Be CAREFUL, citizens of Tolzbad! Of the big budget and fan-catered product that is going to be shoveled into Walmart for the holiday season, it warms my heart to see that Zeitgeist is preparing the Quintessential Guy Maddin, a box set containing five great films of mad Canuck filmmaker that at the least, starts to approach the magnitude of the 'quintessential' moniker. While My Winnipeg, Tales from the Gimli Hospital and The Saddest Music In The World would be very nice indeed to round out the set, anyone willing to delve into the strange and wild filmography of the Canadian auteur could do worse! Careful might just be Maddin's masterwork, and is a great entry point as well. The 4 Disc set does contain the following:
Disc One: Careful (1992, 100 min, Remastered and Repressed Edition):
Disc Two: Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997, 90 min) + Archangel (1990, 83 min):
Disc Three: Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2003, 75 min)
Disc Four: Cowards Bend the Knee (2004, 64 min)
SPECIAL FEATURES: Five feature audio commentaries with Maddin & crew • A 60-minute documentary on Maddin's early career, narrated by Tom Waits • Six shorts, including Odilon Redon (1995) and The Heart of the World (2000) • Production design collages and storyboards • Three behind-the-scenes featurette • Radio interviews • "Imagined" audition reels • Vintage photos from Maddin's personal collection, all wrapped up in 'peep hole' styled packaging.
The box-set hits the street on December 14th in the United States only.
Disc One: Careful (1992, 100 min, Remastered and Repressed Edition):
Disc Two: Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997, 90 min) + Archangel (1990, 83 min):
Disc Three: Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2003, 75 min)
Disc Four: Cowards Bend the Knee (2004, 64 min)
SPECIAL FEATURES: Five feature audio commentaries with Maddin & crew • A 60-minute documentary on Maddin's early career, narrated by Tom Waits • Six shorts, including Odilon Redon (1995) and The Heart of the World (2000) • Production design collages and storyboards • Three behind-the-scenes featurette • Radio interviews • "Imagined" audition reels • Vintage photos from Maddin's personal collection, all wrapped up in 'peep hole' styled packaging.
The box-set hits the street on December 14th in the United States only.
This is quite tempting.
I'll take 12.
This all comes down to the short films for me. I have all the films listed, but if they could sneak something like say, "The Pomps of Satan" or "Maldoror: Tygers" on the disk, then I would buy it. Now, if it was blu-ray, that would be a must buy for sure.