The Heart of the World

20002000
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6m

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A scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.A scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.A scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

3.4K

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POPULARITY

109,643

13,305

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- 7 wins

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Leslie Bais

Anna

Caelum Vatnsdal

Osip

Shaun Balbar

Nikolai

Greg Klymkiw

Akmatov
(as Hryhory Yulyanovitch Klymkyiev)

Tammy Gillis

Mary Magdalene
(uncredited)

Carson Nattrass

Centurion
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Director
- Guy Maddin
Writer
- Guy Maddin
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Trivia
References/parodies soviet montage cinema of the 1920s, German Expressionism of the 1920s, and silent melodrama film.

Goofs
The money bags use a comma as a thousands separator. As this film is a tribute to early Soviet and German films, it would have been more appropriate to use a period, as that is the thousands separator used in those countries.

Connections
Edited into Guy Maddin: His Winnipeg - in conversation with Charles Coleman (2014)

Soundtracks
Time, Forward
Written by Georgi Sviridov (as Giorgi Sviridov)
With permission from the Sviridov Foundation and Meloydiya © 1968

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9/10

Kino-therapy..

Equal parts German Expressionism and Russian Agit-prop, Heart of the World is a six minute epic of Biblical proportions.

Maddin's usual idiosyncrasies resurface - Scandinavian Love triangle Melodrama amidst impending social catastrophe.

Being from the Tarkovskian school of thought, an ASL (average shot length) of under 2 seconds would normally be scoffed at, but an exception will have to be made in this case, as the rapid-cutting is truly elevated to an art form here.

The music is appropriately over-the-top and compliments the film perfectly.

One of the wittiest, most inventive short films ever.

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