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    • A Trip To The Orphanage

    A Trip To The Orphanage

    • 2004
    • 00h 04m 00s
    • Guy Maddin
    • Rent $200
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    Synopsis

    A visually lovely partial-sound homage to the silent film era, or a four-minute music video from a hundred-year-old film vault.

    Official Website

    • http://guy-maddin.com

    Categories

    • Experimental,
    • Psychology,
    • Art + Artists,
    • Families,
    • Fiction,
    • Narrative,
    • Short,
    • Sound Art + Music

    Shooting Format

    • Super 8mm

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Music,
    • Black & White

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Manitoba,
    • Central Canada,
    • Prairies

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • AppleProRes,
    • BluRay,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Director: Guy Maddin

    Provided By

    • Winnipeg Film Group logo

    Festivals

    • REGARD International Short Film Festival

    More By Guy Maddin

    Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton

    • 2015
    • Guy Maddin

    Guided by the spirit of Evan Johnson's Cuadecec Manifesto (which calls for makings-of en masse), "Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton" is a strange, stirring and anarchic behind-the-scenes look at Paul Gross's new feature, "Hyena Road".

    Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton

    My Dad is 100 Years Old

    • 2005
    • Guy Maddin

    In a stunning collaboration with avant-garde filmmaker Guy Maddin, Isabella Rossellini celebrates the life and work of her father, director Roberto Rossellini, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

    My Dad is 100 Years Old

    FuseBoy (Workbooks)

    • 2005
    • Guy Maddin, Jody Shapiro

    Ignorant armies of sketchy people clashing by night.

    FuseBoy (Workbooks)

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