- Archangel (film)
Infobox Film
name = Archangel
caption = VHS Cover
amg_id = 1:123745
imdb_id = 0099053
director =Guy Maddin
producer =Andre Bennett Greg Klymkiw
writer =George Toles Guy Maddin
starring =Kyle McCulloch Kathy Marykuca Sarah Neville Michael Gottli
music =
cinematography = Guy Maddin
editing = Guy Maddin
released =
runtime = 90 min.
country =Canada
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
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tv_rating ="Archangel" is a 1990 film from Canadian director
Guy Maddin .The film is a surreal comedy-drama set just after the end of
World War I , in 1919. News of the war's end has not yet reached the remoteArctic Ocean port of Archangel in Russia, so they fight on. TheRussian Civil War is also underway. The film'sprotagonist is Lt. John Boles, a soldier missing a leg and quite a few of his memories. He mourns his dead lover, Iris. Boles has a "billet " in the home of a Russian family. There he meets Veronkha, who bears a striking resemblance to Iris. Veronkha's soldier husband Philbin, suffers from amnesia and perpetually believes it to be his wedding night. Meanwhile Boles obsessively believes that Veronkha is Iris. Fat crybaby Jannings proves he isn't such a coward after all, young Geza's admiration for Boles seems a bit extreme, and Danchak imparts her beliefs about darkness. Meanwhile, the wars rage on in the Arctic night, and everyone performs heroically, albeit in a sort ofamnesia .The film is shown in grainy black and white. It attempts to satirizes the
propaganda common in older wartime film and literature. TheBolsheviks and Germans (described as "Huns") are shown as subhuman and ape-like, who engage incannibalism among other atrocities.References
The Decemberists 's song "California One/ The Youth and Beauty Brigade" uses an audio clip from the film.External links
*imdb title|id=0099053|title=Archangel
* [http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=44&csid1=60&navid=46 Canadian Film Encyclopedia]
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