103) Keyhole (2011) Dir: Guy Maddin Date Released: April 6, 2012 Date Seen: March 21, 2012 Rating: 2.75/5
I think I'm not being fair to this movie, which I also think will improve upon re-view. Still, I saw it for my interview with Guy Maddin at Vulture.
Editor's Note: the interview got killed. But I still want to run the piece as I filed it as I think it's good, damn it. So here, enjoy.
Editor's Note: the interview got killed. But I still want to run the piece as I filed it as I think it's good, damn it. So here, enjoy.
It’s rare that someone that can describe himself as a
contemporary avant garde filmmaker can also be described as something of a
celebrity, but Canadian multi-hyphenate Guy Maddin is that. Maddin (Brand
Upon the Brain, My Winnipeg) is renowned amongst the international film
community for his funny expressive and self-parodic silent melodramas, may of
which contain supernatural, semi-autobiographical and hyper-sexual story
elements. His new movie, Keyhole,
follows a gangster (Jason Patric) named Ulysses as he navigates his childhood
home, which turns out to be haunted by ghosts. I talked to Maddin about ghosts,
sexual tuning forks, the devil in Udo Kier and the recent death of seminal
avant garde filmmaker George Kuchar.
More after the jump.
