CAREFUL (USA IMPORT)

From Guy Maddin (Tales from the Gimli Hospital), Winnipegs answer to David Lynch, comes this surreal fable about the repressed inhabitants of a small Alpine town who hide their violent, incestuous, and disturbing tendencies while living in fear of an avalanche burying them. To tell this eerie tale, Maddin uses such silent movie motifs as title cards and tinting. Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville star. 100 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; documentary Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (1997); bonus short Odilon Redon or the Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity (1995); theatrical trailer.

Two parallel tales of incestuous longing unfold in the Alpine village of Tolzbad, where the constant threat of an avalanche forces residents to speak softly and move carefully at all times. Guy Maddin's early feature.