It's hard to imagine two film makers more different than Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg, The Brand upon The Brain) and Lloyd Kaufman (Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist) but, you know, cinema makes strange bedfellows and the two iconic directors are both appearing in Death of the Reel, an upcoming short by Benjamin Meade. IT appears that Kaufman appears purely in an acting role while Maddin takes the lead role for himself and is also serving as cinematographer.

Guy Maddin flys to Kansas City, Missouri, in a vain attempt to save cinema as it continues to die from contempt and neglect.

The tongue-in-cheek project, titled Death of the Reel, is being shot in classic Maddin style, which is to say silent and on high-contrast black-and-white film. Sound effects, and title cards will be inserted in post-production.

The story? Well, it begins in a Winnipeg bar where filmmaker Guy Maddin (played by, yes, Guy Maddin) reads a newspaper article declaring the death of cinema in the United States. He decides to ride — or fly — to the rescue.

More details as we get them ...