The Green Fog (2017)

Directed by

Guy Maddin

Genre

documentary, mystery

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 02m

Rated

9

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film reassembles old footage from movies and TV shows set in San Francisco to loosely mirror the plot of Vertigo. It is an experimental collage without new footage.

fragmentedexperimentaluncannynostalgicmeditativesurrealdisorientingplayful

What happens

The Green Fog is an experimental film directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, that loosely revisits the plot of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo through a collage of found footage repurposed from old movies and television shows set in San Francisco. The film was commissioned by the San Francisco Film Society for the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival’s and premiered at the festival's close on April 16, 2017. It then entered limited release on January 5, 2018 and began to tour international festivals.The film features an original score by composer Jacob Garchik and Kronos Quartet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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