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Thanks for the great review. Maddin is one of my favorite filmmakers, and if you liked him, you should probably check out Careful (my personal favorite), on a great DVD from Kino which also has an hourlong documentary on Maddin's work, narrated by Tom Waits. Careful is an Oedipal drama set in an Alpine village where the slightest sound can cause an avalanche, so all residents speak in whispers, and the vocal cords of all the dogs have been cut (!). The use of color and stylized sets is amazing.
The only disappointing aspect of the Saddest Music disc, for me, is that there is no Maddin commentary track--unlike all the other Maddin DVDs out there, all of which are highly recommended. He's a very funny, intelligent speaker.
BTW, you mention the dialogue's kind of "corny"...this is obviously deliberate, and I think influenced by Maddin's love of 19th century Gothic-romance novels.
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