The Saddest Music in the World

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The Saddest Music in the World is a 2003 surreal black comedy film directed by Guy Maddin, known for its stylized retro aesthetic and darkly humorous tale of a Depression-era contest to find the world's most sorrowful song.

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instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
surrealist film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy Luc Montpellier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
director Guy Maddin ⓘ
distributor IFC Films ⓘ
editedBy Guy Maddin ⓘ
festivalScreening Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
filmingStyle black-and-white with selective color ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
hasMetacriticPage true ⓘ
hasRottenTomatoesPage true ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium 35 mm film ⓘ
musicBy Christopher Dedrick ⓘ
narrativeForm feature film ⓘ
notableFor dark humor ⓘ
stylized retro aesthetic ⓘ
use of expressionist visuals ⓘ
partOf Guy Maddin filmography ⓘ
plotFocus contest to find the world's saddest music ⓘ
productionCompany Rhombus Media ⓘ
releaseDecade 2000s ⓘ
releaseYear 2003 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 100 ⓘ
screenwriter George Toles ⓘ
Guy Maddin ⓘ
settingPlace Winnipeg ⓘ
settingTime Great Depression ⓘ
starredActor David Fox ⓘ
Isabella Rossellini ⓘ
Maria de Medeiros ⓘ
Mark McKinney ⓘ
Ross McMillan ⓘ
theme commercialization of emotion ⓘ
family rivalry ⓘ
grief ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
title The Saddest Music in the World ⓘ
visualStyle melodramatic staging ⓘ
silent-era pastiche ⓘ

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Isabella Rossellini → notableWork → The Saddest Music in the World ⓘ
The Saddest Music in the World → title → The Saddest Music in the World ⓘ
David Wharnsby → notableWork → The Saddest Music in the World ⓘ
Guy Maddin → notableWork → The Saddest Music in the World ⓘ