Twilight of the Ice Nymphs feat. Caroline Golum

About this episode

Filmmaker Caroline Golum discusses her film Revelations of Divine Love and its connections to Guy Maddin's Twilight of the Ice Nymphs.

** Come see WTO/99 at The Balboa Theater SF on Sunday, April 26th 7:30pm, hosted by Hit Factory featuring a post-screening Q&A w/ director Ian Bell. Tickets are available here .** Filmmaker Caroline Golum joins Aaron to discuss her singular, stunning new feature Revelations of Divine Love (now playing in New York and Seattle with more cities on the way) alongside the work of visionary Winnipegian aueteur Guy Maddin, and his mesmeric, troubled Twilight of the Ice Nymphs . Revelations of Divine Love is a dramatization of the life and holy visions of the 14th-Century anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich, whose collected writings are the oldest surviving English language texts written by a woman. the film is also, to quote friend of the show critic Robert Rubsam “a plague story; a rebellion story; an expression of the persistent supremacy of Love in a world of nearly unbearable suffering. It is both period-accurate and pointedly anachronistic, carefully handmade and plainly artificial. It is totally remarkable, and then some.” Alongside Caroline, we discuss the linkages between faith and a radical politics, the need for splendor within a vision of a new world, and the ways that…

People in this episode

Host: Aaron

Guest: Caroline Golum

Topics covered

• film discussion
• faith and politics
• artistic expression
• film production history
• female authorship
• cinematic artistry

Keywords

• Caroline Golum
• Revelations of Divine Love
• Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
• Guy Maddin
• film discussion
• faith
• politics
• female authorship
• cinematic artistry

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Revelations of Divine Love, Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

Places: New York, Seattle