The Green Fog

The Green Fog
Directed byGuy Maddin
Evan Johnson
Galen Johnson
Edited byEvan Johnson
Galen Johnson
Production
company
Development Ltd.
Distributed byBalcony Booking (USA)
Release date
  • April 16, 2017 (2017-04-16) (San Francisco International Film Festival)
Running time
63 min
Countries
  • Canada
  • USA
LanguageEnglish

The Green Fog is an experimental film directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, that loosely revisits the plot of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo through a collage of found footage repurposed from old movies and television shows set in San Francisco. The film was commissioned by the San Francisco Film Society for the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival’s and premiered at the festival's close on April 16, 2017. It then entered limited release on January 5, 2018 and began to tour international festivals.The film features an original score by composer Jacob Garchik and Kronos Quartet.