The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

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"I've had a sort of strange interest in Guy Maddin's films for a while now, and I think I've seen every single one of his short films whether they be on Youtube or other sites of similar nature. In my humble opinion, I think he is one of the most original and greatest film-makers out there right now. And The Saddest Music in the World utilizes his unique vision to outstanding extent. Using film-stock that looks recycled from the 1920s, Maddin creates a melancholy dream-scape of depression-era Winnipeg. It is a town of lost souls, as is the entire world outside of it, but this contest to find who is in fact that saddest country in the world (judged through song) brings the people together and brings a sort of drunken life to a world that has fallen asleep to escape the sadness of the depression. Some of the insights towards human sorrow are bitingly funny, as are the references to humanities undying love of beer (the winners of the competitions get to slide into a pool full of be ... " [More]

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