“…like a Fleischer Brothers cartoon, performed by four morbid characters….”

BEYOND THE ATELIER TOVAR

A screening with Guy Maddin’s own personal selection of his short films, complemented by readings of the filmmaker’s book From The Atelier Tovar* by Kenton Turk. 

“I don’t want my Dead Father dreams to end….”

“And there is always the avalanche, the heavy white God watching from above. Careful Toelzbad. Careful.”

“When Jilian was about nine years old, she and I went for a ride with Ian the day he tried to kill my mother.”

“…a vast mildewed cathedral playground for our protagonist, the Child Without Qualities.”

“’Get out of here!’ I demanded of her, while a distracted Hitler looked at my record collection.”

“This will be a bouncy dingy dirge sprinkled with winter-night-blooming blossoms.”

* available at coach house books

photos by Michael Evgi and Julia Murakami (2nd,3rd from above)