A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The daughter of his landlord, excited to have a real "movie person" living nearby, tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who wants to collaborate on a script--the strange "Dr. Jolly"
Direction
Paizs crafts visual gags that Guy Maddin would later steal.
Writing
Meta-narrative about inability to write that somehow works.
Director
John Paizs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Winnipeg on weekends over two years with $35,000, this became a calling card for the 'Prairie weird' movement that later included Guy Maddin.
The episodic Color Crime Movie segments were written and shot first, with the framing narrative built around what Paizs had already filmed.
US
CA
