Death of the Reel

Death of the Reel

🎞️ Movie --
โ˜… 6.9 /10 2008

Guy Maddin flies to Kansas City, Missouri, in a vain attempt to save cinema as it continues to die from contempt and neglect. The tongue-in-cheek project begins in a Winnipeg bar where filmmaker Guy Maddin (played by, yes, Guy Maddin) reads a newspaper article declaring the death of cinema in the United States. He decides to ride - or fly - to the rescue. The idea is that the young people have been zombified by their iPhones and iPods and have become celluloid illiterates who watch postage stamp-sized movies on tiny screens. Maddin comes to Kansas to save cinema.

Cast

Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin
Self
Self
Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd Kaufman
Self
Self
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch
Narrator
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Kevin Wohler
The Cinema Curmudgeon
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Jessica Fahey
The Nurse
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Shelly Jennings
The Woman
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Blaise Mank
The Child
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Jordy Altman
The Romantic Man
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Justin Bauer
Video Horde
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Jonathan Dalbe
Video Horde
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The Alloy Orchestra
Composer
Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin
Cinematographer
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Benjamin Meade
Cinematographer
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Bill Pryor
Cinematographer