Online viewing tip. Maddin's Brain.

Guy Maddin has to be one of the most needlessly yet refreshingly humble filmmakers around. In an 8½-minute preview of Brand Upon the Brain!, talking over footage that suggests this may be his best feature yet, he quietly explains the very personal nature of the film, referring to it as something of a companion piece to Cowards Bend the Knee.

We have David Poland to thank for this. Click his name and get that press kit, a downloadable PDF and a keeper. David also notes that Brand Upon the Brain! "will be shown only once during the [Toronto] festival... no press screening... no follow-ups... because this 95 minute black + white opus - 'a remembrance in 12 chapters' - will be shown with a live narrator, two on-stage foley artists, a castrato, and an 11 piece live orchestra at the Elgin at 6p on the first Friday." That's September 8, this Friday.

Earlier: The Heart of the World.

Posted by dwhudson at September 3, 2006 5:22 AM