it's like a more "sophisticated" Tarantino or something
I'm going to forget I read this!
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
sophisticated is completely not the right word, but I mean come on, it is highly-stylized IN YOU FACE pastiche of bygone eras.
― the aztec mystic pizza (Stevie D), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Tarantino's shit the last 12 years is not elegant enough to be termed pastiche.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost: I think more than anything it's a dude making stuff he wants to, and in my opinion you may very well be mistaking a sort of DIY passion for a particular era/style with a self-conscious throwing it in your face (Tarrantino, of course, being a perfect example of that crossing that line to the point of "this fucking guy"ness). It may not be sophisticated, but highly stylized pastiche for pastiche's sake, I disagree.
I think a big part of it is also the really low budget/roughness aspect of it, which contributes so much to the style, also.
― Ce soir je dîne sur la soupe de tortue (EDB), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link
otm.
Also, especially in the case of My Winnipeg, it is used for a specific purpose (the air of legend, period evocation, as well as juxtaposition with the video of the somewhat drab, modern-day city). I like Tarantino, but I don't think he's ever used his genre call-backs in such an elegant and meaningful way.
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
tarantino's stuff is more interesting than pastiche.
― coldfrap - foam mountain (s1ocki), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
but so is maddin's.
it's not JUST pastiche.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
neither of them are.
― coldfrap - foam mountain (s1ocki), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
the other guy is less than pastiche.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
gay pr0n
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPGT0wV-WRY
― Eric H., Wednesday, 14 July 2010 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Keyhole
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/toronto-2011-guy-maddins-keyhole
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 September 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
"'This penis is dusty,' a character notes matter-of-factly"
― OWLS 3D (R Baez), Sunday, 11 September 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
There's been a blog-a-thon going on all week.
I had no idea he was straight.
― Gukbe, Friday, 23 September 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
US openings in April
http://www.keyholemovie.com/
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
I'm glad I have 10 days and a screener to figure this one out.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
Did not know he was married to Kim Morgan.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, saw her with him at post-screening reception tonight.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
oh, so you saw it tonight? initial thoughts beyond "need to figure it out"?
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
definitely he tried to change the tone up -- more "serious" in a way, fewer "joy buzzers" as he calls them (tho I don't know what else you'd call a dildo coming outta the baseboard or a bike-powered electric chair). Cinematherapy still; his fastest montages ever.
He also taked about this project:
http://sunsetgun.typepad.com/sunsetgun/2012/02/over-eighty-percent-of-silent-films-are-lost-ive-always-considered-a-lost-film-as-a-narrative-with-no-known-resting-fi.html
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
thats rad
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:08 (twelve years ago) link
so happy he exists
switched off 'keyhole' a half hour in.
i appreciate what GM's doing on some level but i don't actually like watching his films that much
― misandry rublev (donna rouge), Friday, 7 June 2013 05:56 (eleven years ago) link
watched keyhole on netflix last night. understand the reservations, cuz much of it is very bad (or "bad" perhaps, hard to tell), but i wound up rather enjoying it. the wacky tone and bad jokes that loom so large at the outset eventually give way to something creepier and more interesting. i'd made the decision in advance to watch it all the way through without checking the passage of time, and that definitely helped get me through the rough spots.
― Me and my pool noodle (contenderizer), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
went and hung out on the set of this today. it was really great. will be coming to nyc next year, morbs, you have to go check it out.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/366364/Screenshots/8u93.png
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 July 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
well sure
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link
cool!
― maven with rockabilly glasses (Matt P), Friday, 19 July 2013 03:42 (ten years ago) link
another interview, eh
http://ca.blouinartinfo.com/node/929217/home/performing-arts/Guy-Maddin-Channels-the-Spirit-of-the-Silent-Film-Era
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
Really like his essay for I Married a Witch: http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2924-i-married-a-witch-it-s-such-an-ancient-pitch
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Monday, 14 October 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
new one looks amazing! title change from Seances, per s1ocki above?
https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-sundance-berlin-2015-guy-maddins-the-forbidden-room
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
sounds great
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
wow! cool!
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
no wait, Seances is a diff film, missed that in first graf
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:55 (nine years ago) link
there are vampire bananas in this
http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/dreaming-bigger-cracking-the-forbidden-room-guy-maddins-inception-like-genre-explosion/
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
Kino Lorber to release in the fall
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
Sparks! excited
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
fuck fall! want it now >:[
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Friday, 6 February 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
Interview with GM and co-director Evan Johnson:
Fragoso: Have you both seen The Grand Budapest Hotel?
Johnson: Yep.
Maddin: When I first heard of ‘The Grand Budapest,’ I was worried.
Johnson: When we first saw it we were worried and a little horrified, because it begins nested. Right off the bat.
Maddin: (Laughs.) And I thought holy shit, ‘That fucker! That fucker Wes Anderson!’ We had been working on this for years and this fucker who already has a fan-base of hundreds of millions of people—and a coffee table book that’s through the roof….
But I only said ‘fuck Wes Anderson’ because I was scared he made the movie that we just finished ruining our lives making. When I went to see it, obviously, we were sloppy and all over the god damn place and he’s so formally pure.
Fragoso: Your lives are ruined?
Johnson: No, no. Not at all. We’re fine.
Maddin: No, not at all. I’m just used to taking regular rests, and I had to work hard to make this movie. So my routine was destroyed.
Johnson: It was financially difficult.
Maddin: Yeah and we went into overtime making this thing, so the money ran out a long time ago. So we’re struggling financially, but we’ll be okay.
Fragoso: It’s good to know you two won’t be homeless.
Maddin: It’s a grand tradition of filmmakers to go broke. Douglas Sirk was a bean farmer halfway through his career for awhile.
Fragoso: So that’s your next move.
Johnson: We’re doing it.
Maddin: We are farming beans.
https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/maddin-johnson
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
John Ashbery & GM, coming to a NYC gallery this month
http://www.tibordenagy.com/exhibitions/john-ashbery-and-guy-maddin/
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 June 2015 13:45 (nine years ago) link
it's got movie stars
<iframe src='http://www.kinolorber.com/trailer_embed.php?id=2056' height='276' width='455' frameborder='0'></iframe>
http://www.kinolorber.com/film.php?id=2056
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 September 2015 04:05 (eight years ago) link
that is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwKvz-wA3I0
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 September 2015 04:07 (eight years ago) link
and it's 130 minutes long! Slant rave:
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-forbidden-room
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 September 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link
It definitely feels very very long. Didn't much care for it, but it has some good scenes.
― Frederik B, Friday, 25 September 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link
he also has this whatzit short (playing on a loop at NYFF, free, the next 2 days)
http://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2015/films/bring-me-the-head-of-tim-horton/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 September 2015 14:51 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu45sAc6Jtc
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 October 2015 12:13 (eight years ago) link
not in my top 5 GM either, but very astonishingly busy.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
this guy is so boring :(
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
Udo!
Maddin's one of those guys where I watch his stuff and am baffled at how it's done
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
i guess i just find a lot of his stuff so strenuously "wacky" and totally lacking in actual fun. "heart of the world" is cool, though.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
also Jacques Nolot and Geraldine Chaplin (manically cracking a whip) show up
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link