| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville, Paul Cox, Brent Neale, Victor Cowie, Michael O'Sullivan, Katya Gardner. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Guy Maddin ; editor, Guy Maddin ; music, John McCulloch. |
| Note |
Remastered and repressed. |
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DVD release of the 1992 motion picture. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
The 19th century. In the remote Alpine village of Tolzbad, people talk quietly and restrain their movements lest avalanches come and kill them. This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions. Johann is a student lusting after his mother. She is an old flame of the mysterious Count Knotkers. Klara is attracted to her father. He lusts after his other daughter. This leads to duels and suicidal plunges galore. Sexual frenzies teem in this world of repression, setting off incestuous love triangles and quadrangles with deadly consequences. |
| Note |
Special features: new HD transfer, created from archival elements; new featurette audio commentary by Guy Maddin and screenwriter George Toles; "Waiting for twilight" (1997, 60 min.): a vintage documentary by Noam Gonick on the early career of Maddin, narrated by Tom Waits; "Odilon Redon or The eye like a strange balloon mounts toward infinity (1995); Maddin's short film about the great French Symbolist painter; new notes by Maddin and J. Hoberman's original 1992 Village Voice review. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Avalanches -- Drama.
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Lust -- Drama.
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Incest -- Drama.
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Children -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
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Mothers and sons -- Drama.
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Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
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Repression (Psychology) -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Cult films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Klymkiw, Greg, 1959-
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Traeger, Tracy.
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Toles, George E.
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Maddin, Guy, 1956-
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McCulloch, Kyle.
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Dobrowolska, Gosia, 1958-
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Neville, Sarah.
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Cox, Paul, 1940-2016
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Neale, Brent.
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Cowie, Victor.
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O'Sullivan, Michael.
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Gardner, Katya.
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Canada Council.
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Canada Manitoba Cultural Industries Development.
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Greg & Tracy Film Ministry (Firm)
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Manitoba Arts Council.
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Telefilm Canada.
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Zeitgeist Films.
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| Standard No. |
795975111232 |
| Music No. |
Z1112 Zeitgeist Films |
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