“I just discovered that there were so many lost movies that were all mine to take if I wanted to take them. I was drunk on greed when I encountered this motherlode of utterly fascinating narratives that time's great river washed up on its banks for me to just scavenge, and not even rub clean, just repurpose and take credit for. It was kind of one of those weird dreams that where you keep finding free money.” IfsKindDreamWantedLostMinesFindingsRiversCleanGreedCreditDrunkNarrativeFascinatingFree MoneyWeird Dream Author:Guy Maddin
“I like the way we get to be uninhibited in our dreams, we don't' need to repress our behaviours like we do in our daily lives. If we lust after someone in a dream we get to possess him or her, if we dislike someone we get to express it or even strike out at them. Something I wouldn't think of doing, I don't have the courage, and it's not right either.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsDreamStrikesLustDaily LifeDislikeBehaviourOur DreamsDislike Someone Author:Guy Maddin
“If I feel like crying, I'll just cry in a dream. Something I really try not to do in my waking hours. I like good melodrama because it's just an undumping of all these compulsions we feel that we work so hard to master during our waking hours. No wonder we crash to sleep in bed at night. We have to, otherwise we'd just spend our waking hours shredding the feelings from everybody else.” IfsFeelsTryingHardFeelingsDreamNightHoursSleepWonderCryMastersBedWakingCrashCompulsionMelodramaShredding Author:Guy Maddin
“I define melodrama as truth uninhibited. It's the kind of truth we dream about. Rather than melodrama being exaggerated, it's actually uninhibited. And it's a big difference - people look down on exaggerations, but I think they should look up to the un-inhibitions.” PeopleThinkingKindDreamLook UpExaggerationMelodrama Author:Guy Maddin
