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      The Heart of the World

      2000 6m Drama List
      100% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 91% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Two brothers (Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar) love the same woman (Leslie Bais). Read More Read Less

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      Stephen Holden New York Times The five-minute movie, which is only a fragment of the program, has the feel of a manic silent-film parody. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 28, 2006 Full Review Geoff Andrew Time Out Maddin's brilliant, delirious short is a spot-on pastiche/parody of a silent Soviet propaganda epic, full of phallic symbols, visionary heroes and splendidly emphatic montage. Oct 28, 2006 Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Conjures up a universe so vast and wacky that anyone can get lost in it. Rated: 4/4 Mar 16, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Bizarre experimental 6-minute short. Rated: A Oct 1, 2009 Full Review Rob Nelson City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Further propelled by a suitably frantic Soviet orchestral score, the insane rush of scratched, jumpy images compels you to keep your eyes as wide as possible for the entire six minutes -- even though you couldn't dream of absorbing it all. May 8, 2007 Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher Exhilarating. Mar 16, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member OK homage to the silent film days Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member An ingenious homage to the silent era of cinema. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm not that impressed. It sure didn't leave me wanting more. It's a barrage black and white images interrupted by flashes of text. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Manic fever dreams. Melies on crack. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member All one can really say about this short is...wow! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member All the money that is wasted in Canada every year on worst self-indulgent, introspective, pseudo intellectual fake art films on the planet and one six-minute film schools the whole horrible mess for the rubbish it is. This is a gem - see it whatever you do and avoid everything else from Canada. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Two brothers (Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar) love the same woman (Leslie Bais).
      Director
      Guy Maddin
      Screenwriter
      Guy Maddin
      Genre
      Drama
      Runtime
      6m