From the Atelier Tovar: Selected Writings of Guy Maddin


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Guy Maddin is one of Canada's most celebrated and original filmmakers, the director of such delirious films as Tales from the Gimli Hospital, Careful, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, The Saddest Music in the World and My Winnipeg. Few know, however, that he is just as gifted a writer, and his resolutely purple prose, as eccentric and enchanting as his film work, is a true delight. From the Atelier Tovar gathers, in one volume, the best of Maddin's writing: his journalism (originally published in the Village Voice, Cinema Scope, Film Comment and points beyond), unpublished short stories and film treatments (including the riotous Child Without Qualities), and selections, both lurid and illuminating, from the filmmaker's personal journals. Here are Maddin's feverish musings on hockey, the Osmonds, divas of the Italian silent cinema, Bollywood, his own twisted biography, and much, much more. What emerges finally is both a fragrant potpourri and a treasure trove, a singular portrait of this very unique artist.



Author: Guy Maddin
Publisher: Coach House Books
Published: 09/19/1999
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.92w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781552451311
ISBN10: 1552451313
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | General
- Performing Arts | Individual Director