the saddest music in the world

this is my first guy maddin film, and i'm not sure what i think of it. or rather, i like it, but i'm not sure why. and i know there's lots more beneath the surface, but i'm not really in the position to touch on it. at least not yet. i think part of my initial reaction was a style-shock. there isn't a filmmaker out there like maddin, and i'm excited to see more of what he's doing. i should probably re-view The Saddest Music, now aware of what i'm going to be seeing and better able to understand it. but for now, i got caught up in the surface and the spectacle. and i liked it a lot.