Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Summary:
Set in a makeshift hospital that seems to exist somewhere between Scandinavia and what could be a parallel universe, Tales From the Gimli Hospital is Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin's surreal, black & white first feature. The film cleverly uses its own low-budget origin as a strength by re-visioning the techniques of the silent film era and early "talkies". During a visit to their dy... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Kyle McCulloch - (Einar, the Lonely)
Michael Gottli - (Gunnar)
Angela Heck - (Snjofridur)
Margaret Anne McLeod - (Amma)
Caroline Bonner - (Elfa Egilsdottir)
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Review:
Guy Maddin's debut feature establishes the otherworldly, unfamiliar quality that he obsessively cultivates in later movies, albeit in different forms. Dreamlike or nightmarish depending on your taste, this black-and-white reverie creates a world seemingly unencumbered by Maddin's self-consciousness. The dreary, timeless Canadian backwoods tha... Continue >>
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