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  1. Jul 11, 2024 · Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (Guy Maddin, 1997) Experimental filmmaker Guy Maddin recruited Duvall for his brightly-coloured spectacle Twilight of the Ice Nymphs in 1997. The film is a bizarre fantasy romance, with Duvall starring as Amelia, the sister of Peter, who has just come back from prison.

  2. Jul 16, 2024 · Twilight of the Ice Nymphs is a fantasy romance film; the fourth feature directed by Guy Maddin. The screenplay was written by George Toles and inspired by the novel Pan by Knut Hamsun, with an additional literary touchstones being the short story "La Vénus d'Ille" by Prosper Mérimée.

  3. Jul 12, 2024 · Duvall was Steve Martin’s friend and confidant in Fred Schepisi’s Roxanne (1987), a countess in Jane Campion’s Portrait of a Lady (1996), and an ostrich farmer in Guy Maddin’s Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997). “What an astonishingly warm and wonderful person she was!”

  4. 2 days ago · Duvall plays the wife of Charlie. After that, despite performing in corny comedies, Duvall collaborated with Steven Soderbergh on The Underneath, Jane Campion in The Portrait of a Lady, and Guy Maddin on Twilight of the Ice Nymphs. Unfortunately, this role doesn’t suit Duval’s acting style.

  5. Jul 11, 2024 · As the wife of a writer (Jack Nicholson) experiencing a psychotic break in an isolated hotel, she was on the receiving end of one of cinema's most-quoted lines when her ax-wielding mate peers...

  6. Jul 16, 2024 · It was later rumoured, erroneously, that Kubrick’s bullying had put Duvall off acting. But she went on to appear in Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie (1984), Jane Campion’s The Portrait of a Lady (1996), and Guy Maddin’s Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997) before health issues obliged her to retire in 2002.

  7. Jul 11, 2024 · twilight of the ice nymphs, 1997 Image Credit: Zeitgeist Films/courtesy Everett Collection Dir. Guy Maddin starring Shelley Duvall,Pascale Bussières and Frank Gorshin.