Cowards Bend the Knee ( The Blue Hands )

Cowards Bend the Knee (DVD) (*)

$34.99

Original Title: The Blue Hands
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
65 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Guy Maddin

Written By:
Guy Maddin

Actors:
Darcy Fehr ..... Guy Maddin
Melissa Dionisio ..... Meta
Amy Stewart ..... Veronica
Tara Birtwhistle ..... Liliom
Louis Negin ..... Dr. Fusi
Mike Bell ..... Mo Mott
David Stuart Evans ..... Shaky
Henry Mogatas ..... Chas
Victor Cowie ..... Maddin Sr.
Herdis Maddin ..... Grandma
Marion Martin ..... Mrs. Maddin
Aurum McBride ..... Baby
Bernard Lesk ..... Stickboy
Erin Hershberg ..... Customer / Stylist
Erika Rintoul ..... Customer

Synopsis:

All good filmmakers have a sense of film history; for the Canadian director Guy Maddin it's a history that cuts to the marrow. The filmmaker's obvious inspirations are culled from silent cinema and those first few years when movies learned to talk, but he evinces an appreciation for proto-cinematic forms as well. (He doesn't just delight in early movies, when women possessed rosebud mouths and men had manners as slick as pomade, he exudes in the splotches, accidental jump cuts and ragged edges that can cling to well-used movies.) Mr. Maddin's interest in the atavistic takes wonderful shape in his latest offering, a love story that was originally designed as an installation art piece in which 10 different chapters were viewed through separate peepholes. Since its conception, the film has been stitched into a near-feature-length movie and no longer will viewers need risk eyestrain and cramped necks to appreciate Mr. Maddin's singular genius. Raincoats, however, remain optional.

The 64 minute film is a reworking of an autobiographical project originally imagined as a peep-show. It is divided into ten short sections, giving it the same sort of episodic quality as old silent matinee movies. References to Canada abound in this story of murder, abortion, revenge, amnesia, and ice hockey.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 02 January, 2012.

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