Scene from the film The Top of His Head
Scene from the film The Top of His Head
Scene from the film The Top of His Head
Scene from the film The Top of His Head
Scene from the film The Top of His Head

The Top of His Head

Direction
Year 
1989
Country
  • Canada
Duration
110min 
Audio Tracks 

From the gifted lens of filmmaker Peter Mettler, The Top Of His Head is an avant-garde fairy tale years ahead of its time – a genuinely mind-altering experience that blends dramatic narrative with imagistic cinema, inventing nothing less than new ways of seeing.

The Top Of His Head is the story of Gus Victor, a satellite dish salesman whose ordered world is turned upside down by a radical and alluring performance artist. A cryptic note left by Lucy leads Gus on a quest which draws him out of the tyranny of the material world, to open his perceptions in the most unexpected and awesome ways. By the time Gus discovers that the object of his search is his own self, that self has altered, concluding the film in a mysterious, yet stunning fashion.

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Details

  • Original title
    The Top of His Head
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Peter Mettler
  • DOP
    Tobias Schliessler, Peter Mettler, Gerald Packer
  • Editing
    Peter Mettler, Margaret v.Eerdewijk
  • Music
    Fred Frith, Jane Siberry
  • Sound
    Hans-Peter Strobl, Adrian Croll
  • Duration
    110 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    1989
  • Country
    • Canada
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Distribution
  • Festivals
    • Toronto IFF
    • Edinburgh IFF
    • Vancouver IFF
    • Locarno
  • Awards
    • Silver Plate Award, Figuera da Foz Festival, 1989
    • Most Popular Film (Runner-Up), Vancouver International Film Festival, 1989
    • Official selection, Locarno Film Festival, 1989

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