Earlier today, I posted the trailer for Guy Maddin’s latest feature, entitled My Winnipeg. So it seemed like as good an excuse as any to revisit two of Maddin’s best-known short films. First, here’s his 2000 masterpiece The Heart of the World, which was originally commissioned for the Toronto Film Festival that year and ended up being one of the most raved-about films of the fest, short or otherwise. It’s a Soviet-style epic in miniature, full of grandiose camera angles and plenty of phallic imagery, and climaxing in an orgasmic celebration of… well, see for yourself:
Now, from the sublime to the oh-so-ridiculous, here’s Maddin’s infamous 1995 short Sissy Boy Slap Party. While hardly a masterful work like The Heart of the World, it’s still a lot of fun, and just as un-PC as the title would suggest. Check it out: