The Little White Cloud That Cried (film)
The Little White Cloud That Cried | |
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Directed by | Guy Maddin |
Written by | Lexi Tronic |
Starring | Breanna Rose Taylor Marcia Ferreira Eric Wood Lexi Tronic Teresa Braun Zsa Zsa LaBitche Sex Party Marty |
Cinematography | Evan Johnson |
Edited by | John Gurdebeke |
Production companies | Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The Little White Cloud That Cried is a German-Canadian experimental short film, directed by Guy Maddin and released in 2009.[1] A tribute to underground filmmaker Jack Smith's 1963 film Flaming Creatures,[2] it is a 16 mm film depicting a fantasia in which sea goddesses rise up out of the water to engage in an orgiastic battle.[1] Writer and performer Lexi Tronic described the film as "the story of religious battles in an androgynous world, where everyone is trans-tabulous."[3]
The cast includes Breanna Rose Taylor, Marcia Ferreira, Eric Wood, Lexi Tronic, Teresa Braun, Zsa Zsa LaBitche and Sex Party Marty.
The film premiered on October 28, 2009, at Five Flaming Days in a Rented World, a Smith tribute festival and conference in Berlin,[2] and had its first Canadian screening on November 28, 2009, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1]
It was subsequently named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2010.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Mike Everleth, "AceArtInc: Guy Maddin’s The Little White Cloud That Cried". Underground Film Journal, November 24, 2009.
- ^ a b Andrea Grover, "Jack Smith and Kenneth Anger’s Love Child". Glasstire, April 27, 2010.
- ^ Kaj Hasselriis, "Kinky Winnipeg TV star stages a comeback: Lexi Tronic has written a 'trans-tabulous' script". Xtra!, August 23, 2009.
- ^ "Canada's Top Ten for 2010". Now, December 15, 2010.
External links
- 2009 films
- 2009 short films
- 2009 LGBT-related films
- Canadian avant-garde and experimental short films
- Canadian LGBT-related films
- German short films
- German LGBT-related films
- LGBT-related short films
- Films directed by Guy Maddin
- Transgender-related films
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s Canadian films
- 2000s German films
- 2000s Canadian film stubs