
Director Guy Maddin's interpretation of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo, pieced together using footage from old films and television shows shot in and around the San Francisco area.... (Full plot summary below)
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Director Guy Maddin's interpretation of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo, pieced together using footage from old films and television shows shot in and around the San Francisco area.
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| Screen InternationalDemetrios MatheouA dazzling, studious exercise in found footage excavation and reconfiguration, laced with tongue in cheek. |
| CulturamasJaime Fa de LucasThere's no doubt that fans of Maddin's work will appreciate it more, but the spectators with a taste for experimentation will be able to approach and enjoy it. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 4:3Keva YorkThe directors of The Green Fog offer a deliberately sketchy impression of Hitchcock's film; playful and expressionistic rather than strictly mimetic. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrThe Green Fog is a cinephile’s mash note — and a glimpse of the beautiful film library of Babel that lives in Guy Maddin’s head. |
| Village VoiceBilge EbiriIt’s not so much an assemblage as it is a conjuring. You don’t just watch these clips — you see through and between them. The juxtapositions create vital, cosmic connections. |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfThey get at the essence of Vertigo, haunting us via ghostly transmissions. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeEven working with some of the most mainstream ingredients one could possibly find (including, in a funny moment, an NSYNC video) and one of the most familiar settings on earth, Guy Maddin knows how to make things strange. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyIf this hour-long collage might fairly be summed up as little more than an inspired goof, of primary interest to cineastes, it’s nonetheless one whose giddy fun will hold up for such an audience through repeat viewings. |
| CineVuePatrick GambleThe Green Fog is part city symphony, part playful tribute; but primarily an example of pure, unadulterated cinematic delirium. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangIt is, in effect, a scrambled history of San Francisco told through moving pictures, a record of the social and architectural changes the city has endured over more than a century. |