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Siskoid
Maddin really pushes the artifact nature of the look in The Saddest Music in the World, which could almost be an unrestored pre-Code film, with its grainy nitrate. It's the Depression in Canada, and Isabella Rossellini's rich beer heiress launches an international radio contest to find which country has the saddest music, the music most emblematic of the era. Competing for the jackpot are two brothers, one seemingly incapable of feeling sadness (Mark McKinney), the other sadness incarnate (Ross McMillan), both adopted by other countries (the U.S.A. and Serbia, respectively). From that musical premise perfectly at home in the 1930s, the film then hits up against Maddin's great themes, like questions of identity and memory, and his quirky humor. It's a heady blend of the bizarre, with strong musical numbers ridiculously commented on by people who look like the ancestors of the Pitch Perfect judges. Slip into a cool vat of suds and enjoy.the3rdman
What a great movie. What is it about? Sadness as performance, the ridiculousness of pathos, the absurdity of personal drama--maybe. Funny and weird but a bit hard to peg.