Episode 461: In The Seats With....Guy Maddin and 'Tales From The Gimli Hospital: Redux'

It's easy to forget how much beautifully strange Canadian cinema is out there in the universe.On this episode we are diving into the origins of the godfather of Canadian outsider cinema as we take a look at Guy Maddin's "Tales From The Gimili Hospital: Redux' which just had a 4K restoration, debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival ,  played at the Lightbox and is now available on demand with our friends over at Hollywood Suite.In Maddin's surrealist, Manitoban-set feature debut Tales from the Gimli Hospital, a lonely fisherman stricken with smallpox (Kyle McCulloch) embarks on a fierce competition with a fellow patient (Michael Gottli) to vie for the affections of Gimli Hospital's angelic young nurses. As part of Telefilm’s Canadian Cinema – Reignited initiative to restore and re-release Canadian films of historic and cultural importance, the Toronto International Film Festival hand-picked the restoration of Tales from the Gimli Hospital to premiere at this year’s festival..If you haven't already signed up for Hollywood Suite, what's stopping you?  They are stalwart champions of Canadiana which this film unquestionably is.  We had the pleasure of talking with Guy a little after the festival about the origins of the film the restoration process and so very much more.