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Waiting for Dr. MacGuffin

  • 1998
  • 12m
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Short

The film is a dark, comic view of an elderly Latvian man's anxiety during a visit to the Dentist, filmed as a series of dreams, one within another, each differentiated visually. WAITING FOR ... Read allThe film is a dark, comic view of an elderly Latvian man's anxiety during a visit to the Dentist, filmed as a series of dreams, one within another, each differentiated visually. WAITING FOR DR. MacGUFFIN is a tribute to the cinematic technique of Alfred Hitchcock, incorporating r... Read allThe film is a dark, comic view of an elderly Latvian man's anxiety during a visit to the Dentist, filmed as a series of dreams, one within another, each differentiated visually. WAITING FOR DR. MacGUFFIN is a tribute to the cinematic technique of Alfred Hitchcock, incorporating references to distinctive cinematic elements from films such as Blackmail, The Lady Vanishe... Read all

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    • David Ondaatje
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    • Karen Black
    • Janet Rotblatt
    • Ernie Vincent
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      • David Ondaatje
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