One of the marks of a true artist is that even his casual, unimportant efforts are worth watching. Such is the case with this brief clip of auditions for Guy Maddin's film Cowards Bend the Knee. Made by Maddin and his editor John Gurdebeke for no particular reason other than just screwing around, the clip (featuring a number of actors who actually ended up in the film, including Melissa Dionisio, Mike Bell and David Stuart Evans), is a lovely little piece of filmmaking that oddly echoes the overall tone of the movie. — Leonard Pierce