The Canadian writer, director and cinematographer will present some of his films included in the IU screening series “The Magnificent Cinematic Obsession of Guy Maddin” in addition to speaking as part of the Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture Series hosted at IU Cinema.
The screenings will start with “The Saddest Music in the World” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday followed by “My Winnipeg” at 6:30 p.m. April 9.
Maddin will introduce “Short Films of Guy Maddin” at 9:30 p.m. April 9.
This 75-minute program covers more than 20 years of shorts personally hand-picked by Maddin, including “The Heart of the World,” “My Dad Is 100 Years Old,” “Bing and Bela,” “Sissy Boy Slap Party” and “Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity.”
David Church, who received a doctorate from IU’s Department of Communication and Culture, will interview Maddin at 3 p.m. April 10 in “Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture With Guy Maddin,” followed by “Guy Maddin presents L’Age d’Or” at 6:30 p.m. and Maddin introducing “Brand Upon the Brain!” at 9:30 p.m.
“Archangel” will be screened at 6:30 p.m. followed by “Tales From the Gimli Hospital” at 9:30 p.m. April 11.
The series will conclude with “Dracula: Pages From a Virgin’s Diary” at 3 p.m. April 12.
In addition to the lecture and introducing some of his films, Maddin will meet privately with students studying film preservation and media ?production.
When he first decided to make a film, Maddin said, he didn’t believe he could ever develop the technical expertise required, according to the IU Bloomington Newsroom release.
Then he watched and became enchanted with the Luis Buñuel films “Un Chien Andalou” and “L’Age D’Or.”
Maddin said in the release he realized he could probably make something out of focus, and he knew by using the bad continuity, it would seem ?very artsy.
“I just assumed that my film would come out surrealist whether I wanted it to or not, so I might as well go with it,” Maddin said. “I just embraced whatever humor popped up either intentionally or ?unintentionally.”
“I’ve still stuck with that approach more or less,” he said. “It’s kind of my DNA.”
All tickets for the film screening are $3 and are required for entry.
Lanie Maresh
