{"id":243,"date":"2010-03-01T22:01:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T21:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/?p=243"},"modified":"2011-04-03T19:02:48","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T18:02:48","slug":"issue-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2010\/03\/01\/issue-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 37: Guy Maddin"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2010\/03\/01\/issue-37\/events_saddestmusic\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-244\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/events_saddestmusic-594x445.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Saddest Music in the World\" width=\"594\" height=\"445\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-244\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/events_saddestmusic-594x445.jpg 594w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/events_saddestmusic-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/events_saddestmusic.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Saddest Music in the World<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<b>Theme: Guy Maddin<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/snowballing-secrets-guy-maddins-careful\/\"><I>Careful<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/02\/insane-melancholy-and-absurd-melodrama-the-saddest-music-in-the-world\/\"><I>The Saddest Music in the World<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/reel-sounds-the-power-of-silence\/\">Reel Sounds: The Power of Silence<\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2008\/07\/01\/guy-maddin-and-the-mythologising-of-winnipeg\/\">The Mythologising of Winnipeg<\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2008\/09\/guy-maddin-and-my-winnipeg\/\">Podcast + vidcast: Guy Maddin<\/A> <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Interviews:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2008\/11\/06\/interview-with-peter-greenaway\/\"><I>Nightwatching<\/I>: Interview with Peter Greenaway <\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/afterschool-interview-with-antonio-campos\/\"><I>Afterschool<\/I>: Interview with Antonio Campos<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Features:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/16\/the-scouting-book-for-boys-a-profile-of-tom-harper\/\"><I>The Scouting Book for Boys: Profile of Tom Harper<\/I><\/A><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/03\/14\/photofilm\/\">PhotoFilm<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Film Reviews<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/04\/alice-in-wonderland\/\"><I>Alice in Wonderland<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/02\/no-one-knows-about-persian-cats\/\"><I>No One Knows about Persian Cats<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/02\/lions-den\/\"><I>Lion&#8217;s Den<\/I><\/A><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/02\/19\/berlinale-2010-dispatch-2\/\"><I>Exit through the Gift Shop<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>DVD Reviews<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/04\/alucarda-the-seed-of-panic\/\"><I>Alucarda<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Comic Strip Review:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/02\/comic-strip-review-cold-souls\/\"><I>Cold Souls<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Blog:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/03\/02\/berlinale-2010-dispatch-4\/\">Final dispatch from the Berlinale<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Short Cuts:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/short-cuts-redmond-entwistles-monuments\/\"><I>Monuments<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Alter Ego:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/alter-ego-mythogeographer-phil-smith-is-mick-travis\/\">Phil Smith is Mick Travis<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Film Jukebox:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/film-jukebox-josiah-wolf\/\">Josiah Wolf<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Podcast:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2008\/11\/peter-greenaway-and-the-raindance-film-festival\/\">Peter Greenaway<\/A> <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\">\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<B>Guy Maddin: The poetic, macabre and playful visions of a wonderfully twisted mind<\/B><\/p>\n<p> March is all about Guy Maddin and we celebrate his genius with articles on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/snowballing-secrets-guy-maddins-careful\/\"><I>Careful<\/I><\/A> and <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/02\/insane-melancholy-and-absurd-melodrama-the-saddest-music-in-the-world\/\"><I>The Saddest Music in the World<\/I><\/A>, a Reel Sounds column on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/reel-sounds-the-power-of-silence\/\">modern silent films<\/A> and a <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2010\/02\/electric-sheep-film-club-guy-maddin-double-bill\/\">double bill at the Prince Charles Cinema<\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>  In the new cinema releases, we look at Tim Burton&#8217;s <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/04\/alice-in-wonderland\/\"><I>Alice in Wonderland<\/I><\/A>, Iranian musical subversives in <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/02\/no-one-knows-about-persian-cats\/\"><I>No One Knows about Persian Cats<\/I><\/A> and Argentine woman-in-prison drama <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/02\/lions-den\/\"><I>Lion&#8217;s Den<\/I><\/A>. You can also read a feature on Tom Harper&#8217;s <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/16\/the-scouting-book-for-boys-a-profile-of-tom-harper\/\"><I>The Scouting Book for Boys<\/I><\/A> and an <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2008\/11\/06\/interview-with-peter-greenaway\/\">interview with Peter Greenaway for <I>Nightwatching<\/I><\/A>. And we have an article on Mexican 70s horror movie <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/04\/alucarda-the-seed-of-panic\/\"><I>Alucarda<\/I><\/A>, which we are proud to be presenting at the Flatpack Festival on March 26. <\/p>\n<p>In DVD releases, we have a comic strip review of metaphysical comedy <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/02\/comic-strip-review-cold-souls\/\"><I>Cold Souls<\/I><\/A> and an <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/afterschool-interview-with-antonio-campos\/\">interview with Antonio Campos<\/A> for his brilliant debut <I>Afterschool<\/I>. In our blog section, you can read our <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/03\/02\/berlinale-2010-dispatch-4\/\">final dispatches from the Berlinale<\/A>, which include a review of Banksy&#8217;s <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/02\/19\/berlinale-2010-dispatch-2\/\"><I>Exit through the GIft Shop<\/I><\/A>, and <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/03\/04\/music-and-rebels-at-rotterdam-2010\/\">reports on the International Rotterdam Film Festival<\/A> and the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/03\/14\/photofilm\/\">PhotoFilm<\/A> season.<\/p>\n<p>In Short Cuts, we have a feature on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/short-cuts-redmond-entwistles-monuments\/\"><I>Monuments<\/I><\/A>, which screened at Rotterdam last month while <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/alter-ego-mythogeographer-phil-smith-is-mick-travis\/\">mythogeographer Phil Smith is Mick Travis<\/A> in our Alter Ego column and <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/03\/03\/film-jukebox-josiah-wolf\/\">Josiah Wolf<\/A> tells us about the films that have marked him in the Film Jukebox. And you can read the winner&#8217;s entry in our <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/03\/02\/film-writing-competition-kiss-me-deadly\/\"><I>Kiss Me Deadly<\/I> writing competition<\/A>.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/category\/radio-and-podcasts\/\"><B>PODCASTS:<\/B><\/A> Listen back to Alex Fitch&#8217;s interview with <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2008\/11\/peter-greenaway-and-the-raindance-film-festival\/\">Peter Greenaway<\/A> for <I>Nightwatching<\/I>, a dramatisation of the theory that Rembrandt included clues to a murder mystery within the imagery of his masterpiece, <I>The Nightwatch<\/I>. 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