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Set in a makeshift hospital that seems to exist somewhere between Scandinavia and what could be a parallel universe, Tales From the Gimli Hospital is Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin's surreal, black & white first feature. The film cleverly uses its own low-budget origin as a strength by re-visioning the techniques of the silent film era and early "talkies". During a visit to their dying mother in present-day Gimli Hospital, two children are subjected by their grandmother to a long, convoluted
Unrated, 1 hr. 12 min.
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Jan 1, 1988 Wide
Oct 17, 2000
Kino on Video
All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2) | DVD (4)
Whatever else you might say about this weird, creepy, and funny independent item by Guy Maddin, it's certainly different.
It is a strange piece of work.
It's a strange tale that never seems to be anything other than enormously funny and strange.
There's a thin line between weird and strange, and Maddin's debut falls just the wrong side.
[One] Maddin's most successful experiments in untuned cinema.
My favourtie film by my favourite Canadian director.
January 29, 2007Super Reviewer
This 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.
February 16, 2007
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