Cowards Bend the Knee

Abstract

itself, six previously unseen, wonderfully strange [Guy Maddin] shorts offered as supplements belie the angst-ridden persona he affects in his commentary. For all the jagged edits and "mistakenly" blurry images, it's clear that Maddin has become more assured as a filmmaker and knows exactly where he's going as a storyteller, even if the story he's telling is the life of, as he jokingly describes himself here, a "leering perv."