The Green Fog

The Green Fog
Directed byGuy Maddin
Evan Johnson
Galen Johnson
Edited byEvan Johnson
Galen Johnson
Production
company
Development Ltd.
Distributed byBalcony Booking (USA)
Release date
  • April 16, 2017 (2017-04-16) (San Francisco International Film Festival)
Running time
63 min
CountryCanada/USA
LanguageEnglish

The Green Fog is an experimental film directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, that loosely revisits the plot of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo through a collage of found footage repurposed from old movies and television shows set in San Francisco.[1] The film was commissioned by the San Francisco Film Society for the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival’s and premiered at the festival's close on April 16, 2017.[1] It then entered limited release on January 5, 2018 and began to tour international festivals.The film features an original score by composer Jacob Garchik and Kronos Quartet.[2]

  1. ^ a b Eric Kohn (2017-04-15). "'Vertigo' Revisited: Guy Maddin Explores Hitchcock's Classic With Found Footage — SF International Film Festival". IndieWire.
  2. ^ ""The Green Fog"". Balcony Releasing.