January 29, 2007
My favourtie film by my favourite Canadian director.
Angela Heck, Dan Hewak, Kyle McCulloch
The relationship between two men who share a hospital room as victims of smallpox.
DVD Release Date: October 17, 2000
Stats: 74 reviews
Flixster Reviews (74)
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January 1, 2009Guy Maddin's first film is a bizarre trip to a hospital I hope I never find myself in.
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June 29, 2007A deeply cracked but unquestionably stylish indie-art-silent-noir from Winnipeg's Guy Maddin, "Gimli Hospital" twists (supposed) 19th century Icelandic immigrant tales into an insensible but uncannily memorable assault of black-and-white dream-imagery. German Expressionism, Davi...( read more)
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March 23, 2007A little too strange, a little too pretentious. But it is the starting point of one of the strangest directors to come along since David Lynch, so it is worth a look for that alone. Great images from Maddin that hark back to the silent age, an era he is clearly obsessed with, wit...( read more)
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February 17, 2007This was highly rec to me by sev Friends as a cult hit I should see. Guy Maddin blah blah blah. Maybe in 1988 this was interesting, but I sincerely doubt it. Awful, just awful.
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