Tales from the Gimli Hospital [DVD video]

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Title:

Added Author:

Maddin, Guy

Edition:

Deluxe collector's ed.

Publication Date:

2000

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Kino International Corp., c2000.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (68 min.) : sd., b&w with col. tint ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

Set during a smallpox epidemic in the village of Gimli, Manitoba near the turn of the century, this film explores the jealousy and madness instilled in two men who share a hospital room. The two men are friends at first, until they reveal their darkest secrets to each other.

General Note:

Title from disc surface.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

Special features: commentary by Guy Maddin; short films: The dead father (1986, 25 min.) and Hospital fragment (1988, 4 min.).

Performers:

Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck.

Subject Term:

Short films.

Genre:

Feature films

Language:

English