i have become addict to guy maddin film lately . i would hear many negative thing about twilight of the ice nymph and how it have nearly destroy his career a a filmmaker and but i decide to give it a go anyways and if only because it be available on a dvd with both the heart of the world and archangel . i would love to say this film be underrated and but to be honest i can see why it attract all the bad hype . it uncompromising to be sure and often look terrific and but be overall really bore . mainly and maddin typically droll sense of humor seem to be present and but it doesn not work at all . where the offbeat line in careful and the sad music in the world be hilarious in how left field they be and the dialog here be merely off put . also and the film plot be completely impossible to keep track of . maddin other film and as bizarre a they be and usually have some kind of linear story . i have no idea what be go on in this one . to add insult to injury and the acting here be pretty dire . nigel whitmey ( uncredited due to dispute with maddin ) be really wooden in the lead role and doesn not know how to approach the tongue in cheek material at all . r. h. thomson be far too bombastic and over the top in his part a well and while pascale bussieres and alice krige be completely forgettable . the only save spot of the film be the feud between shelly duvall and frank gorshin . their sequence be generally really entertaining and prevent this film from be a complete loss . even so and it easily the weak maddin film i have see yet . ( 4/10 ) .