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Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair

Genre

Experimental

Directed By

Guy Maddin, Isabella Rossellini

Date: Jan 2008
Length: 00:07:00
Process: B&W
Country: Canada
Sound Format: Music

Synopsis

A diva (Isabella Rossellini) is tied to a wooden 'lectric chair. The power is slowly increased, sparks fly playfully, smoke curls upwards. The star becomes ecstatic. Her petite mort rêverie produces excitingly strange images - from objects of desire to melancholy flashbacks.

Tags

celebration, electrocution, execution, hero, props, surreal, time

Credits

Director
Guy Maddin, Isabella Rossellini
Producer
Simon Field, Keith Griffiths, Lindsay Hamel
Writer
George Toles, Guy Maddin
Cinematographer
W. James Meagher, Guy Maddin
Editor
John Gurdebeke
Cast
Isabella Rossellini, Louis Negin, Darcy Fehr, Brent Neale, David S. Evans, Jesse Fraser, Rei Hotoda, Michelle Henderson, Stephanie Graham, Timna Ben-Ari

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