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Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

Guy Maddin

Canada1997 60min Beta SP Both Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight is an accompanying documentary to his film, . In fact, the documentary was filmed during the filming of the aforementioned feature film. It not only observes Guy Maddin’s films and his childhood, but also includes priceless interviews with Guy Maddin himself, the film crew, and his acquaintances. This film is an excellent guide to the wonderful world of Maddin’s films. Although he may look like just another everyday Joe, his tales are out of the ordinary. 

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Guy Maddin

Born in 1956 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Guy Maddin studied economics at a university in Winnipeg. Before making films, he worked in a bank after college. Most of his films are made in his hometown, where he still lives. He never reads critic’s reviews on his films; he reviews his own films for The New York Times; he inserts personal chats, rather than explanatory commentary, with the producer and the writer for DVD release of his films. Maddin is just as eccentric as his films. His films have been already screened in the international film festival circuits, such as Toronto, New York, and Tokyo, and in 1995, the Telluride Film Festival awarded Guy Maddin who was barely forty at the time the Life-Time Achievement Award. Websites that pay a tribute to Guy Maddin and his films abound on the Internet. Some film critics pay eulogy to him as “a new hope in filmmaking of the new millennium.”