The Green Fog

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The Green Fog

2017

1h 3m

Mystery & Thriller

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An interpretation of an Alfred Hitchcock film using footage from old film and television shows.

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Recreating the experience of watching Alfred Hitchcock's masterwork with patchwork collage, The Green Fog is a creative homage that will envelop audiences with its infectious love for cinema.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Eerie, witty, and unexpectedly moving.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 19, 2018

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

This collective tantrum is another reminder of why people go to the movies: to see others moved.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 26, 2018

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Justin Chang

Los Angeles Times

The work of a sensibility as impish as it is scholarly, animated by a mischievous sense of the medium's possibilities.

Mar 27, 2018

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Andreea Patru

Vague Visages

Coherence is the last concern in The Green Fog, whose beauty is comprised in the hidden connections between the city-film tropes.

Dec 6, 2023

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Alonso Díaz de la Vega

El Universal

Maddin's entire film is a cinephile exercise that reconstructs a masterpiece with pieces from other films or programs. [Full Review in Spanish]

May 8, 2020

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Shikhar Verma

High on Films

The Green Fog is in all shapes and sizes a recollection of Maddin's love for cinema itself.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 19, 2020

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William M

This is a work of pure genius. If anyone would have told me that I would be absolutely mesmerized by a feature length movie composed entire of clips from a mind-boggling number of earlier movies I would have asked them what they were smoking. This unique work of cinematic art is a collaborated effort of veteran Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin, and two younger acolytes, Evan and Galen Johnson, who are credited as the film's editors. According to Alfred Hitchcock, editing IS filmmaking. Apparently, he's right, because there's no "writing" credit for this uncannily moving feature-length montage, which couldn't possibly have had a screenplay.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/25

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An interpretation of an Alfred Hitchcock film using footage from old film and television shows.

Director: Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 3m