The Heart of the World
A Canadian filmmaker by the name of Guy Maddin. He has made over 30 films, both short films and feature length films. His style is unique and his talent is undeniable. You might very easily call him a experimental filmmaker, but in my opinion it wouldn’t be a fair description. He is first and foremost a personal and a passionate filmmaker.
Roger Ebert describes him in his review of the movie My Winnipeg (2007) as a filmmaker that makes “… films that use the dated editing devices of old movies: iris shots, breathless titles, shock cutting, staged poses, melodramatic acting, recycled footage, camera angles not merely dramatic but startling. He uses these devices to tell stories that begin with the improbable and march boldly into the inconceivable.”
Peter Bradshaw says in his review of the same movie that ”… Guy Maddin has specialised in a faux early- or silent-movie style, with wobbly, out-of-focus inter-titles, surreally heightened scratchiness and mostly shot in a grainy monochrome, but with the occasional, disorienting discolourisation, as if viewed for a moment through blue or brown glass – the kind you might see in genuine old reels rescued from oblivion.”
The short film The Heart of the World (2000) by Guy Maddin on youtube.
