{"id":6791,"date":"2011-04-18T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=6791"},"modified":"2011-04-18T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:57:00","slug":"the-heart-of-the-world-a-film-by-guy-maddin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2011\/04\/18\/the-heart-of-the-world-a-film-by-guy-maddin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heart of the World: A Film by Guy Maddin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media\"><object width=\"560\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/r4JmeXXRmZg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/r4JmeXXRmZg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkfilmcenter.org\/\">Echo Park Film Center<\/a> tipped me off to this amazing short film by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guy_Maddin\">Guy Maddin<\/a>.  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