband and who may also be suffering from amnesia, is equally unsuccessful at winning her affection. The melancholy story plays itself out against the madness of the Great War. Filming entirely indoors with homemade props and costumes, director Guy Maddin has created a very strange and intense movie. Cribbing heavily from the look and atmosphere of German expressionist cinema, Maddin goes much further in exploring some very human issues: loss, love, memory and redemption. He also examines patriotism and by stylistically depicting the horrors of trench warfare he delivers a pacifist message that reminds me of movies like Grande Illusion and All Quiet on the Western Front. The ultimate power of this movie, however, lies in the sense of alienation we see among the characters. They are not only unable to love each other, they are barely able to communicate. In fact, under the cloud of forgetfulness that is a major theme in this movie, the characters are often not even capable of recognizing one another at all!

Originally produced as separate short films between 1962 and 1999. Primarily live action films; Café bar, Bride of Resistor, and What is sex? are animated. A collection of award-winning short films from around the world. Special features: La jetée includes two alternative audio tracks, one featuring 12 monkeys screenwriters David and Janet Peoples, the second features 12 monkeys director Terry Gilliam ; A guy walks into a bar features an audio commentary track by Carmen Elly, Roderick Plummer and George Swift ; An eye like a strange balloon includes an audio commentary track by Guy Maddin and storyboards ; Big brass ring includes clips from the feature film version of the film. La jetée: The themes of time and memory are intricately sewn into a eulogy to civilization. Cafe bar: In this brushstroke animation a random meeting at a cafe becomes two people’s "escape" from one another. Depth solitude: A lyrical short film about loneliness and the extreme measures some will take to overcome it. A guy walks into a bar: A naive wannabe actor stumbles into a real life cowboy fantasy while driving across country. Bride of Resistor: In this sequel to the kinetic animation film Mr. Resistor, the diminuitive scrap heap hero returns to have his heart stolen by a plasticine mistress. Eye like a strange balloon: A whimsical allegory on man’s journey through time and space. Vincent, the junkie chronicles: a work-in-progress documentary takes an unblinking look at the life of an addict. Big brass ring: Malcolm McDowell plays a controversial political icon who verbally spars with a beautiful journalist.

Sailors in repose on an island paradise seemingly have no worries of war or danger — until a playful gesture is interpreted as an act of wilful aggression. Soon, the innocent act of slight slapping becomes a relentless and unforgiving orgy of open-palmed face-smacking.

Gangster and deadbeat dad, Ulysses Pick, embarks on an unusual journey through his home.

In the Alpine village of Tolzbad in the 1800s, the townsfolk talk quietly and restrain their movements lest they incur avalanches. This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions - shown through the parallel stories of butler student Johann lusting after his mother (an old flame of the mysterious Count Knotkers) and Klara's attraction to her father (who lusts after his other daughter), leading to duels and suicidal plunges galore. All this is shot in the style of an early German sonal film, complete with intertitles, crackly sound-track and 'hand-tinted' colour effects.- Written by Michael Brooke <[email protected]>

Set in a blazing land where the sun ceaselessly shines, this dramatic fantasy examines love’s darker aspects.

While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.

A father and son ride the rails in their powerful locomotive. Witnessing a crash between two other engines, they rescue the lone survivor, Berenice, and make her a part of their family. All is well until the father and son become rivals for the girl's affections and perform a series of dare-devil feats to win her heart. She runs off with a zeppelin pilot, and, after Keller mounts a brief kidnapping attempt, the despondent men are left to their bizarre fates.

When he takes his girlfriend to a seedy abortion clinic in the back room of a combination hair salon / bordello, Guy Maddin meets the madam’s daughter and falls in love. But she won’t let any man touch her until her father’s murder has been avenged.