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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828000803321

Autore

Beard William <1946->

Titolo

Into the past : the cinema of Guy Maddin / / William Beard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4426-9848-9

1-4426-8693-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (486 p.)

Disciplina

791.4302/33092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - Canada

PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The dead father -- Tales from the Gimli Hospital -- Archangel -- Careful -- Twilight of the ice nymphs -- Dracula : pages from a virgin's diary -- Cowards bend the knee, or, The blue hands -- The saddest music in the world -- Brand upon the brain! -- My Winnipeg -- Appendix: the short films.

Sommario/riassunto

Into the Past provides a complete and systematic critical commentary on each of Maddin's feature films and shorts, from his 1986 debut film The Dead Father through to his highly successful 2008 full-length 'docu-fantasia' My Winnipeg.