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The Saddest Music in the World (2004) An obsessive love of old movies fills the exquisite black-and-white imagery in each frame of Guy Maddin's eye-popping, sad, mad melodrama, set in Depression-era Winnipeg… Unrated PT99M Comedy Musical Maria De Medeiros Mark McKinney Isabella Rossellini David Fox Brent Neale IFC Films
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The Saddest Music in the World (2004)

MPAA Rating: Unrated
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 14, 2004

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EW's GRADE
A-

Details Limited Release: Apr 30, 2004; Rated: Unrated; Length: 99 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Musical; With: Maria De Medeiros, Mark McKinney and Isabella Rossellini; Distributor: IFC Films

An obsessive love of old movies fills the exquisite black-and-white imagery in each frame of Guy Maddin's eye-popping, sad, mad melodrama, set in Depression-era Winnipeg and starring Isabella Rossellini as a legless beer baroness.

Originally posted May 14, 2004 Published in issue #765 May 14, 2004 Order article reprints