Barber Gull Rub
May 03, 2008 | IMDB 0
3 min Watch NowComedy
Winnipeg Film Group. Deep in the winter of 1986. Guy Maddin is in the process of filming Tales from the Gimli Hospital and needs to rub a dead seagull on somebody's chest. Immediately, Dave Barber agrees, submitting his bare flesh to Maddin's road kill and to film history. (This film was commissioned by the Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque for its 25th anniversary, Silverscope)
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Terrestrial
The Howl
Everything Will Be OK
Rejected
Dying Beyond Their Means
Hard Core Logo
200 Motels
Allegro non troppo
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Muckman
Yellow Submarine
Help!
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Under the Tuscan Sun
Fever
My Winnipeg
The Bothersome Man
The Chumscrubber
After Hours
Pushover
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Terrestrial
IMDB 1.7 | Jul , 2025
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IMDB 4.7 | May , 1970
A young bride flees the ceremony with a stranger and, together, they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encounter talking animals and mournful exhibitionists, converse with a discoursing rock, journey through a surrealist's psychedelic hotel, instigate a prison riot, escape from naked cannibals living in a tree, and battle a wind-up midget dictator!Everything Will Be OK
IMDB 7.7 | Jan , 2006
A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.Rejected
IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 2000
A hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.Dying Beyond Their Means
IMDB 5.3 | Sep , 2014
Isaki Lacuesta presents a social satire in which five common or garden citizens, from a country pretty much identical to our own, see their lives ripped apart by the economic crisis. With nothing more to lose, they come up with a crazy plan to save the Spanish and world economy: kidnap the chairman of the Central Bank and demand that he return everything to the way it used to be.Hard Core Logo
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1996
Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on the road come bubbling to the surface.200 Motels
IMDB 5.2 | Nov , 1971
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.Allegro non troppo
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 1976
An enterprising producer believes he has hit upon a winning concept: a program of original animated shorts set to classical music. Undeterred by warnings that this has already been done by an American named 'Prisney,' he rallies an orchestra of geriatric women, a bullish conductor, and an animator that he keeps locked in the dungeon. What could go wrong?The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
IMDB 7 | Dec , 1988
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.Muckman
IMDB 10 | Nov , 2023
A short horror comedy following Muckman, that grotty dirty fellow who targets the elderly with his rot coated fingers, causing a fuss and being a bother.Yellow Submarine
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1968
The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.Help!
IMDB 6.8 | Jul , 1965
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IMDB 5.2 | Mar , 2008
What begins for Chode and crew as a routine mission to protect a pissed-off princess will soon become a filth- splattered saga of dismembered royalty, indestructible clown assassins and desperately horny housewives.Under the Tuscan Sun
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2003
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2025
Constantly interrupted by the ringing of a telephone, a man is desperate to poke his eye out. Can he succeed?My Winnipeg
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 2008
The geographical dead center of North America and the beloved birthplace of Guy Maddin, Winnipeg, is the frosty and mysterious star of Maddin’s film. Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this work, conjuring a city as delightful as it is fearsome.The Bothersome Man
IMDB 7 | May , 2006
Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.The Chumscrubber
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 2005
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry about anything else than themselves. And everybody is on some form of drug just to get through their days.After Hours
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 1985
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.Pushover
IMDB 8.3 | Oct , 2023
A man's life is upended by increasingly threatening phone calls demanding he leave a review for a paperweight purchased online.