“The Forbidden Room and Seances are related. Both of them are made up of lost film matter adapted through the medium of me and Evan, but the way they present themselves is totally different. One of them is this big Russian nesting doll of movie narratives and the other is much shorter experience on the internet.” WayMadeDifferentMatterBigsFilmLostRoomsInternetMediumsNarrativeRelatedForbiddenDollsAdapted Author:Guy Maddin
“The fact that you couldn't see Alfred Hitchcock's first film The Mountain Eagle, or that you couldn't see so many of F.W. Murnau's masterpieces, or that you couldn't see so many of Oscar Micheaux's really intriguing race melodramas, made with fierce independent spirit against all odds in '20s and '30s America. That stuff haunted me. They really did bring to life a sense of 20th Century history: cultural history, pop history, gender politics and race politics, socio economic history, all that stuff. It was bracing and instructive.” FirstsMadeFactsAmericaFilmSpiritStuffRaceEconomicCenturyMountainIndependentPopsGenderFierceOddsOscars20th CenturyMasterpieceEaglesIntriguingHitchcockMelodramaAgainst All OddsEconomic History Author:Guy Maddin
“I went to see Chicago after I finished shooting, and say what you want about it, but that thing was so meticulously planned. It was planned like NASA planned its trips to the moon. It made me feel like some sort of horrible dilettante.” WantFeelsMadeMoonFinishedWhat You WantHorribleShootingChicagoNasaDilettantes Author:Guy Maddin
