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Night Mayor by Guy Maddin

Andrew Rosinsk​i

over 2 years ago

Guy Maddin’s latest short film will have its world premiere at 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. The film follows a Bosnian immigrant who harnesses the power of Aurora Borealis (aka northern lights) and uses the northern lights to broadcast imagery coast to coast.

Canada
2009
10 minutes
B/W
Aspect Ratio Unknown
English

This might be Maddin’s next Heart of the World. Fantastic storytelling possibilities in the northern lights as projector device.

HELPFUL LINKS:
Watch Two Minutes of Night Mayor:
http://dinca.org/watch-night-mayor-by-guy-maddin/2558.htm

NFBC: Maddin Interview: Discusses Night Mayor
http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/news/index.php?id=1910

Guy Maddin’s New Short to Premiere at TIFF
http://www.cinematical.com/tag/Night%20Mayor/

Anyone attending the TIFF? Anyone here any word on this film premiering at other festivals?
What is your favorite Maddin feature-length and short? Love to hear your thoughts!

Robert W Peabody III

over 2 years ago

re: 10 minutes
Nice to know Guy has been busy !

Andrew Rosinsk​i

over 2 years ago

PS- Is there anyway to embed html links into this forum? My attempt didn’t work.

Francis​co J. Torres

over 2 years ago

He rules!

Joshua W

over 2 years ago

I’m really excited for this and the two minutes looks pretty great. I’m hoping for a full-length feature over the next year or two, but we’ll see.

and ps: Link to all the forum codes

streetcar desire

over 2 years ago

I think that Maddin is North America’s current Master of CINEMAH—only Terence Davies of Great Britain can touch him at the moment in English language Auteurs! New film should be ground making as it follows in the wake of his masterpiece My Winnipeg!

Andrew Rosinsk​i

over 2 years ago

I’m waiting for a Winnipeg DVD release and for his next feature. Anyone got the scoop?

Andrew Rosinsk​i

over 2 years ago

Thxx for the linkage, Joshua W.

Joshua W

over 2 years ago

No clue on his feature, but in Canada the My Winnipeg DVD has been released for months and months.

Ian T.

over 2 years ago

Met Maddin in June. He had no idea if they would ever release My Winnipeg in the US. He said to just get it off of Amazon.ca

Andrew Rosinsk​i

over 2 years ago

Interesting. I heard IFC was going to release My Winnipeg on DVD; seemingly that’s not the case.

Andrew Rosinsk​i

over 2 years ago

Interesting. I heard IFC was going to release My Winnipeg on DVD; seemingly that’s not the case.

David Ehrenst​ein

over 2 years ago

Love The Guy!

the corduro​y suit

over 2 years ago

Probably the most gifted filmmaker working today. Truly a genius.

Scott

over 2 years ago

i worked on this movie! haha, awesome to see it getting at least a little chatter on here.