The Heart of the World

The Heart of the World

Infobox Film
name = The Heart of the World


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amg_id = 1:260389
imdb_id = 0260948
director = Guy Maddin
producer = Niv Fichman
Jody Shapiro
writers = Guy Maddin
starring = Leslie Bais
Caelum Vatnsdal
Shaun Balbar
music = Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov
cinematography = Guy Maddin
editing = Deco Dawson
Guy Maddin
released =
runtime = 6 min.
country = Canada
language = Silent
budget =
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"The Heart of the World" is a short film written and directed by Guy Maddin, produced for the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. It is a homage to silent movies, and as such, it is black and white, grainy, and without dialogue, and contains many references to styles and movies of the silent era. Only 6 minutes long, it runs at a very fast pace, at an average rate of two shots per second, which is intensified by the background music, "Time, forward!", by Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov.

Plot summary

Two brothers, mortician Nikolai and actor Osip (playing Christ in a Passion Play), love the same woman -- scientist Anna, who studies the earth's core, or the "heart of the world." Anna discovers that the world is in danger. In order to save it, she must choose between the brothers, and finally decides on a rich industrialist, Akmatov. As a result, the very heart of the world has a heart attack. Realizing what she has done, she strangles Akmatov and enters the earth's core, replacing the failed heart with her own. The world is then saved by the new message, .

Awards and nominations

Aspen Shortsfest:
*Win: Best Cinematography - Guy Maddin

Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film:
*Win: Special Mention - Short Film - Guy Maddin

Miami Film Festival:
*Win: FIPRESCI Prize, Best Short Subject - Guy Maddin

National Society of Film Critics Awards
*Win: Best Experimental Film - Guy Maddin

San Francisco International Film Festival
*Win: Film & Video - Short Narrative, Golden Gate Award - Guy Maddin

External links

* [http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=heartoftheworld The Heart of the World at Zeitgeist]


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