Keyhole (film)

Keyhole
Directed byGuy Maddin
Written byGuy Maddin
George Toles
Produced byJean du Toit
Lindsay Hamel
Phyllis Laing
Guy Maddin
Jody Shapiro
StarringJason Patric
Isabella Rossellini
Udo Kier
Kevin McDonald
Brooke Palsson
CinematographyBenjamin Kasulke
Edited byJohn Gurdebeke
Music byJason Staczek
Production
companies
Distributed byMonterey Media
Release dates
  • September 9, 2011 (2011-09-09) (Toronto International
    Film Festival)[1]
  • April 6, 2012 (2012-04-06) (US)
  • April 13, 2012 (2012-04-13) (Canada)
Running time
93 min
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Keyhole is a 2011 Canadian film directed by Guy Maddin, starring Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier and Kevin McDonald.[2] A surreal combination of gangster film and haunted house film, which draws on Homer's Odyssey as well,[3] Keyhole tells the story of a Ulysses Pick (Patric), who returns to his home and embarks on an odyssey through the house, one room at a time.[4] Filming began in Winnipeg on July 6, 2010.[5] Maddin shot Keyhole digitally rather than his usual method of shooting on 16mm or Super-8mm.[6]

  1. ^ Toronto Life (25 August 2011). "TIFF 2011 Film Schedule: Friday, September 9". Toronto Life. Toronto Life Publishing Company Limited. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 83. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  3. ^ Andy Klein (2012-04-12). "Film review: 'Keyhole' spins 1930s gangster plot with Homer's 'Odyssey'". Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  4. ^ Brown, Todd (2011-03-04). "Exclusive First Look At Guy Maddin's Keyhole". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  5. ^ King, Randall (2010-06-12). "Maddin movie part of local film boom". Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on 2024-06-01. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  6. ^ Matt Cahill. "Guy Maddin's Keyhole: A Post Production Diary". Retrieved 2012-12-21.