Cowards Bend the Knee

Cowards Bend the Knee
Directed by	Guy Maddin
Produced by	Philip Monk
Written by	Guy Maddin Adam Gierasch
Starring	Darcy Fehr Melissa Dionisio Amy Stewart Tara Birtwhistle Louis Negin
Cinematography	Guy Maddin
Editing by	John Gurdebeke
Release date(s)	February, 2003 October 26, 2003 July 11, 2004
Running time	60 min.
Country	Canada
Language	Silent

Cowards Bend the Knee (also known as The Blue Hands) is a 2003 film by Guy Maddin, starring Darcy Fehr and Melissa Dionisio.

The 64 minute film is a reworking of an autobiographical project originally imagined as a peep-show. It is divided into ten short sections, giving it the same sort of episodic quality as old silent matinee movies. References to Canada abound in this story of murder, abortion, revenge, amnesia, and ice hockey.

Cowards Bend the Knee was also an entry in the song contest in Guy Maddin's film The Saddest Music in the World.

Filming

The project did not start out as a film but as an art exhibit. It was shot for the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto. It was conceived to be viewed through ten peep holes each showing six minutes of the film. It was later turned into a full length feature for the theatre showings.

External links

• Cowards Bend the Knee at Zeitgeist Films
• Cowards Bend the Knee at Metacritic
• Cowards Bend the Knee at Rotten Tomatoes
• Cowards Bend the Knee at the Internet Movie Database
• Cowards Bend the Knee at AllRovi