 | This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. (November 2017) |
| Archangel | |
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| Directed by | Guy Maddin |
| Written by | George Toles Guy Maddin |
| Produced by | Andre Bennett Greg Klymkiw |
| Starring | Kyle McCulloch Michael Gottli David Falkenburg Michael O'Sullivan Margaret Anne MacLeod Ari Cohen Sarah Neville Kathy Marykuca Victor Cowie Robert Lougheed Stephen Snyder |
| Cinematography | Guy Maddin |
| Edited by | Guy Maddin |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Archangel is a 1990 comedy-drama film directed by Guy Maddin. The film fictionalizes, in a general sense, historical conflict related to the Bolshevik Revolution occurring in the Arkhangelsk (Archangel) region of Russia, a basic concept presented to Maddin by John Harvie.[1] The film marks Maddin's first formal collaboration with co-screenwriter George Toles.
Maddin shot Archangel in black and white, on 16 mm film, on a budget of $430,000.[2] Maddin modeled the film on the style of a part-talkie, an early cinema genre. The "basic situation" of the film's story was "suggested by Henry Green's 1946 novel Back."[3]
- ^ Vatnsdal, Caelum. Kino Delirium: The Films of Guy Maddin. Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2000. Print. ISBN 1-894037-11-1
- ^ Beard, William. Into the Past: The Cinema of Guy Maddin. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2010. Print. ISBN 978-1442610668
- ^ Beard, William. Into the Past: The Cinema of Guy Maddin. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2010. Print. 61. ISBN 978-1442610668