The Saddest Music in the World
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- Synopsis
- In this absurdist, pseudo-musical filmed to appear like an antiquated black and white film, a legless beer heiress (Rossellini) in Depression-era Winnipeg stages a contest to find the saddest music in the world, with the hopes that the right kind of ......
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- Director(s)
- Guy Maddin
- Distributor(s)
- Independent Artists
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 99 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Carla MeyerAdd Critic to Favorites
The concept is high, the humor lowbrow and the joy of experimentation evident in every frame of this wonderful picture.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
Hard to say who's luckier -- those who have seen the work of Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin before and know what to expect, or those who haven't and for whom The Saddest Music in the World serves as an eye-popping introduction.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites
It's all terribly tortured, often laugh-out-loud, absurdly funny and, as with all of Maddin's movies, conveyed through images that are as lush and beautifully over the top as the story's emotions.Read the full review
