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Kissed
''Kissed'' is a 1996 Canadian romantic/erotic drama film directed and co-written by Lynne Stopkewich, based on Barbara Gowdy's short story "We So Seldom Look on Love". It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 1996. The film stars Molly Parker as Sandra Larson, a young woman whose fixation on death leads her to study embalming at a mortuary school, where in turn she finds herself drawn toward feelings of necrophilia. Peter Outerbridge also stars as Matt, a fellow student who develops romantic feelings for Sandra, and so must learn to accept her sexual proclivities. Plot As far back as Sandra Larson (Parker) can remember, she has been fascinated by death. As a child, she dances with the corpses of animals at night, rubbing them on her body, before giving them a funeral. She performs this dance in front of her only friend, a girl named Carol (Jessie Winter Mudie), who ends their friendship soon afterward. In college, Sandra studies biology, carefully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynne Stopkewich
Lynne Stopkewich (born 1964) is a Canadian film director. She attracted attention for her feature film directorial debut '' Kissed'' (1996). Life and career In 1987, Stopkewich obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in film studies from Concordia University, followed in 1996 by a Master of Fine Arts Degree in film studies from the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia. Her first short films were made while at Concordia. ''Kissed'' '' Kissed'' commenced development as Stopkewich's thesis feature at the University of British Columbia, to which Stopkewich later returned as a faculty member. The film stars Molly Parker as Sandra Larson, a young woman whose fixation on death leads her to study embalming at a mortuary school, where in turn she finds herself drawn toward feelings of necrophilia. Peter Outerbridge also stars as Matt, a fellow student who develops romantic feelings for Sandra, and so must learn to accept her sexual procliviti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Greenlee
Karen Margaret Greenlee (born 1956) is an American criminal who was convicted of stealing a hearse and having sex with the corpse it contained. She is considered as the "best-known modern practitioner of necrophilia" and her case was the subject of much research due to her sex (only ten percent of known necrophilia, necrophiles are women) as well as because of the highly detailed interview she gave about her extensive practice of necrophilia in the anthology book ''Apocalypse Culture''. Early life Greenlee's father, Al Meyers, said Greenlee had been sexually molested at age 8 and raped by a teacher at 14, while living in Sonoma County, California. Afterwards, Greenlee moved with her family to Colfax, California, where she graduated from high school. Greenlee was married but separated at the time of her arrest. After her arrest, Greenlee worked as a desk-clerk receptionist at a motel in a state in the southwestern United States, but was unemployed at the time of her trial. Arrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Outerbridge
Peter Outerbridge (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Ari Tasarov in the CW action series ''Nikita'', Dr. David Sandström in the TMN series ''ReGenesis'', Henrik "Hank" Johanssen in ''Orphan Black'', Bob Corbett in ''Bomb Girls'', William Easton in '' Saw VI'', George Brown in the television film '' John A.: Birth of a Country'', and Black Mask in ''Batwoman''. He also played the lead role of Detective William Murdoch in a three-episode mini-series, '' The Murdoch Mysteries'', in its initial run on Canadian television, with two episodes shown in 2004 and a third in 2005. Early life Outerbridge was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, the son of a lawyer and youngest of five siblings. Career After high school Outerbridge enrolled at the University of Victoria to study acting. Afterwards he toured Canada for four years with the theatre group ''Way Off Broadway''. In 1997 and 2002 he was nominated in the Canadian Genie Awards as the best actor i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Parker
Molly Parker (born 30 June 1972) is a Canadian actress, writer, and director. She has had roles in independent films as well as television. Her accolades include two Genie Awards, one Canadian Screen Award, one Independent Spirit Awards nomination, one Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and three nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award. A native of the Maple Ridge suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, Parker began her career in Canadian film and television projects, and garnered critical attention for her portrayal of a necrophiliac medical student in the controversial drama '' Kissed'' (1996). She subsequently starred in the television thriller ''Intensity'' (1997) before landing her first major American film, the drama '' Waking the Dead'' (2000). She gained further critical attention for her role as a Las Vegas escort in Wayne Wang's low-budget drama ''The Center of the World'' (2001), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Actress. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Gowdy
Barbara Gowdy, CM (born 25 June 1950) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Born in Windsor, Ontario, she is the long-time partner of poet Christopher Dewdney and resides in Toronto. Literary career Gowdy's novel '' Falling Angels'' (1989) was made into a film of the same name by director Scott Smith, from an adaptation written by Esta Spalding, in 2002. The comically dark novel focuses on a nuclear family in a 1960s Ontario suburb. The main characters are three sisters who come of age in a house run by their abusive and womanizing father and must constantly find ways to take care of their depressed and alcoholic mother. Gowdy says her inspiration for the book was the idea of a Canadian family living during the Cold War and practicing using their bomb shelter in the back yard. In the novel and movie, the family spend two weeks trapped in the bomb shelter as an "exercise" rather than going on a family trip to Disneyland. Authors such as Alice Munro and Carol Shie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Fraser (Canadian Television Producer)
Angus Fraser is a Canadian film and television writer. He has most recently been executive producer and writer for '' Terminal City''. Career Fraser is a native of Vancouver. His drama ''Terminal City'' aired on The Movie Network on October 17, 2005. He was the director-creator, with Rachel Talalay also brought in as a director. Timeout says the show "prominently counts reality TV among its subjects, but its chief concerns—marriage, family and mortality—are timeless ones that are given fresh urgency by the way screenwriter Angus Fraser approaches them from odd angles." Fraser's plot follows a family woman who finds she has cancer and becomes the star of a reality show simultaneously. He was partly inspired by a close call his mother had with cancer, and his own near-death experience when he was stabbed in the heart as a bouncer. In 2008 ''Terminal City'' was picked up by Sundance A Sun Dance is a Native American ceremony. Sun dance or Sundance may also refer to: P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
The Samuel Goldwyn Company was an American independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn Jr., the son of the famous Hollywood mogul, Samuel Goldwyn, in 1978. Background The company originally distributed and acquired art-house films from around the world to U.S. audiences; they soon added original productions to their roster as well, starting with '' The Golden Seal'' in 1983. In succeeding years, the Goldwyn company was able to obtain (from Samuel Sr.'s estate) the rights to all films produced under the elder Goldwyn's supervision, including the original ''Bulldog Drummond'' (1929), '' Arrowsmith'' (1931), and ''Guys and Dolls'' (1955). The company also acquired some distribution rights to several films and television programs that were independently produced but released by other companies, including ''Sayonara'', the Hal Roach–produced Laurel & Hardy–starring vehicle '' Babes in Toyland'' (1934), the '' Flipper'' TV series produced by MGM Television, the Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pozer
John Pozer is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and editor. He has had two independent features selected to the Cannes International Film Festival and directed a slate of episodic television, both live action and animation. Biography Pozer began his career in the 1960s as a stage actor, touring in musical theatre productions such as ''Camelot'', ''The King and I'', ''The Sound of Music'', and starring in the title roles of ''Oliver'' and ''Peter Pan''. He went on to star as Jim Hawkins in ''Treasure Island'', which opened the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. In 1970, Pozer was presented with the E.V. Young Memorial Award for Most Promising Actor. Born in Kamloops, British Columbia, Pozer studied filmmaking and creative writing at the University of British Columbia and graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in Cinema from Concordia University (Montreal), Concordia University in Montreal. He received the UBC Film Society Award for his series of documentaries which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Middleton
Gregory Middleton is a Canadian cinematographer,Mark Dillon"Gregory Middleton’s sense of vision" ''Playback'', December 15, 1999. who won the Genie Award for Best Cinematography at the 29th Genie Awards for his work on the film ''Fugitive Pieces''. He was also nominated for '' Kissed'' at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997, for '' The Falling'' at the 19th Genie Awards in 1998, for '' The Five Senses'' at the 20th Genie Awards in 1999, for ''Between Strangers'' at the 23rd Genie Awards in 2002, and for '' Falling Angels'' at the 24th Genie Awards in 2004.Sheri Block, "'Fallen Angels' earns six nominations". ''Regina Leader-Post'', March 18, 2004. He is also a two-time Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour), for his work on ''Game of Thrones''. He serves as a cinematographer for the superhero streaming series ''Moon Knight'' for Disney+ with Mohamed Diab. He is an alumnus of the University of British Columbia The University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Brazeau
Jay Brazeau is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Sam Fisher in ''Cold Squad'', as Harlan in ''Stargate SG-1'' (1997–2007), and for voicing Uncle Quigley in '' Sabrina: The Animated Series''. He is also known for his role as Bobby in ''Double Jeopardy'' (1999), as Referee in the ''Air Bud'' film series (1997–2003), and his film role in '' We're No Angels'' (1989). Career In 1992, he appeared in an episode of ''Street Justice'' and two of the first-season episodes of '' Highlander: The Series''. In 1998 he played Harlan in Stargate: SG1 Season 01 Episode 18 and the same character in a later episode in 2001. He also played "The Lord Protector" in Season 2 Episode 15 of Stargate: Atlantis. In October 2009, he appeared as "Man in chair" in the National Arts Centre production of ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' in Ottawa. In 2009, he played a part in several scenes added for the Ultimate Cut version of ''Watchmen''. He was a frequent co-star of Don S. Davis. Brazeau voiced Uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway Of Heartache
''Highway of Heartache'' is a Canadian musical comedy film, directed by Gregory Wild and released in 1994."Campy, tragic road comedy wild film from reel Wild guy". ''Vancouver Sun'', August 11, 1994. The film follows the misadventures of Wynona-Sue Turnpike (Barbara Chamberlin, who also wrote the film's score) on a raucous and unlikely road to Nashville superstardom. Backed up by a pair of drag queen guardian angels (played by The Big Wigs), Wynona-Sue faces a variety of indignities including her abusive husband Clive (Serge Houde), the threat of life imprisonment and venereal disease. The film's humor ranged from gross-out to surreal (the heroine's gynecologist was an Elvis Presley imitator), and the entire film was shot on Day-Glo sets designed and built by Wild. The film received a one-night preview screening in Vancouver, Wild's hometown, at a fundraiser for the Vancouver Meals Society on August 11, 1994, before having its official theatrical premiere at the 1994 Toronto Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Gowdy - Eden Mills Writers Festival - 2017 (DanH-9388) (cropped)
Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as Barbara, Macedonian singer * Bárbara (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer Film and television * ''Barbara'' (1961 film), a West German film * ''Bárbara'' (film), a 1980 Argentine film * ''Barbara'' (1997 film), a Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel * ''Barbara'' (2012 film), a German film * ''Barbara'' (2017 film), a French film * ''Barbara'' (TV series), a British sitcom Places * Barbara (Paris Métro), a metro station in Montrouge and Bagneux, France * Barbaria (region), or al-Barbara, an ancient region in Northeast Africa * Barbara, Arkansas, U.S. * Barbara, Gaza, a former Palestinian village near Gaza * Barbara, Marche, a town in Italy * Berbara, or al-Barbara, Lebanon * Berbara, Akkar Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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