Episode 174: Guy Maddin (feat. Dave Canfield & Patrick Ripoll)

This month, we are joined by the one and only Dave Canfield of ScreenAnarchy & Mindframes Podcast to discuss a truly fascinating filmmaker, Canada’s very own Guy Maddin. We try to get to the bottom of his visual aesthetics, discuss the nature of autobiographical filmmaking and praise several of his short films along the way. The focus this time is on the critically acclaimed The Saddest Music of the World as well as his award-winning docu-fantasia My Winnipeg, which Roger Ebert named one of the best films of the decade. In addition, we talk a lot for the what we watched segment including a psychologically complex body horror drama called Swallow, the recently acclaimed Portrait of a Lady on Fire as well a brief foray into disaster films of the late 90s! This episode has it all and we couldn’t be more grateful to Dave for coming on. See you in about a month! Stay safe and healthy! 00:00 - 07:10 - Intro07:11 - 08:31 - What We Watched Song08:32 - 56:23 - What We Watched This Week56:24 - 57:49 - Guy Maddin Song57:50 - 01:55:13 - Saddest Music In The World + My Winnipeg01:55:13 - 02:08:47 - Other Guy Maddin Films02:08:48 - 02:13:23 - Top 3 Favorites / Outro http://www.directorsclubpodcast.com/ Jim's Recent Appearance on The MatineeCast: https://www.thematinee.ca/episode243/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit directorsclub.substack.com/subscribe