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Tales From the Gimli Hospital

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Two men (Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli) share a hospital room during a circa-1900 smallpox epidemic.

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Derek Smith Slant Magazine 06/27/2023
Maddin’s obsession with obscure Canadian folklore is evident right from the get-go. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 05/08/2007
3/4
Whatever else you might say about this weird, creepy, and funny independent item by Guy Maddin, it's certainly different. Go to Full Review
Geoff Andrew Time Out 06/24/2006
There's a thin line between weird and strange, and Maddin's debut falls just the wrong side. Go to Full Review
Anne Brodie What She Said 09/30/2022
4/4
Guy Maddin's groundbreaking debut feature Tales from the Gimli Hospital restored in glorious 4K, .. gorgeously crisp, the sound perfection, with a long-lost scene of the 1988 cult classic about blistering lust and seething envy on Lake Winnipeg. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 10/04/2006
B+
It's a strange tale that never seems to be anything other than enormously funny and strange. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/01/2005
3/5
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07/25/2012 Maddin's bizarre, remarkably audacious debut charms with offbeat wit and lo-fi craft; his quirk truly inspired. See more 10/27/2010 Though Maddin may have gotten better, in this film he pretty much sets up his style for the majority of his subsequent films. It is by turns creepy, hilarious, disgusting, bizarre, and more. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't imagine how it got released in the 80s, when everyone stopped making artsty fartsy nonsense like this. See more 05/26/2010 Ah, Mr. Maddin - you either love him or hate him. See more 03/01/2010 Tales from the Gimli Hospital is surreal to the point where it is often comical. It plays off of some of the conventions of Hollywood's silent era well, to the point where if you didn't know it was from the 80's, you may have mistaken its parody for bad film making. See more 01/24/2010 I remember the title from when I was a college-boy art-movie buff, and I wish I'd seen it back then. As it was, it took me 15 more years to discover Guy Maddin (with "The Saddest Music in the World"), and my life is all the better for it. As Maddin's first feature, it's obvious he's working with a very limited budget, his technique is still a little raw, and the story gets away from him every now and then. But his mad creativity and twisted humor are already running rampant. Early signs of Maddin hallmarks: solitude, cutting flesh, homeroticism, snow (OK, this time it's feathers). And most importantly, his ability to create a surreal but still totally believable other world. This one will definitely stay with me. See more 12/16/2009 One of the only Good Canadian films around. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two men (Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli) share a hospital room during a circa-1900 smallpox epidemic.
Director
Guy Maddin
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 28, 1989, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Oct 14, 2022
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 11, 2007
Runtime
1h 3m
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