SUN OCT 6, 2024 12:00 PM THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD / BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! $17.00 Aero Theatre sponsored by NEON | Beyond Fest 2024 Q&As with filmmaker Guy Maddin and cinematographer Ben Kasulke. Moderated by Scott Foundas. Program begins with short “The Heart of the World” Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS: “The Heart of the World,” 2000, Dir. Guy Maddin, 6 Mins, Canada A scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth’s core to save humanity. FORMAT: DCP THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD, 2003, Dir. Guy Maddin, 99 Mins, IFC Films, Canada Set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression in 1933, eccentric Baroness Lady Port-Huntley (Isabella Rossellini) launches a campaign to find the saddest music in the world, and before long musicians from all over the globe are making their way to her Winnipeg home to try and win a prize of $25,000. When failed Broadway producer Chester Kent (Mark McKinney) and his amnesiac girlfriend Narcissa (Maria de Medeiros) arrive, they find themselves getting embroiled in the bizarre competition. FORMAT: DCP BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!, 2006, Dir. Guy Maddin, 99 Mins, Canada, USA This eerie excursion into the Gothic recesses of Maddin’s mad, imaginary childhood is a silent, black-and-white comic science-fiction nightmare set in a lighthouse on grim Black Notch Island, where fictional protagonist Guy Maddin was raised by an ironfisted, puritanical mother. FORMAT: DCP