I ‘ M S O T H R I L L E D that Mr. Guy Maddin, one of my all-time favorite film directors, not only liked the comment I made to his recent instagram, but responded at length. Times are tough now and people are trying to reinvent themselves to fit the plan. [Plan?!? what plan?!? Pls LMK when you got 1!]
Not sure if my husband knows —sometimes I keep secrets from him 😉 — that we own the dvd of Mr. Maddin’s Dracula, featuring the Royal Winnipeg Ballet dancing to a wild re-interpretation of the famous book cum movie, Stoker cum Browning in gorgeous semi monotone shots. The thrill doesn’t stop there! Maddin used one of my all-time favorite symphonies by a Mr. Mahler: his Second Symphony, trying to cram —in 80 to 90 minutes— the whole of Earth, Heaven, Inferno, Paradise, Limbo, and anything in between. Phew! No wonder Dr. Sacks and I had disagreements over Post-Romantic symphonic and operatic music! (I’m more forgiving of Mahler.)
So this is what Mr. Maddin said, verbatim, (I’m about to pee in my pants!): “@r.studio.t – I guess everything is for sale. Even my saggy sofa. Thanks for asking if I would sell that collage. [Mr. Maddin posted the image of an enigmatic collage featuring Kirk Douglas in memoriam] I might let all these [pieces] age in the tool shed to see if they get any better, then spread them out on a card table at a yard sale. I’m thinking about it. I’ll make an announcement here if the [tool] shed works! Thx tons!” T h x t o n s ! ?!? OMG, I did pee indeed.
— Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 5/23/2020