Bizarre experimental 6-minute short.
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10/01/09
The Heart of the World (2000)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:6
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
US Box Office: $0
Reviews for The Heart of the World
1 - 6 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Further propelled by a suitably frantic Soviet orchestral score, the insane rush of scratched, jumpy images compels you to keep your eyes as wide as possible for the entire six minutes -- even though you couldn't dream of absorbing it all.
05/08/07
Maddin's brilliant, delirious short is a spot-on pastiche/parody of a silent Soviet propaganda epic, full of phallic symbols, visionary heroes and splendidly emphatic montage.
10/28/06
The five-minute movie, which is only a fragment of the program, has the feel of a manic silent-film parody.
10/28/06
Top CriticExhilarating.
03/16/05
Conjures up a universe so vast and wacky that anyone can get lost in it.
03/16/05
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