“The Heart of the World” – Guy Maddin
Among the most respected writers from the unique landscape of Canadian cinema, Guy Maddin is a true visionary. Because of incredible works such as The saddest music in the world And My Winnipeg, Maddin has garnered serious critical attention as well as praise from film fans. For this edition of our short film of the week we decided to highlight Maddin’s wonderful jewel, The heart of the world.
Throughout his filmmaking journey, Maddin has always cited the influence of pioneering filmmakers such as Luis Buñuel and David Lynch. In addition to contemporary experimental cinema, which has undoubtedly shaped his artistic sensibilities, Maddin has also maintained a lifelong passion for lost works from the silent era, regularly using their unique aesthetic frameworks to create innovative visual presentations in his own films.
One of the greatest examples of his love for silent film is The heart of the world, a bizarre short film made for the 2000 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. It tells the story of two brothers who compete to win the heart of the woman they love – Anna. While they are busy vying for Anna’s heart, she is too busy with the core of our planet. According to their findings, the heart at the center of the world is threatened with a devastating heart attack.
In a conversation with offscreennamed Maddin The heart of the world as the film he was most satisfied with. He explained, “The only film I’ve done turned out exactly as I planned The heart of the world. I find Cowards bend the knee turned out better than I thought. And I think the first film I was really scared of and really struggled with but was pretty happy with the outcome was Cautious. I had never worked in color before; Things like that felt like I was really growing by leaps and bounds every time.”
However, the filmmaker insisted he was not proud of any of his work, citing the example of Buñuel, who notoriously couldn’t watch his own films more than a few times. Maddin added, “He knew what he was doing and needed to move on, and I understand that now because at the end of a movie I’m always stinging with regret and doubt and wanting to re-shoot things and re-shoot things – things do what you can’t do. So I’m always thinking about what to do next. I think that would be my official answer – I don’t think I’m really proud of any of them, and I still hope to make a really good one one day.”
The heart of the world Always associated with the Soviet era, Georgy Sviridov is a hilariously hilarious film with captivating music. Drawing on Eisenstein’s theory of montage, Maddin made the editing as punchy as possible to create an enduring homage to one of the most important movements in cinematic history.
Watch the movie below.
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