Wednesday, 9. April 2025
The Cinema of Guy Maddin
Filmpodium, Zurich
www.filmpodium.ch
Réka Csiszér aka Víz (Voice, Electronics, Cello), Bit-Tuner (Electronics), Joke Lanz (Turntables), Beat Keller (Guitar)
It's time for hockey! There's no telling what will happen when the Winnipeg Maroons' own star player Guy becomes embroiled in the twisted lives of Meta, a vengeful Chinoise, and her hairdresser/abortionist mother Liliom. Innocent Veronica, caught in the middle, is treated to both services! Meanwhile poor, dithering, cowardly Guy can only stand by and watch: «A loving but self-deprecating look at myself, but only just as I have the courage to look - through a broken glass fogged up with hairspray.» (Guy Maddin)
For the soundtrack to this eccentric contemporary homage to silent film, four extraordinary musicians have joined forces, namely the Transylvanian singer and cellist Víz, the live electronic musician Bit-Tuner, known for his deep basses, and the two gifted improvisers Joke Lanz on the turntables and Beat Keller on the electric guitar. And - which is something you can rarely say about silent films: The director will be present.