The Forbidden Room (2015 film)

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The Forbidden Room
Directed by
Written by
  • Evan Johnson
  • Robert Kotyk
  • Guy Maddin
  • Additional material:
  • John Ashbery
  • Story editor:
  • Kim Morgan
Produced byDavid Christensen
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byJohn Gurdebeke
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 26 January 2015 (2015-01-26) (Sundance)
  • 9 October 2015 (2015-10-09) (Canada)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Box office$34,404[2]

The Forbidden Room is a 2015 Canadian

Adele Haenel, Mathieu Amalric, Maria de Medeiros and Geraldine Chaplin
.

Plot

The film's

asphyxiation
, but the woodsman finds that the volatile cargo has transformed into his love, Margot. A passionate kiss leads into a montage of proposed endings from "The Book of Climaxes", and an abrupt, inconclusive ending to the film itself.

Cast

Production

Writing

Many of the stories within the film's

nesting doll structure were inspired by a lost film and then reimagined in an absurdist way, sometimes based only on the title. When asked how the idea for the structure came about, Johnson said he is a fan of Raymond Roussel.[5]

Filming and editing

The film was shot on

Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France and the Centre PHI in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[citation needed
]

There was so much material that did not make the final cut that the directors decided to turn it into a

Sundance Festival; the directors had to do some re-editing anyway, because the soundtracks on the DCP "were out of synch with each other." Maddin said: "It was a nightmare. I felt the movie didn't get its premiere there. We went back and tightened it up because it was too long even for me, and now it's the right length."[5]

Release

The Forbidden Room premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2015.[6][7][8][9] It also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on 16 September 2015.

The film was theatrically released in the United States on 7 October 2015 and in Canada two days later on 9 October and was released in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2015.

Critical reception

The film received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 96% rating based on 67 reviews, with an average rating of 8.16/10. The site's consensus states: "The Forbidden Room may frustrate viewers looking for a linear experience, but those seeking a challenge – or already familiar with director Guy Maddin's work – will be rewarded."[10] Metacritic reports an 81 out of 100 rating, based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[11]

In December, the film was announced as part of TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten screening series of the ten best Canadian films of the year.[12]

Accolades

The film won the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award (C$100,000, awarded by the Toronto Film Critics Association.[13]

Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[14]

See also

  • The
    Seances project
    .
  • Lost films

References

  1. ^ a b "THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ^ "The Forbidden Room (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ "The Forbidden Room | New York Film Festival". Film Society Lincoln Center. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ^ "The Forbidden Room (2015) official site". Phi Films. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Prigge, Matt (interviewer) (9 October 2015). "Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson on 'The Forbidden Room' and that Sparks song". Metro USA. Retrieved 14 January 2019. {{cite news}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Sundance Institute Announces Spotlight, Park City and Midnight, New Frontier for 2015 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  7. Twitch Film
    . 5 February 2015.
  8. ^ "'The Forbidden Room': Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 29 January 2015.
  9. theguardian.com
    . 27 January 2015.
  10. ^ "The Forbidden Room (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  11. CBS Interactive
    . Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  12. ^ "TIFF reveals Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival line-up". The Globe and Mail, 8 December 2015.
  13. Canadian Press
    . 6 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  14. ^ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards: All the nominees". Hello! Canada, January 19, 2016.

External links

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