Guy Maddin: Heart of the World

The department held its Broadus lecture series this week, in which one of our film professors spoke about the movies of Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin. I was the professor's research assistant on the project and as a result became a bit of a Maddin fan myself. In light of this week, I thought it would be nice to post my favourite Maddin short, The Heart of the World, which was one of ten Canadian short films commissioned to start the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. Anyone who's taken film studies will notice the Soviet Montage influence, but what I love is just how much story Maddin manages to cram into such a short period of time. Warning: this requires — nay, insists upon — rewatching. Don't try to get it all on the first viewing.

Enjoy!