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5.7/10   413 votes
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Director:

Guy Maddin

Writer:

George Toles (writer)
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Release Date:

10 April 1998 (UK) more

Genre:

Fantasy more

User Comments:

Ostentatious review more (7 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Pascale Bussières ... Juliana Kossel (as Pascale Bussiéres)

Shelley Duvall ... Amelia Glahn

Frank Gorshin ... Cain Ball
Alice Krige ... Zephyr Eccles
R.H. Thomson ... Dr. Issac Solti
Ross McMillan ... Matthew Eccles / Voice of Peter Glahn
Frank Kowalski ... Man in Black
Breanne Dowhan ... Baby
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Additional Details

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Shelley Duvall was Guy Maddin's only choice for the role of Amelia Glahn. more

Quotes:

Dr. Issac Solti: Someday, she may shock you, as she did me with the tale of her parents. Her father never met her mother - he was hanged before he had the opportunity. A twisted man of science called Heisler collected the sperm that Julianna's proud papa ejaculated on the gallows when his windpipe snapped. And soon after, Heisler artificially inseminated a hardened prostitute named Vilma, who was apparently willing to try anything once. more

Movie Connections:

References Vertigo (1958) more


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2 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Ostentatious review, 26 February 2008
5/10
Author: dracco_el_diablo from United States

Is it me, or are many of these reviews a testament that many of the critics like strutting their bad poetry as a means to critique art. Some of you should lay off verbally patting yourselves on the bad and just give a straight forward review/critique. Self-serving pretentiousness is only frustrating to those seeking an honest review and the only people you are impressing by posting that wordy over-the-top crap is yourselves. Just a thought. Now go cut some 0000 hours fruit and give us all a break. Thanks...

Now, the movie like many of these wordy reviews is full of the same artistic pretension. This need to go overboard in show and obscurity through symbolism and metaphors, is just more proof of elitists suffering from delusions of grandeur. They feel a need to see who they can belittle when someone doesn't take the time to understand their skewed perspective... Not understanding that some do not find entertainment in symbols and metaphors, especially when it's not done well or contrarily, overdone.

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